Growing guides

Plum trees are productive fruit trees, ideally suited to growing in the average backyard or in a large pot. There are...

Poinsettia is a Christmas favourite - their red and green colours are commonly used to bring festive cheer indoors over...

Pomegranates (Punica granatum) are heat-loving trees, native to the Middle East, that grow well here in Australia. The...

Poppies will bring a flush of colour into your spring garden with their frilly flowers. There are many different types...

Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are tubers that grow and form at the plant’s roots. Plants also produce flowering shoots...

Proteas are sun-loving beauties originally from South Africa, that grow particularly well in our poor Australian soils...

Delicious in pies, soups and stews and full of vitamins and minerals, pumpkins are a tasty autumn and winter treat...

Radishes are one of the easiest and speediest vegetable crops to grow! Perfect for the time poor or beginner gardener...

Ranunculus (Ranunculus asiaticus) make the perfect spring and early summer cut flower. They grow from dormant corms...

What could be better than a bowl of sweet, fresh-picked raspberries in summer? These delicious fruits are easy to grow...

Rhododendrons are spring flowering shrubs or trees that are closely related to azaleas, so they like similar growing...

Rhubarbs edible stalks grow from a central crown and this popular vegetable is most commonly eaten as a sweet! Once...