Helichrysum petiolare is one of those plants I love more for its foliage and form than its flowers. Commonly called the liquorice plant, it has beautiful soft, silvery-grey leaves that...

Blue Chalk Sticks, Senecio serpens, is one of those plants I love using when a garden needs a completely different foliage colour. That incredible chalky blue-grey almost looks unreal, and...

Scleranthus biflorus, commonly known as Canberra Grass or Cushion Bush, is one of those wonderful Australian natives that proves you don’t need flowers to make an impact in the garden....

Copper Spoons is one of those succulents I love for its foliage rather than its flowers. The velvety, spoon-shaped leaves have a gorgeous rusty copper colour on top and a...

Helichrysum amorginum — Everlasting Daisy If you love silver foliage, Helichrysum amorginum is a little beauty. It forms a compact mound of soft, silvery-grey leaves, topped with clusters of creamy-yellow...

Few plants put on a spring show quite like the Bearded Iris. Those huge, almost theatrical flowers rise above sword-like foliage in an incredible range of colours — and once...