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Lady Tanika™ Lomandra (Image: Ozbreed)

Native plants and grasses surveyed with Landscape Architects

10/07/2024 admin 184 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Daniel Fuller

Plant breeding has made significant strides over the past couple of decades. What once impressed landscape architects no longer suffices, as new cultivars are now more resilient, requiring less maintenance. While nursery businesses know what has sold well in the past, predicting future popular cultivars remains a challenge.… Continue reading

Stylidium armeria, south eastern Tasmania (Image: Greg Bourke)

Native Plants

Aussie Gem’s – What’s still out there?

02/06/2022 admin 717 Views 0 Comments

By Greg Bourke

When the home gardener thinks about Australian natives, they often think of compact or screening banksias, grevilleas and bottlebrushes, or other low maintenance plants such as kangaroo paws, grass trees, or lomandra, and often bird-attracting plants. Typically, they’re after something they can stick in the ground and forget about.… Continue reading