Plant Type
Understand the plant ... use it to your advantage.
choosing aquatics
Planting where there's plenty of water.
more...choosing trees
Trees can't be matched for their scale or impact.
more...choosing shrubs
Shrubs are an essential element in any garden.
more...choosing perennials
'Perennial' is one term that needs special explanation.
more...choosing climbers
Flexible stems give climbing plants many uses in the garden.
more...choosing grasses
Grasses, bamboos, sedges, rushes and grass-like plants are textural garden features.
more...bamboo: running vs clumping
Why you'd choose a running bamboo over a clumping bamboo.
more...choosing palms ferns & cycads
Palms, ferns and cycads are attractive foliage plants with similar features.
more...choosing succulents
Dry conditions give succulents their distinctive and unusual forms.
more...choosing annuals & bulbs
Annuals and bulbs are celebrated for their generous and colourful displays.
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Rough Star Hair
Plant type: evergreen shrub
H: 2m W: 1m
Sunlight: warm low sun to dappled light
Fast Facts
succulents
Succulents get better air circulation and drainage when well-spaced and set up on their own in a pot or as a feature set against a background of gravel mulch.
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