Growing Guides

Conifers for screening and structure: what to plant and what to avoid - Plant Drop

Conifers for screening and structure: what to p...

A practical guide to choosing conifers for screening and structure in Australian gardens: spacing, pruning limits, disease risk and when a conifer is the wrong plant.

Conifers for screening and structure: what to p...

A practical guide to choosing conifers for screening and structure in Australian gardens: spacing, pruning limits, disease risk and when a conifer is the wrong plant.

Box hedging: spacing, clipping and keeping blight out - Plant Drop

Box hedging: spacing, clipping and keeping blig...

How to choose between English and Japanese Box, space it correctly per metre, clip it at the right time, keep box blight out, and know when Box is the wrong...

Box hedging: spacing, clipping and keeping blig...

How to choose between English and Japanese Box, space it correctly per metre, clip it at the right time, keep box blight out, and know when Box is the wrong...

Screening a narrow space: plants for beds under a metre wide - Plant Drop

Screening a narrow space: plants for beds under...

Side passages, driveway strips and thin garden beds need species that grow up without growing out. The narrow-habit plants that work, and the techniques for when nothing fits.

Screening a narrow space: plants for beds under...

Side passages, driveway strips and thin garden beds need species that grow up without growing out. The narrow-habit plants that work, and the techniques for when nothing fits.

Bird attracting plants: building a garden honeyeaters actually use - Plant Drop

Bird attracting plants: building a garden honey...

Nectar alone does not make a bird garden. How to plant for year-round food, safe cover and small-bird protection, with the species that do each job.

Bird attracting plants: building a garden honey...

Nectar alone does not make a bird garden. How to plant for year-round food, safe cover and small-bird protection, with the species that do each job.

When to plant in Australia: season by season

Autumn is the best planting season in most of Australia, and the reason has nothing to do with rainfall. What to plant when, and how to plant safely outside the...

When to plant in Australia: season by season

Autumn is the best planting season in most of Australia, and the reason has nothing to do with rainfall. What to plant when, and how to plant safely outside the...

Trees for small backyards: what actually fits

Most backyard tree problems start at the nursery. How to read mature size honestly, which species stay genuinely small, and the root and setback rules that keep a tree out...

Trees for small backyards: what actually fits

Most backyard tree problems start at the nursery. How to read mature size honestly, which species stay genuinely small, and the root and setback rules that keep a tree out...