You might not build a scene around it, but when you need an oddball character for a garden role, try a banksia. Among Australian plants at home in California, they are one of the strangest, with ...

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Growing up to 20m, the hardy Banksia integrifolia stands tall in the Australian borders of the Dunedin Botanic Garden and produces an abundance of lemon-yellow flowers throughout autumn and winter.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Why are banksia flowers so big? I've long admired those huge cones, run my hands over their almost-plastic perfection, marvelled at ...

Costa visits the new Banksia Garden at the Australian National Botanic Gardens and discovers the wondrous diversity and beauty of these classic Aussie plants. The iconic banksia is on full display at ...

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Today we’d like you to think about just how relaxing life could be, if you could spend more time stretched out on a garden lounge under the shade of a tree, watching the birds and bees at work. Well ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Plant lovers who visit the south-west of Western Australia tend to abandon good sense. As loudly as their heads tell them that plants ...