Magnolia Greenback
Are you looking for the perfect tree for your garden? One with a dense evergreen canopy and perfect shape that requires virtually no maintenance? There has been a lot of buzz in recent years over Magnolia 'Little Gem'- well here is the next big ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Evergreen Dogwood
A wonderful plant that is probably not very well known is the Evergreen Dogwood. Most Dogwoods are deciduous but the Evergreen variety is long flowering and has leaves all year round; a beautiful tree in the garden. An evergreen tree that is long ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Chinese Lantern
Chinese lanterns or abutilons (Abutilon x hybridum) are charming evergreen shrubs with attractive maple-like leaves and an open, pendulous habit. They grow to about 2-3 metres (6-10') tall. The lantern-shaped flowers are produced in September to ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Evergreen Structure - Garden Express
Where would our gardens be without evergreen plants? They bring structure, colour and texture to the garden and carry our planting schemes through the non-blooming times. Good "bones" begin with good design, strong lines, a well placed hedge, [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Best Lilly Pilly Varieties
The lilly pilly is one of the most popular plants in Australia today, particularly for hedging and topiary. Lilly pillies are evergreen rainforest plants with glossy green leaves. Many varieties have flushes of colourful new growth, ranging from ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Viburnum
There are more than 100 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs with a wide variety of flower and foliage types. Grown for their fragrant, hydrangea-like flowers and attractive berries. Very hardy plant that does best in fertile soil in an open ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Magnolia 'Little Gem'
Don looked at a new dwarf variety of the evergreen or Bull Bay magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). 'Little Gem' was developed by Warren Steed of Steed's Nursery in North Carolina in the U.S.A. It has many of the attributes of its parent, including ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Bleeding Heart Vine
There are over 400 species of clerodendrums, including climbers, shrubs, herbaceous plants and trees, and they are mostly from warm climates. Many, like the Bleeding Heart Vine, have very showy flowers. Evergreen twiner native to Western Tropical ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
African olive (Olea europaea ssp africana )
Tall evergreen shrub or small tree 2-15m high, with smooth grey bark, rougher at the base of large plants. New stems have small lumps called lenticels on the bark. These may be too scattered and small to be readily visible, but they can be felt ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow
Brunfelsias are evergreen shrubs from tropical America. There are about 30 species, all with tubular flowers which change colour over successive days. Don's favourite, Brunfelsia bonodora, has masses of violet, lilac and white scented ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Daphne
This large genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs was named after a nymph in Greek mythology called Daphne. After being chased by the sun god Apollo, Daphne prayed to her father, who was a river god, to save her. The river god changed her into a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Red-flowering Gums
Don was inspired by the sight of one of the most beautiful of the Australian parrots, the Rainbow lorikeet, feeding on the flowers of one of the most spectacular of the gum trees, the Western Australian red-flowering gum. This is an evergreen ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
