Artichoke with a majestic presence
Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT is transfixed by the "majestic" globe artichoke, a very decorative plant that can be grown for its silver leaves and huge, thistle-like flowers or as a vegetable.
Making the most of euphorbia
One of gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT's favourites is the euphorbia family. And it's a big family with more than 2000 members!
Avoid tears at rose-planting time
It's rose-planting time and every year gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT getS questions from readers on why their new roses have died. Here's the answer...
Joy of a silver birch against a blue sky
"There are few more stunning sights than the golden yellow leaves of silver birch against a clear, blue sky," writes gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Good time to sort out the garden
Winter is the ideal time to reassess your garden. It’s looking bare, the leaves have fallen and there will be few flowers until the bulbs emerge in spring. Take take a slow walk around the garden and make plans, says gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Look out for the rare, red wattle
With some rare plants it’s best to buy them when you can. One such is Acacia leprosa “Scarlet Blaze”, the red wattle, writes gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Got to love those no-fuss perennials
Garden writer CEDRIC BRYANT loves perennials because they don't need constant replanting like annuals. He says they're ideal for dividing for extra plants and most can be readily grown from seed.
Time to get pruning deciduous trees and plants
Now's the time for pruning many deciduous trees and shrubs, says gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT
Yes, but Emily didn’t have to dig the bluebells up!
Despite Emily Bronte's affection for them, gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT has a word of warning about the English bluebell; it spreads like wildfire and could be a menace for the small garden.
Deep in industrial Mitchell, a little patch of country
Reporter KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK discovers an allotment-style garden in a thriving patchwork of flowers and veggies tucked away in the back of Mitchell.
The timeless lure of lemon-scented plants
Lemon-scented plants have been popular since ancient times for their culinary, medicinal and fragrant uses, writes gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Go native for a splash of winter colour
The range of native plants in flower during the colder months puts a lie to the idea that winter gardens lack interest, writes gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Winter shrubs for bigger blocks
Readers continue to ask for suggestions on hardy shrubs that provide colour in late autumn months and through the winter, writes gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
Colour through the colder months
AS winter approaches, readers have asked gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT for suggestions on hardy shrubs that provide colour through the colder months.
Plant that keeps on keeping on
The problem with cut flowers is they don't last long, but among the odd exception is a remarkable Australian plant known the world over as the straw flower or everlasting daisy, writes CEDRIC BRYANT.
It’s time to be planting evergreens
“AUTUMN time is planting time”, as the saying goes, and time for putting in evergreen trees and shrubs., says gardening columnist CEDRIC BRYANT.
The flower power of good pruning
WHEN I featured Crepe myrtles recently some readers have reported plants that have been in for several years were not flowering well.
Crepe myrtles...
Gardening / Stressed trees start shedding leaves
WITH summer's heat and minimal rainfall our trees are suffering. As the water table continues to fall, trees are already starting to shed their...
Gardening / More to weeping than meets the eye
Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT has some important advice about pruning weeping cherry trees
Gardening / Of beetles, elms and ash trees
MORE than 60 million Dutch elm trees have died over the past century, but in Australia we are fortunate to not have the disease...
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