Lion's Tail (Leonotis leonurus)
A perennial but not very woody shrub 0.5 to 2m high with finely furry grooved stems. Leaves are in opposite pairs, sparsely hairy, the same colour above and below, with toothed margins and a bluntly pointed tip, 5-8cm long. Flowers are orange, ... [... more]
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Cobbler's pegs (Bidens pilosa)
An erect annual or perennial herb with branching habit to about 1m high. Leaves are deeply divided into three toothed lobes, with the terminal lobe larger than the other two. Individual flowers are yellow but are tiny and held in dense terminal ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Arum or calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
An erect perennial herb to about 1m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are very large (to 60cm long), glossy, dark green and arrowhead-shaped. Flowers consist of a large (to 25cm long) white sheath enclosing a yellow spike. The ... [... more]
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Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) NO PHOTO
A large perennial herb which is rooted at the water's edge and spreads out as a floating mat over the water surface, and over the adjacent moist ground as well. Mats may be up to 1m thick. Stems are spreading, hollow and may be green, yellow or ... [... more]
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Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
An clumping perennial herb, up to 1m high but usually less. Leaves are simple and more or less spoon-shaped with a long narrow base, but sometimes have two lobes at the base, or may be divided. Conspicuous large yellow daisy flowers have toothed ... [... more]
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Seaside daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)
A spreading perennial herb to about 50cm high. White to pink or red daisy flowers 1-2cm across are borne all year round. Not much naturalised on the south coast yet, but known to be weedy elsewhere. Highly tolerant of poor, dry soils and grows in ... [... more]
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Apricot Twist and Plumbago
Coordinating the colours in your garden can sometimes be difficult. Don looked at a soft blue and apricot colour combination that works beautifully: the small perennial wallflower 'Apricot Twist' planted with a plumbago called 'Royal Cape'. A ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Dietes - Plant of the Week
One of the great things about our Plant of the Week is that it is virtually unkillable. A clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial from South Africa. It has dark green, strappy foliage, which grows in fan-like rosettes. In spring it produces white, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Herbs in the Garden
We often see herbs planted in pots or maybe in their own special area, but the hardy perennials are some of the toughest plants going around and are ideally suited for mixing in with other garden plants. Kim takes a look at a few herbs that will ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
ATI Trial Gardens
Neville visits the ATI Trial Garden in Victoria where he takes look at the process of trialing new plants from all around the world so that they are ready for Australian gardeners. A tufted evergreen perennial with nodding star shaped white ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Preparing for Summer
It is way too late to plant spring flowering bulbs like daffodils and tulips; but the good news is, this is the perfect time to plant for stunning summer colour. Summer blooming bulbs and perennials cover a multitude of beauties with which ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Purple verbena (Verbena rigida)
Purple verbena is a low perennial herb, spreading from underground runners. Leaves are toothed, opposite, and bristly to the touch from a covering of short stiff hairs. Bright purple flowers are small, in tight terminal clusters. Purpletop is a ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
