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 |
Charlotte Voake
Come into the woods, where the green leaves grow around and around and where, high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping birds. With radiant, expressive artwork, Charlotte Voake captures the essence of... Hello, Charlotte! Hello, Simon! ... [... more]
Random House |
Buk choy
Buk choy: Chinese chard, Chinese white cabbage, mustard cabbage, bai cai, pak choy. Buk choy is almost like two vegetables in one, the thick, juicy stems adding an interesting texture to a dish while the dark green leaves add a different texture ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Great new salads
It's only been during the recent past that we've seen the salad gain street cred in the culinary world. Before that, it was more or less something of an afterthought: the toss of a few green leaves in a bowl with a slice each of onion and tomato, ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Stir fry beef with mixed Asian greens
Separate the white stems from the green leaves. Slice stems diagonally keeping pieces uniform in size. With Kang Kong, pick off the leaves and slice the hollow stems in 3 cm lengths. Set aside. Heat the wok for a minute, add oil and heat for ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Zantedeschia
White heart-shaped, funnel-like flowers with long yellow stamens on long fleshy stalks (50-80cm) in spring to early summer. Glossy and broad dark green leaves. A yellow variety is available, and hybrids come in pinks, apricots and violet. This ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Codiaeum variegatum
In the wild this species is a small tree with plain green leaves and grows to about 1-2m (3-6ft) in height. It is native to tropical Asia, western Pacific Islands and far northern Australia. The foliage of the many cultivated forms show ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
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 |
Chinese Chard/Bok Choy
Leaves of Bok Choy are tightly clustered together at the base where the stems are broad and generally white. The dark green leaves are spoon shaped and upright in the cluster. There is a Green Leaf variety, which has green stalks, and a small ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Briar rose or sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa)
Deciduous slender thorny shrub 1 to 1.5m high. Can form large thickets but generally does not do so on the coast. Compound blue-green or bright green leaves with 5-7 rounded leaflets. Large (to 5cm) pink flowers are followed by smooth orange to ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Coral tree (Erythrina X sykesii)
A medium sized deciduous tree with knobbly grey-green bark, and numerous small triangular rose-like thorns. The bright green leaves are compound, with three large roughly triangular leaflets, the central one on a much longer stalk than the two ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
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