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Design, plant, and maintain a spectacular rose garden suited to Australian conditions — from climate selection to pruning and disease management.
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Muntries (Kunzea pomifera) are small, apple-flavoured berries from South Australia that grow on a low spreading shrub — one of the most intriguing and underutilised native food p…
Sweet peas produce the most intensely fragrant flowers of any climber and time their peak perfectly with the Australian spring.
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Australia has 2,000 native bee species — far more than most gardeners realise. Designing your garden to support them improves pollination dramatically while creating a dynamic, w…
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