Compact gum trees for small spaces: Corymbia ficifolia
You don't need to have a huge backyard to grow a gum tree, writes Karen Sutherland. One of her favourites for small spaces is Corymbia ficifolia.
A blooming summer
Grow these beautiful blooms to attract pollinators to your garden and fill your patch with summer colour!
Spring floral beauties
Looking for flowering plants for your spring garden? Justin Russell suggests adding these four bright blooms - they'll bring both colour and pollinators to your patch!
Hooked on flowers
Eliza Henry-Jones grows seasonal bee-friendly blooms on her organic flower farm. Here's two of her favourites to add to your own garden.
Top native trees
Helen McKerral suggests some small native trees that will fit into most gardens, attracting birds and insects with their colourful flowers.
Tips for growing hellebores, also called winter roses
Hellebores love shade, thrive in frosts and have glorious flowers that appear right through winter into spring, writes Penny Woodward.
7 uses for nasturtiums in your garden and kitchen
Nasturtiums are one of the easiest multi-function plants you can grow, writes Jian Liu – a bright addition to any space.
Bring in the birds
Libby Woodward tells how she and her husband redeveloped a section of their garden with native understorey plants designed to draw in insects, birds and wildlife.
Elder trees
These trees have been associated with magic and witchcraft for a long time, explains Penny Woodward.
Plant colourful summer zinnias
Looking for an easygoing plant that doesn’t mind the heat of summer and does equally well in sprawling gardens or containers on balconies? Zinnias are the answer.
Growing cosmos flowers is easy!
The versatile cosmos, part of the sunflower family, is a generous and easy addition to your patch, writes Eliza Henry-Jones.
Old-fashioned aromatic roses
Don't be put off by the stark look of bare-rooted rose trees. As Eliza Henry-Jones explains, the colder months are the time to plant them to ensure success.
Grow bee-attracting aquilegias
Helen McKerral has long been captivated by the bonnet-like, bee-attracting aquilegias.
Growing edible flowers in your garden
Edible flowers add a colourful spark and fresh flavour to dishes, are the basis of health-giving teas, and create delicious cordials and preserves, writes Karen Sutherland.
Blooming blue flowers!
Although blue flowers are relatively rare, they are well worth searching out, writes Helen McKerral, adding beauty and colour to your garden.