Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne - Perennial Borders
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne has some great alternate cottage plant examples such as those in the perennial border garden. Commonly used in English garden style designs, perennials work tremendously well in Australian gardens as we have a ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Garden Gurus Online Shop
The garden gurus new online shop is one of Australia's largest. There are some great plants you will just have to add to your new garden like Gymea Lily. You will find bulbs, perennials, shrubs, trees, nifty garden ornaments and tools. Garden ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Nelson Rd Wellington Point
All over Queensland, conditions are perfect for planting colourful flowers and if you head down to your local garden centre you will find a huge array of annuals and perennials that will give you colour from now right into spring. Petunias ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
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Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a hardy perennial vegetable, best suited to cooler climates. It tolerates frost well. The succulent shoots emerge in early spring from the underground crown. Packed with vitamins and minerals, high in fibre, ... [... more]
Gardening Talk |
Digging Deeper - Perennials: Means work!
When I started to plan a cottage garden for my wife Annie, I needed to rely on lots of colour and flowers early in the life of the garden so I had to rely on using annuals in great drifts. However as the garden has matured the perennials have ... [... more]
Green Fingers AU |
Perennials
People often ask how you can have a colourful and interesting garden without putting in new plants every season, and the answer is to grow perennials. A perennial is a term that is used to describe soft plants like Lambs Ears (Stachys byzantina) ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Actinotus - Flannel flower
Actinotus is a perennial that grows to 50 cm high and produces large, cream starry daisy-like flowers. There are 11 species in the Australian genus Actinotus, of which the best known is Actinotus helianthi—a favorite wildflower native to the open ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Cheiranthus
A fragrant spring-flowering perennial that grows to 60cm and is very suitable to bedding or borders or for planting in clumps in the garden. Flowers are pinkish lavender or russet shades like yellow, brown, mahogany and deep ruby-red. Cheiranthus ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Roldana (Roldana petasitis)
A dense bushy perennial but not very woody shrub 1.5 to 2m high with softly hairy stems. Leaves are alternate, very large (to 20 x 20cm) and almost circular, softly hairy, with bluntly lobed margins and a long leaf stalk. Flowers are daisies with ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Print fact sheet - Agave
If you want bold, architectural plants in your garden, Peter Valder thinks that it's hard to go past agaves. This fascinating group of perennial succulents occurs naturally in southern USA and Mexico. There are over 300 species, and many have ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Aloe Vera Bra
Aloe vera is a clump-forming perennial with dense rosettes of thick, spiky grey-green leaves and tubular yellow flowers in summer. The young leaves are often spotted red. A. vera var. officinalis has softer leaves, which are spotted and streaked ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Convolvulus - Plant of the Week
Convolvulus mauritanicus is one of those plants that always does a good job. It is hardy, attractive, humble and very giving. Common name: convolvulus (not often called by its common name, 'bindweed') Description: Trailing perennial with small, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
