Nelson Rd Wellington Point
All over Queensland, conditions are perfect for planting colourful flowers and if you head down to your local garden centre you will find a huge array of annuals and perennials that will give you colour from now right into spring. Petunias ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Actinotus - Flannel flower
Actinotus is a perennial that grows to 50 cm high and produces large, cream starry daisy-like flowers. There are 11 species in the Australian genus Actinotus, of which the best known is Actinotus helianthi—a favorite wildflower native to the open ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Cheiranthus
A fragrant spring-flowering perennial that grows to 60cm and is very suitable to bedding or borders or for planting in clumps in the garden. Flowers are pinkish lavender or russet shades like yellow, brown, mahogany and deep ruby-red. Cheiranthus ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Evening primrose (Oenothera species)
An erect perennial herb, up to 1m high, which may be single stemmed or branched. Habit of the plant and leaf shape varies from species to species but all are characterised by showy 4-petalled, usually yellow flowers which change colour to orange ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Agave americana
If you want bold, architectural plants in your garden, Peter Valder thinks that it's hard to go past agaves. This fascinating group of perennial succulents occurs naturally in southern USA and Mexico. There are over 300 species, and many have ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Aloe Vera Bra
Aloe vera is a clump-forming perennial with dense rosettes of thick, spiky grey-green leaves and tubular yellow flowers in summer. The young leaves are often spotted red. A. vera var. officinalis has softer leaves, which are spotted and streaked ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Convolvulus - Plant of the Week
Convolvulus mauritanicus is one of those plants that always does a good job. It is hardy, attractive, humble and very giving. Common name: convolvulus (not often called by its common name, 'bindweed') Description: Trailing perennial with small, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)
An erect branching perennial herb, usually about 1m high with a similar spread, which may be sprawling and open in shade or more compact, dense and erect in full sun. Stems are smooth and green or reddish. Leaves are large (5-16cm) and oval with ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Solanum mammosum
Perennial tropical herb or soft-wooded subshrub, indigenous to Central America. Grows to about 1.2 m (4ft) tall with angular, spiny stems and large hairy leaves. Flowers are smallish, white. Striking yellow or orange fruit about 5 cm (2 in) long, ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Aloe
There are some 330 species in the genus Aloe, all evergreen succulents ranging from low growing perennials, shrubs and climbers to 15m tall trees. The lance-shaped leaves grow in rosettes at the stem or branch tips, are usually toothed or spined. ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Phormium - Flax
Two species of evergreen tough perennials native to New Zealand. A dependable, clumping foliage plant for all seasons and for all situations, it makes a handsome accent plant and withstands salt air and conditions that are windy or generally ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Fennel
A 1 - 1.5 m tall perennial plant that is usually grown as an annual, Fennels have lacy, divided and thread-like leaves. It resembles Dill, but is usually taller. It is best used as a backrow plant. Flowers appear in 10-15 rayed umbels, are small ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
