Growing Guides

Climbing plants for fences, pergolas and screens - Plant Drop

Climbing plants for fences, pergolas and screens

How a climber attaches, self-clinging or twining, decides the support you build, the pruning you inherit and whether you can ever remove it.

Climbing plants for fences, pergolas and screens

How a climber attaches, self-clinging or twining, decides the support you build, the pruning you inherit and whether you can ever remove it.

Choosing palms for Australian gardens, courtyards and pots - Plant Drop

Choosing palms for Australian gardens, courtyar...

A practical guide to choosing palms in Australia: clumping palms for screening, solitary palms for specimens, the genuinely cold hardy options, and how to plant and care for them.

Choosing palms for Australian gardens, courtyar...

A practical guide to choosing palms in Australia: clumping palms for screening, solitary palms for specimens, the genuinely cold hardy options, and how to plant and care for them.

The complete Plant Drop range: every collection...

An index of every plant range and growing guide on Plant Drop, grouped by the job you are doing, by plant, and by pot size.

The complete Plant Drop range: every collection...

An index of every plant range and growing guide on Plant Drop, grouped by the job you are doing, by plant, and by pot size.

Hydrangeas in Australian gardens: colour, pruni...

A practical guide to bigleaf, lacecap and panicle hydrangeas in Australia: flower colour, pruning by group, position, water, pots and when to choose something else.

Hydrangeas in Australian gardens: colour, pruni...

A practical guide to bigleaf, lacecap and panicle hydrangeas in Australia: flower colour, pruning by group, position, water, pots and when to choose something else.

Growing lavender in Australia: drainage, humidi...

Which lavender group suits your climate, why drainage and airflow decide whether it survives, how to prune a plant that will not reshoot from old wood, and when to skip...

Growing lavender in Australia: drainage, humidi...

Which lavender group suits your climate, why drainage and airflow decide whether it survives, how to prune a plant that will not reshoot from old wood, and when to skip...

Growing banksias: phosphorus, drainage and picking the right species - Plant Drop

Growing banksias: phosphorus, drainage and pick...

A practical guide to growing banksias in Australia, covering phosphorus sensitivity, drainage, pruning, bird value and which species are worth the money in humid summer rainfall gardens.

Growing banksias: phosphorus, drainage and pick...

A practical guide to growing banksias in Australia, covering phosphorus sensitivity, drainage, pruning, bird value and which species are worth the money in humid summer rainfall gardens.