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Plant of the month: Salvia leucantha
Plant of the month, In my garden Meg Chatterton 11/4/25 Plant of the month, In my garden Meg Chatterton 11/4/25

Plant of the month: Salvia leucantha

This is my favourite salvia and one of my favourite perennials, being long-flowering from late summer through to winter and easy to maintain with gorgeous colour.

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Plant of the Month: Zinnia
Plant of the month Meg Chatterton 6/12/22 Plant of the month Meg Chatterton 6/12/22

Plant of the Month: Zinnia

Zinnias are well-suited to our warming Australian climate, providing bursts of colour and attracting beneficial insects.

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Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet—even in our bodies in the form of microplastics. This World Environment Day calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution.

Here are some ways you can help in the garden:

1. Reus
Progress of today's installation for @wattlefellowship Spotlight event coming up on Monday at @sustainabilityvictoria. Looking forward to hearing how this cohort will unlock the leadership the planet needs!

Plants from @plantsforspaces who did an ex
Plant of the month: Japanese windflower (Anemone x hybrida)

🌤 Thrives in sun to semi-shade (where it has better drought-tolerance) boasting robust and long-lived clumps. 
🌸 Its tall, white or pink flowers bloom above the foliage well into autumn,
Excited to refresh these @air.garden towers for an installation at @unimelb for the @wattlefellowship Spotlight events and Unconventional with Purpose Conference in June 🌼

#Aeroponics #EdibleGarden #SmallSpaceGardening #GardenDesign #PlantInstallat
I haven't spent much time in my own patch of green this month, but my mini meadow is well on its way and the scarlet runner bean still rambling away despite being eaten by critters. Salvia leucantha is onto a new flush of blooms and getting lots of c
Progress on my little kitchen garden made from a found pallet and secondhand vertical garden pots. These have been planted with snow peas, sweet alyssum, marigolds and coriander. The strawberry will go in next! Up on the balcony, these plants are nic
As a South African-born Australian, I was thrilled to see a few gardens at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show celebrating the connections between our diverse plants and cultures which were once joined as Gondwana.

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💜 Plant of the month: Salvia leucantha (Mexican bush sage)

This is my favourite salvia and one of my favourite perennials, being long-flowering from late summer through to winter and easy to maintain with gorgeous colour.

I planted one in spring a

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Owners and true sovereigns of the land on which I work, and pay respect to Elders from all nations who have passed on their knowledge and love of plants and the more-than-human world.

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