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Gordonia
Peter Valder looked at one of the very best small trees for Australian conditions. Gordonia axillaris (renamed Franklinia axillaris, but still known and sold as Gordonia axillaris) The genus name, Gordonia, commemorates James Gordon, an ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard

Magnolia - Vulcan
Deciduous magnolias are wonderful small trees which produce large scented flowers on bare branches in winter and early spring. Although there are about 100 species of wild magnolias and many of them (such as Magnolia campbellii, M. sargentiana ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard

Ixora
Ixora comprises a few hundred species of shrubs and small trees, all of which are evergreens. This plant is neat and tidy with shining green leaves, and spectacular flowers in clusters over the summer months. The available colors range from ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

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]
Janine's Garden

Cordyline
Native to the southwest Pacific region (one species in tropical America), most of the 15 or so species of this genus of somewhat palm-like evergreen shrubs and small trees are tropical or subtropical. A few of the New Zealand species are ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

Calamondins: The French Alternative
Many people confuse two citrus trees: calamondins (x Citrofortunella microcarpa ) and round-fruited cumquats (Fortunella japonica ), also known as maurumi. Either are lovely small trees for the backyard or for a pot. In a recent segment on ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard

'Sheena's Gold'
Except for those growing in cold climates, Durantas are evergreen shrubs or small trees from the American tropics and subtropics. The 30 or so species have rather small and often toothed leaves and bear blue, white or violet flowers in summer ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

Citrus Trees
About 20 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees. Some are grown for their edible fruit such as oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, mandarines, etc. The citrus family crops longer than any other fruit tree. The fragrant white star-shaped ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

Gossypium - Cotton
Gossypium belongs to the hibiscus family and includes annuals, woody perennuals, evergreen shrubs and small trees found in warm-temperate and tropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Best known are the 4 to 5 species grown as ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

Asparagus scandens
Relatively small scrambling plant with wiry stems, which tends to behave more as a groundcover, or climb a short distance into shrubs and small trees. Bridal creeper has glossy, thin, bright green leaves, to 7cm long by 3cm wide, with close ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council

Codiaeum - Croton
About 15 species of evergreen perennials, shrubs and small trees. All are native to tropical Asia, far northern Australia and the western Pacific Islands. The plants have magnificent foliage with showy, leathery, often variegated leaves. The ... [... more]
Janine's Garden

Asparagus densiflorus
A scrambling plant with wiry stems, which tends to behave more as a groundcover, or climb a short distance into shrubs and small trees. It has small (5-15mm by about 1mm) narrow leaves arranged in clusters of three, and tiny white flowers ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council
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