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    Shades of winter

    Apr 07, 2021 3 minutes
    Words & photos Angus Stewart
    BANKSIAS WORK WELL IN CONTAINERS BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY PREFER EXCELLENT DRAINAGE.

    Australian flora is unusual among ornamentals in that it’s almost exclusively evergreen, meaning of course that our plants do not go dormant in winter — indeed, there are a number that flower profusely through the coldest season.

    Not only does this provide welcome colour through a normally drab season; it also brings biodiversity to the garden in the form of the many nectar-feeding birds attracted by these flowers.

    Growing a variety of Australian plants that bloom successively through the seasons will provide a

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