Early Spring Flowering Plants
The Burke's Backyard Spring Special features the following plants. Rhododendrons are one of the world's most beautiful cold climate flowering plants. There are between 800 and 900 different wild kinds of rhododendrons, as well as thousands of ... [... more]
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Growing Dahlias
Dahlias have to be one of the most spectacular of all summer flowering plants, and you might expect that something as beautiful as Dahlias would be incredibly delicate, but in fact they are very tough plants and Phil tells us why. All the beauty ... [... more]
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Kalanchoe Winter Wonders
You see them every winter bursting into brilliant bloom, although you will notice that this happens when a lot of flowering plants go to sleep. They are incredibly versatile, and there are lots of different ways that you can enjoy their colour ... [... 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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Flower Carpet Roses
Roses are without doubt the most rewarding flowering plant a person can have. They produce flowers in every shape, size, and colour and with exquisite fragrance when required. They love our sunny summer days and other than some precautionary care ... [... more]
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Waterwise Flowering Plants
Having a waterwise garden doesn't mean it has to be dull. Quite the opposite. Kim takes a look at a whole range of plants that will add colour and interest to your garden without the need for lots and lots of water. Regular watering is really ... [... more]
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Wisteria Seed Pods
Wisterias are beautiful flowering plants but Peter Valder noted that some people seem surprised to see this plant with seed pods. Peter Valder recently looked at these plants when he visited some Mt Wilson gardens. Wisteria is a legume, like peas ... [... more]
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Bambino Bougainvilleas
Bougainvilleas are among the most colourful and the most spectacular flowering plants. However they can be rampant climbers that can take over the garden, choking trees. The answer for the average size garden lies in dwarf bougainvilleas. They ... [... more]
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March Happenings
We're sort of between seasons at the moment, the summer flowering plants have just about finished and soon many of the trees will be decked out in their beautiful red, yellow and brown autumn colours. Even so, Don still managed to find plenty of ... [... more]
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Bedding Plants - New Releases
With autumn upon us it is time to look out for some annuals (also referred to as bedding plants) which will provide outstanding colour during winter and early spring. Don recently came across two new varieties of popular winter flowering plants, ... [... more]
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Cultivars of Mandevilla:
It is hard to find a garden that doesn't look its best in the spring. With so many flowering plants out at that time of the year it's easy to have a beautiful garden. The real challenge comes in getting your garden to look good all year ... [... more]
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Yates Success Naturalyte
You know gardens just don't have to look pretty with beds of flowering plants; they can actually be practical as well. These days more and more people are searching for a fresh organic alternative and what better way than to grow your own. Grow ... [... more]
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