The Rebel Gardener

Acacia glaucoptera is a small wattle with an unusual habit. It has long serrated foliage that is a dark greeny, bluey colour that intensifies to a dark red at the tips, so it looks quite attractive even when it’s not in flower. It flowers over winter and has round yellow wattle type flowers that appear [...]

The words “drought tolerant plants” have different meaning to different gardeners. I once knew a gardener who believed if a plant was considered to be drought tolerant it meant that once you’d planted it you could then walk away and never have to water it again. The funny thing about it, in some respects this [...]