Growing Guides

Getting a tropical look in cooler Australian districts - Plant Drop

Getting a tropical look in cooler Australian di...

How to build a tropical-looking garden in cooler Australian districts through shelter, drainage and microclimate, and which plants take light frost once established.

Getting a tropical look in cooler Australian di...

How to build a tropical-looking garden in cooler Australian districts through shelter, drainage and microclimate, and which plants take light frost once established.

Topiary and standards: what you are paying for ...

A practical look at buying farm-trained topiary and standards in Australia: what the grades mean, which form suits which job, and the clipping, feeding and watering that hold the shape.

Topiary and standards: what you are paying for ...

A practical look at buying farm-trained topiary and standards in Australia: what the grades mean, which form suits which job, and the clipping, feeding and watering that hold the shape.

Succulents in Australian gardens: drainage, humidity and winter wet - Plant Drop

Succulents in Australian gardens: drainage, hum...

A practical guide to growing succulents in Australia, covering drainage, raised beds, pot mixes, frost, humidity and why aeonium reverses the usual watering advice.

Succulents in Australian gardens: drainage, hum...

A practical guide to growing succulents in Australia, covering drainage, raised beds, pot mixes, frost, humidity and why aeonium reverses the usual watering advice.

Indoor plants that actually survive: light, water and the two real killers - Plant Drop

Indoor plants that actually survive: light, wat...

How to match indoor plants to the light a room actually has, avoid the two real killers of overwatering and cold draughts, and read leaf drop in the first month.

Indoor plants that actually survive: light, wat...

How to match indoor plants to the light a room actually has, avoid the two real killers of overwatering and cold draughts, and read leaf drop in the first month.

Growing fruit trees in Australian backyards: chill, pollination and space - Plant Drop

Growing fruit trees in Australian backyards: ch...

How winter chill, pollination partners and rootstock decide whether a backyard fruit tree ever crops, and which districts should plant citrus instead.

Growing fruit trees in Australian backyards: ch...

How winter chill, pollination partners and rootstock decide whether a backyard fruit tree ever crops, and which districts should plant citrus instead.

Growing citrus in Australian gardens and pots

Which lemon, mandarin and orange suit your climate, how to keep a potted citrus going past year three, the feeding it needs, and the mistakes that kill them.

Growing citrus in Australian gardens and pots

Which lemon, mandarin and orange suit your climate, how to keep a potted citrus going past year three, the feeding it needs, and the mistakes that kill them.