The Rebel Gardener

Agaves are plants that lend themselves to be easily grown in pots and Agave attenuata is no exception. Because of it’s drought tolerance it’s a plant that won’t drop dead if you forget to water it every second day over summer. Another great thing about Agave attenuata is that it’s really easy to propagate from [...]

It wasn’t until I started my new garden that I looked at growing Agaves. After I finished landscaping my front garden I decided I only wanted to fill it with plants that could survive only on rainfall and without any supplemental watering at all (once established). This was a tall order to place on most [...]

Being a fan of drought tolerant plants I was drawn straight away to the Californian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. It features Palms, Agaves, Cactus and lots of other drought tolerant plants. These types of plants are now becoming more popular in Australian home gardens as they are quite architectural and look great [...]

The Geelong Botanic Gardens is well over one hundred years old. A new addition to the gardens though is a very contemporary water wise garden full of some very drought tolerant plants. The garden is made of drought tolerant plants from both here in Australia and around the world. These include cactus and succulent species, [...]