Saturday, October 19, 2024

Garden Design

The Conifer Collection
Botanic GardensPlants

Conifers for warm climates showcased at Mt Coot-tha

By Dale Arvidsson

Conifers are among the oldest and most diverse groups of plants on Earth. They have existed and evolved for more than 300 million years, surviving ice ages, changing climates, and mass extinctions. These plants have adapted to a wide range of habitats, living just above sea level in the tropics to over 3000 metres in altitude and above the timberline of the world’s highest mountain ranges.Continue reading

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Summer Rev™ Dianella spp ‘Dian04’ PBR Intended
Native PlantsPlants

New landscape natives with eye-catching foliage

By Daniel Fuller

Flowers are great, but they’re fleeting. A good landscape design includes plants with eye-catching foliage that will provide aesthetic value month after month, year after year.

Ozbreed has bred several new native cultivars with foliage full of interesting colours, shapes, and textures.… Continue reading

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