If you’re looking for the perfect lawn alternative for your backyard, there are plenty of Australian natives that are ideal for wide, open areas in your garden. For many, grass is too high maintenance ...

Expand Our recent column, “Thoughts about trees,” described the large trees in my garden, provided basic guidelines for tree ...

When considering shade trees for landscape use, such staple native species as maples, oaks, elms and hornbeams come to mind. Another serviceable choice is the American linden (Tilia americana).

The chief scientist of Botanic Gardens of Sydney has urged NSW residents to be on high alert after parts of Perth were ...

She is the proprietor of Australian Native Plants, a nursery in Casitas Springs, located halfway between Ojai and Ventura.

Dry shade plants are often difficult to find for gardens. Native ginger, bottlebrush buckeye, and Solomon's seal are three plants that tolerate dry shade. It's important to water plants thoroughly ...

Australia is home to the world’s largest parasitic plant, a mighty mistletoe that blooms every December. It's known as WA’s Christmas tree.

Eastern redbud: These small, graceful trees are beautiful in bloom and can take full sun to part shade. Sweetbay magnolia: Davis recommends this fragrant native tree for a compact space.

On the edge of a dense forest on a rugged Australian island, an enormous stump rises from the ground—all that remains of a eucalyptus tree that towered into the canopy for centuries.

A New Wave of Distilleries Is Crafting Unique Spirits From Australia’s Native Plants – and Creepy Crawlers Boutique spirit makers across the southern continent are creating favors inspired by ...

Death caps – or Amanita phalloides – are responsible for around 90 per cent of all fungus-related deaths. Read more at ...

There will be other shade trees for sale: Cedar, Southern Magnolia, Red Maple, Green Ash, Sand Live Oak, and Willow Oak, as well as an extensive collection of native understory trees, many ...