The showy shrubs suited to Canberra

Jackie French
September 26 2021 - 2:30am
Worth the wait: Rhododendrons are slow growing. Picture: Shutterstock
Worth the wait: Rhododendrons are slow growing. Picture: Shutterstock

Wanted: shrubs that will survive deep frost; summers with the breath of bushfire; droughts and water restrictions; and the thin soil of what was once heavily cleared and overgrazed paddocks. Or rather, shrubs that adore or ignore all of that, and bloom and grow gloriously.

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Jackie French

Jackie French

Canberra Times columnist

Jackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.

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