Westringia
Very hardy and adaptable plant, which tolerates strong winds, salt spray and dry conditions. Especially suited to salty coastal conditions. Grey-green foliage and small white or pale lavender flowers that are suitable for cutting. Grows rapidly ... [... more]
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Burke's Backyard Best Azaleas
There are many different types of azaleas and most people have had one that looked beautiful but eventually died, usually because it was not a hardy variety. Some azaleas are very difficult to grow and others are easy so it is very important to ... [... more]
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Bactrocera mayi (Hardy
: Methyl Eugenol : Apricots (1982) Economic Fruit Flies of the South Pacific Region. Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Pages 31-33. [... more]
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Bactrocera aberrans (Hardy)
: Neolitsea sp.(non economic) : Anterior supra-alar bristles absent. Prescutellar bristles absent. Pecten in male absent. Anterior notopleural bristle absent. Number of scutellar bristles 2. Posterior surstylus lobe long. Medial post sutural ... [... more]
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Callistemon
Shrubs or small trees (2-6 m) with brush-like flowers in shades of cream, yellow, pink and red. The attractive flowers are rich in nectar and attract insects and honey-eating birds to your garden. It is a very hardy plant and adaptable to both ... [... more]
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Flower size, colour and form
Camellias are amongst the world's best flowering plants. They are hardy and disease resistant, most varieties have attractive, glossy green foliage, and they put on their fabulous flower display in the cooler months of the year when the rest of ... [... more]
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Dwarf Sacred Bamboo
This plant is not a bamboo but a dwarf form of Nandina domestica, which grows naturally in Japan, China and south-east Asia through to eastern India. This little shrub is very tough and hardy - it almost seems to thrive on neglect! A low, rounded ... [... more]
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Argyranthemum
A hardy evergreen, flowering shrub with attractive fern-like foliage that belongs to the Daisy family. It bears flowers over a long period and colours range from white to dark pink and yellow. All have a yellow center. Cultivars often have double ... [... more]
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Garden Express Offer Mondo Grass Borders
A ripper little border plant is the Dwarf Japanese Mondo Grass. It is really hardy, is easy to care for and is an easy way to delineate your garden beds from your pathways. Thanks to the Guru's friends at Garden Express Garden Gurus viewers can ... [... more]
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Lawn back on track
One problem you can often find in the garden this time of the year is patches or bare lawns. If you want to get your lawn back on track over sowing with a lawn seed is a good idea. Make sure you use a drought hardy lawn seed like Lush Repair from ... [... more]
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Garden Express Offer - Agapanthus Black Pantha
Whilst Agapanthus can be wildly self seeding in some areas, they are a tough hardy plant that simply manages to survive in other areas with the harshest conditions. One new hybrid variety however has been cleared for planting in any garden, its ... [... more]
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Choisya
Grows to about 1-2m, has aromatic foliage and produces perfumed, white star-shaped flowers in spring. Although Choisya is good plant for coastal temperate and tropical gardens, it is also frost hardy and will grow in cool temperate climates if ... [... more]
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