Alternanthera
This groundhugging and evergreen groundcover is usually grown for its brilliant foliage. Two colour variations are available - one form has brownish red and green leaves with shadings of pink; the other has green and yellow leaves. The flowers of ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Periwinkle (Vinca major)
A spreading groundcover, which form extensive mats, but does not climb. Broad-oval, hairless, glossy dark green leaves, about 5cm long and in opposite pairs. There are cultivars with variegated foliage, which are also weedy. Flowers are mauve to ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Mickey Mouse Bush
This South African native was once a very popular ornamental plant, but it's now a serious bushland weed in some areas of Australia. An evergreen shrub to 2m (6') tall. Ochna has glossy green leaves with wavy, finely serrated edges and bronze new ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Tolmeia menziesii
A bushy, evergreen foliage plant reaching about 35cm. It has a bushy, clump-forming, spreading habit and its long-stalked mid to light green leaves are soft, heart-shaped or rounded and covered with tiny white hairs, resulting in a velvety ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Ctenanthe lubbersiana
Commonly grown foliage plant, about 40-75 cm high with branching stems that spread laterally. The oblong green leaves are patterned in irregularly shaded bands of pale yellow-green, with pale green undersides. Small, white flowers on one-sided ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Ctenanthe setosa
This plant is up to 1.5m tall with oblong-lanceolate to oblong leaves with twisted tips. The green leaves sometimes have margins of cream coloured spots. [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana)
Listed as a Weed of National Significance (one of Australia's top 20 weeds). A tall grass about 1m high, with mid to dark green leaves up to 5mm wide, held either erect or spreading. Leaves usually flat, or partly in-rolled, and are slightly ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
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 |
Fragrant Foliage
Glossy green leaves and perfectly shaped, pure white flowers with an exquisite perfume, could only be describing a gardenia. Gardenias are some of the most popular flowering shrubs but they never seem to flower as much as we would like them to. ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Chinese mustard
Smallish dark green leaves with a peppery taste. Used mainly as a vegetable, but also for pickling, although other hotter flavoured types of mustard greens are used more often for pickling. Gai Choy, Kaai Tsoi Ha Karashina var. rugosa [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Prunus 'Okame'
Don looked at an attractive hybrid cherry. Prunus 'Okame' is a cross between P. campanulata and P. incisa. A hardy deciduous tree, growing to about 10m (30') tall. It has an upright growth habit, and finely textured dark green leaves which turn ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
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 |
