Indoor Foliage Plants
Melissa visits Ball Australia, who are plant producers and seed distributors for some of your favourite plants. When it comes to indoor decorating there is a lot more than the standard leafy green options so Melissa introduces you to the best ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
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 |
Phormium - Flax
Two species of evergreen tough perennials native to New Zealand. A dependable, clumping foliage plant for all seasons and for all situations, it makes a handsome accent plant and withstands salt air and conditions that are windy or generally ... [... 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 |
Episode: #7 14/10/2006 Presenter: Melissa King
There is a great new range of brilliant foliage plants to choose from this spring and Melissa shows you a few you won't be able to resist. Chocolate Cookie (Phormuim cookianum) is as scrumptious as it sounds with rich chocolate brown foliage with ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Featured Plant- Wingarra (Lomandra contertifolia 'Wingarra')
Description: Compact, clumping, ornamental, blue foliage plant. Similar in habit to a tussock grass, but rarely needs trimming. Uses: Mass planting. Foliage or grassy garden. Accent or border plant. Position: Tolerates a wide range of climatic ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Cordylines in Hawaii
Last year the Burke's Backyard team visited Hawaii, and filmed some spectacular foliage plants which the locals call ti. In Australia we know them as cordylines. The starchy roots (or rhizomes) of these plants were highly valued as food by the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Alternanthera dentata
Evergreen foliage plants are wonderful in the garden, because they give you stunning colour all year round. Many plants with brilliantly coloured leaves belong to the family Amaranthaceae. They include the popular bloodleaf (Iresine herbstii) ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Pool Room Makeover
Several weeks ago on Burke's Backyard we completed one of our best makeovers ever. A weed-infested site was cleared and then planted with fabulous tropical fruit trees and colourful foliage plants. An aviary resembling a Thai temple was built and ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Blue Conifers
Flowers provide a temporary splash of colour in the garden, but foliage plants will give you colour all year round. There are many beautiful conifers which have blue foliage, including some dwarf varieties. They create a stunning and very classy ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Fake Wall Makeover
Don and Scott used faux rock panels and colourful foliage plants to makeover an ugly, damaged brick wall. These semi-flexible panels are made from moulded polyurethane covered in sand, oxide and paint. We used two sections (3m x 2m), weighing ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Best Trees For Autumn Colour
Autumn foliage plants are a great investment around the home. They provide shade in summer, put on a fabulous colour display in autumn, then lose their leaves allowing the warming, winter sun to shine through. Now is the perfect time to go for a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
