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Along with a great landscape design, planting trees can help enhance the overall appearance of your garden. With their green foliage and colourful flowers, passersby will undoubtedly turn their heads in admiration. Furthermore, trees that form a row can serve as hedging plants to provide security and privacy in your property. They can mark the […]

The Norfolk Pine, as its name suggests, originally grows in Norfolk Island located on the coast of Australia. However, it is now widely cultivated anywhere else as an ornamental tree and houseplant.  Although it is not a true pine, the Norfolk Pine has rightfully earned the nickname “living Christmas tree” or “triangle tree” due to […]

It is basic knowledge that living creatures need water for survival, and like any other living being, trees also require ample water. That’s precisely why they have roots to search for water sources and take in the water. Some trees have even developed aggressive roots that can invade and damage structures and water pipelines in […]

The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is a popular native shrub or small tree in Australia. It is very dear to Australians because it has been with them since time immemorial and they have been using it for various purposes. Moreover, the Golden Wattle is the country’s national floral emblem, which symbolises their unity and strong […]

Ficus macrophylla, the Australian Banyan or Moreton Bay Fig, is a gigantic evergreen tree that belongs to the same scientific group as the common fig. This tree is native to eastern Australia, where Moreton Bay is located and from which the common name of the tree is derived.  A Forest Giant When grown in a […]

Known as one of the largest trees in Australia, the Moreton Bay Fig is an enormous giant that is hard to miss in any landscape. It is also known as the Australian Banyan and is a native in Eastern Australia. Moreton Bay Fig or Ficus macrophylla is a strangler fig. Meaning, it starts on the […]