Finding the Right Hedging and Screening Plants
Australia is a pretty tough climate to establish a hedge or screen. It’s hot, dry and often humid in many places, and our soils can be a real challenge. Traditional…
Plant Guide
Tough Ground Cover Plants
A good ground cover plant should spread across the ground and help choke out weeds. Many ground cover plants spread but often thin out, or are short lived and only…
Choosing the Right Large Scale Mass Planting Plants
Plants for large scale mass planting projects need to be low maintenance, drought tough and able to cope with harsh conditions. Ozbreed has developed many plants that fit into that…
Modern Clumping Architectural Plants
Good strappy leaf plants make the best clumping architectural plants. The better ones stay evergreen all year, even through a regular drought. Severe droughts may brown them, but they will…
Plants for Moderate to Heavy Shade
Most plants can handle light shade, but fewer can thrive in moderately heavy shade, and fewer still in very shady landscaped gardens. Conditions that adversely affect plants in shade are…
Choosing the Right Street Trees
Avoid the above, and put some thought into the tree you choose. Leafy suburbs are often the richest, most expensive real-estate. The trees planted 50 years ago are not the…
Choosing Plants for Clay Soils
Clay soils can be very heavy and hard to dig, with a tendency towards water logging. While heavy clay soils will need significant improvement before most plants will happily grow…
Soil Improvement
In general work on improving the soil or correcting soil pH should be done before planting takes place. When starting a new garden, understanding your soil will greatly assist you…
Choosing Plants for Sandy Soils
Sandy soils can be very free draining and do not hold a lot of moisture or nutrients for plants. Plants which naturally grow in sandy soils will perform best in…
Understanding Your Soil
The type of soil you have will greatly impact on the types of plants which will grow happily in your garden and the degree of care they will need. Australian…
Why are Strappy Leaf plants so good?
Strappy leafed plants are plants which have a grass like growth habit, but are not grasses. Their leaves are long green straps, like grass, which may be very thin or…
Drought Tolerant Plants
One way of reducing the water needs of our gardens is to grow plants which have low water needs. These plants are often described as drought tolerant as they are…
Caring for a Garden During Drought
Where ever you live in Australia, periods of extended dry weather and even drought are likely to impact on your garden. Water restrictions are likely to remain as long term…
Coloured Foliage Plants
Lush green spaces are very relaxing, and yet they come to life so much when a splash of colour is added. The first thought for colour in a garden is…
Ground Cover Plants
Bare soil in gardens is prone to drying out, erosion, increased temperatures and increased weed germination. This is usually prevented by adding mulch to the garden to act as a…
Tidy Australian Shrubs
Whilst many of us can proudly say we are fond of the beautiful and iconic Australian native flora, we are still often hesitant to use them in our gardens. Native…