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Best Australian Wildflowers: Long-lasting, beautiful and beneficial for wildlife

GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS, HEDGING AND SCREENING
5 months ago
Wildflowers promise a lot: instant impact, bursts of seasonal colour, and that elusive sense of natural charm. But ask any specifier who’s worked on public or commercial landscapes—they rarely deliver…
Baby Breeze

Best Plant Types for Chop and Drop in Amenity Landscapes

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS
5 months ago
If we wish to build sustainable landscapes, they must be self-sufficient without requiring constant mulch and fertiliser. One of the key ways to achieve this it to use the ‘chop…
Ozbreed’s year-round pollinator support palette

Plant Communities for Pollinator Support

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS
6 months ago
Year-Round Pollinator Support Palette A planting guide to attract and sustain native pollinators year-round, while adding colour and structure to Australian landscapes. This planting palette is designed for Australian specifiers…
Ozbreed Plant Palettes

Plant Communities for Erosion Control

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS
6 months ago
Building resilient, functional landscapes with complementary Australian native plants Soil erosion remains a critical challenge in Australian landscapes, particularly on sloping sites, embankments, and exposed ground. A well-designed planting scheme…
Flat White

Top 10 Cascading Plants – Retaining Walls, Rocks & Slopes

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, SHADE PLANTS
7 months ago
Are you looking for plants for plants that cascade down? The plants in this list are perfect for softening hard lines, covering ground, and providing living mulch that feeds ecology…
Mundi

Top 10 Bulletproof Plants (Almost)

MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS, HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING
7 months ago
Are you looking for plants for plants that are really hard to kill once established? The plants in the list below were bred for neglected roadsides and bioswales which receive…
Cosmic White

Top 10 Shade-Loving Plants (Also for Full Sun)

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS
9 months ago
Are you looking for a plant for a shady spot? Perhaps it receives only dappled shade throughout the day, or an hour of direct sunlight as the sun’s path directly…
Little Jess

Top 10 Mass and Mixed Planting Plants

MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS, HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS
9 months ago
Are you looking for plants for mass and mixed planting? Whether you’re looking for a large sward of a single variety, or a mix of shapes and textures that are…
Sea Urchin

Top 10 Fire Retardant Plants

HEDGING AND SCREENING, GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS
9 months ago
Are you looking for plants for fire retardant plants? The plants you specify play a massive role in the fire safety of a landscape. Of course, they’re just one piece…
Nafray Cenchrus

Top 10 Erosion Control Plants for Landscape Specification

GROUND COVERS, MASS PLANTING, MODERN CLUMPING PLANTS, SHADE PLANTS, HEDGING AND SCREENING
9 months ago
Are you looking for plants to control erosion? Whether you’re trying to control erosion on a steep slope or seemingly flat ground, here are Ozbreed’s top 10 erosion controlling plants…

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