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1 month ago | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Phil Dudman |Loren Desbruslais
HomeGardening adviceEdible gardeningAutumn citrus care Now’s the time to give your citrus trees some extra TLC to ensure they bear delicious fruit in the coming months. Horticulturist Judy Horton shares some helpful autumn care tips. Citrus are great survivors but will always perform better if given good care. This is especially true in autumn when the trees are developing fruit while still coping with pests that built up over summer and facing the coming winter.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
HomeGrowNative plantsGorgeous grevilleas Grevilleas are colourful, versatile and wildlife-friendly. AB Bishop shares some expert growing advice. If grevilleas were clothing, they’d be referred to as wardrobe essentials – which is what they are for the garden. They look great all year, suit different landscaping styles and are low-fuss.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
HomeGardens & PeopleFeature gardensParadise found This vibrant garden in Sydney’s Inner West conjures the heady charms of tropical climes. Find inspiration and tips to create your own lush tropical retreat. Photographer Brent Wilson doesn’t need to pack his bags for Denpasar when he wants to escape the everyday. For Brent, his partner Wendy Pritchard and daughters Georgia, 31, and Eleanor, 28, an exclusive piece of paradise beckons just beyond their back door.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a versatile and nutritious vegetable, full of antioxidants, vitamins and fibre. They feature in many global cuisines and are valued for their edible leaves in addition to their delicious tubers. Believed to have originated in central to southern America, sweet potatoes have long been a cornerstone in edible gardens around the world, mainly due to their portability and long storage qualities.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
This alien-like vegie is down to earth and delicious. July is a good time for planting kohlrabi. Could kohlrabi be the prettiest plant in the cool-season patch? Perhaps it’s more apt to say ‘the cutest’. It actually looks quite alien-like, with its rosette of long-stemmed wavy leaves that protrude like antennae from a large, swollen bulbous stem. That’s the edible bit, and it can be purple, green or white, depending on the variety.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Phil Dudman |Loren Desbruslais
Learn how to grow chillies in pots, perfect for a balcony or patio garden! Chillies are perfect edibles for containers. Many varieties are compact and incredibly productive – just one plant can give you hundreds of chillies. They are forgiving when you forget to water them and look fabulous when covered in colourful fruit.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
1. A splash of fresh colour is an essential ingredient to a summer garden glow-up. Head to your local nursery for vibrant potted colour and blooming shrubs. Some bright beauties include: Plectranthus ‘Mona Pink’, Agastache ‘Pink Sceptre’, echinaceas, everlasting daisies (Xerochrysum spp. and cultivars), kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos spp. and cv.) and fan flowers (Scaevola spp.). 2.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
Indoor plants bring an abundance of beauty into our homes and create a connection to nature within the spaces where we spend much of our time. By bringing the outside in, we invite the many and varied benefits of plants, such as an increased sense of calm and productivity, into our daily lives. And we pull into focus the importance of the natural environment, encouraging us to take better care of it, repaying the good it does for us.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
There are thousands of small- to medium-sized trees that cast shade, look good and may even offer us fruit! It’s a great idea to explore nurseries to find something unique that will thrive in your climate and be the talk of the neighbourhood for all the right reasons. Here are some tried-and-tested trees to consider. Weeping bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis)This tree (above) has red bottlebrush flowers all year that birds and insects love. It is adaptable to most soils.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
gardeningaustraliamag.com.au | Loren Desbruslais
Waterlilies are the perfect summer blooms for pots and ponds in any climate. Waterlilies are one of the most recognisable and gorgeous aquatic plants, known for their broad, floating leaves and iconic flowers that rest serenely on – or just above – the water’s surface. Whatever your climate, they’re almost a prerequisite if you have a decorative pond, but with plenty of varieties suitable for growing in tubs, literally anyone can enjoy these buoyant beauties.
