The continent of Australia is teeming with diverse life, both in flora and fauna. It boasts some of the most unique and spectacular plant species, important to the native ecology. Australian plants ...

If you wanted to create a garden of nothing but Australian plants, you would have a cornucopia of beauties from which to choose. You could find ground covers, shrubs, and trees that flower ...

Don’t bother with the holly and European mistletoe. Our most festive leaves, berries and flowers don’t thrive under a dusting ...

A species of Australian native plant related to kangaroo paws has been named after the humble rotary clothesline.

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

This column includes another visit to one of the world’s five Mediterranean climate regions, described more narrowly as southern and southwestern Australia, central Chile, coastal California, the ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Say the word “annuals” and most gardeners think of subtropical plants like petunias or marigolds. But native annuals do so much more for your garden. By Margaret Roach There it was, as flashy as in ...

What do Australia’s new nature laws mean for native forests? The reforms closed a loophole that stopped legal scrutiny of ...