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Yucca, Yacca, Yuca, What’s in a name? Yucca, yacca, yuca, what’s in a name? When it comes to plants, a lot. A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but it might not…

Selecting bedding plants to place beneath your designer trees can be challenging. Trees tend to be resource hogs, and it pays to know what the forests look like where your trees grow naturally. Plants that…

If you’re looking for a new houseplant that’s easy to care for, edible, and exotically unusual, consider a mango tree. Didn’t know that mango trees could be grown indoors? With the right know-how, cultivating a…

Grass Trees or “Balga” in the News. Another word for Grass tree is “Balga” in the Noongar language according to an article dated September 7, 2021, in the Metronet News. The trees are a subject…

Summer is quickly approaching, and with experts predicting that the warmer months will soon become hotter and drier than ever, it’s only natural to worry about how all of your garden trees will cope. While…

Grass trees are iconic Australian plants. There are more than 60 different varieties of Xanthorrhoea or grass trees that are endemic to Australia. These tough, drought-resistant plants were and still are important to the native…

When planting a new tree, it’s always worth paying some attention to the pH of your soil to ensure that this matches up with your new tree’s growing requirements. Some trees, such as the Queensland…

Concerned that your yucca trees aren’t thriving in the way that they should? Here are four things that you can do to give your yuccas a boost.   Protect Them From Direct Sunlight Have you…

Mid to late summer is often the time of year when beginning gardeners give up planning or expanding the garden and focus on keeping their existing plants in good shape. This might mean watering them,…

If you have children, then you’ll already be aware of how important it is for your garden to be as child-friendly as possible. This doesn’t mean that it needs to be filled with garish plastic…

When you buy a new garden tree, it’ll often come with spacing guidelines that tell you how far away that tree needs to be from other trees and plants. But what happens if you ignore…

More and more people are now choosing to give trees and plants as a gift, and it’s easy to see why. Not only is a tree a gift that looks impressive, but it’s also eco-friendly,…

Trees are a beautiful part of your garden. When they produce fruit for your table or for just snacking on while you work in your garden, you have the best of all worlds. Just imagine…