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Take a look at what’s hot in plants, curl up with a beautiful new book and cast your eye over some great ideas for your garden
1Award-winning Fairytale Magic rose has luscious olde-worlde blooms in pink touched with apricot, and a delightful fragrance. With prolific clusters of flowers from top to bottom on this healthy upright Floribunda rose, it is a good pick for a beautiful garden display or hedging. It grows to 90cm high. treloarroses.com.au
2The crepe myrtle Lagerstroemia ‘Enduring Summer Red’ has its first flush in late spring, then blooms all summer and into autumn with prolific, bright red blooms. New spring foliage is tinged red before ageing to glossy green on this compact shrub to 1.5m high. Trim off spent flowers in winter to maintain a bushy shape. A spot in full sun is best. touchofclassplants.com.au
3With year-round variegated gold and green foliage and yellow blooms in spring, Leucadendron ‘Pot of Gold’ is an attractive feature plant for borders or screens. This sun-loving, heat- and frost-tolerant shrub to 2.5m high likes well-drained soil. Prune after flowering to maintain shape. ausflorapacific.com.au
4A prolific bloomer, the Climbing Arabia rose has an arching habit and can be trained up an arbor or lattice. It grows to 2.5m, with dark coppery orange to bright peach blooms with a spicy fragrance. Good disease resistance. knightsroses.com.au
5Ideal for small gardens, pots or low borders, Garden of Roses is a compact grower to 60cm high. Framed by dark foliage, its full blooms in romantic, soft apricot colouring have a tender fragrance. This lovely new Floribunda repeat-blooms well, and has received multiple awards since 2009. treloarroses.com.au