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Bat plants require warm, humid shade. They thrive in low light conditions of 40-60% shade, where trees or walls protect them from direct sun. This affinity for low light makes them quite happy ind ...

Large bramble berry that grows on a trailing vine. Small clustered berries. When fully ripe, they develop a deep maroon colour, though it is not uncommon for the berries to still have subtle hin ...

Tabernaemontana 'Sweet Love' are now in stock and looking gorgeous! With delicate looking little white flowers, this hardy shrub reaches 1-2 metres high. Prune to create a nice b ...

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During the wet season, the monsoons come in from the north bringing nearly 2 metres of rain, the creeks and rivers fill and flood and stretch out across the flood plain. Lightening streaks the sky ...

Diamonds in the Dark are a revolutionary new range of Lagerstroemias. They feature flawless near-black foliage that emerges in early spring, followed by masses of vivid blooms from  ...

As it starts to get wetter in the Top End, the Centre of Disease Control warns Territorians to look out for symptoms of potentially deadly soil-borne disease, Melioidosis. Also known a ...

Need a ground cover for your garden that is attractive and durable? Tradescantia Pallida 'Purpurea' (Purple Heart) is a popular trailing evergreen perennial noted for its remarkable foliage of  ...

Rhoeo Tradescantia or 'Moses in the Cradle' is a colourful, evergreen clump forming plant featuring two colour foliage - green on top and purple underneath. It has a short stem that produc ...

Of all the ornamental grasses, of which there are many, Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum Advena 'Rubrum') is probably one of the most popular. The Purple burgundy-coloured foliage and soft, fuzzy ...