Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Grow nasturtiums

Nasturtiums are one of the easiest multi-function plants you can grow, writes Jian Liu – a bright addition to any space.

Cosmos flowers
What to plant

What to plant to attract pollinators

Nectar and pollen are the pollinator's reward but how do they know which flowers will give them what they want? Nature has tricks to tell them.

Baby Orange is a compact gum that would suit a smaller space.
What to plant

Compact gum trees for small spaces: Corymbia ficifolia

You don't need to have a huge backyard to grow a gum tree. One favourite for small spaces that you can try is Corymbia ficifolia.

Harvest of Bacon variety of avocado.
What to plant

How to help avocado trees pollinate

There's a trick to pollinating avocado trees: you basically need two different types for success. Learn more here.

The everlasting daisy is a short-lived, native perrenial.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

A blooming summer

Grow these beautiful blooms to attract pollinators to your garden and fill your patch with summer colour!

Great yellow cornflower
Flowers, shrubs & trees

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!

Eliza Henry-Jones picking flowers in her dahlia patch.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

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.

Flowering callistemons are insect magnets
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Top native trees

Helen McKerral suggests some small native trees that will fit into most gardens, attracting birds and insects with their colourful flowers.

Hellebores are also called winter roses.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

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.

A Silvereye.
What to plant

Bring in the birds

Libby Woodward tells how she and her husband redeveloped a section of their garden with native understory plants designed to draw in insects, birds and wildlife.

Elder flowers
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Elder trees

These trees have been associated with magic and witchcraft for a long time, explains Penny Woodward.

You can mix up different varieties of zinnias for a colourful garden.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

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.