According to Attila, succulent plants found growing across Australia’s vast arid ... particularly that of the Carpobrotus, of which there are six native Australian species. “Australian farmers call it ...

This Australian native proved its fire-retardant quality ... a height of six feet and remind you of stalagmites. Few succulent plants are native to Australia but pearl bluebush is often classified ...

I was enlightened as to the diversity and toughness of Australian native plants in a conversation with Jo O’Connell. She is the proprietor of Australian Native Plants, a nursery in Casitas ...

What a good Australian native alternative ... smothering local native plants, Jane recommends growing native pigface or Carpobrotus. This succulent has bright pink flowers and upright, fleshy ...

Mr Ross said native plants have adapted to local conditions, so they require far less water and no fertiliser. Not surprisingly, nothing survives in the Australian climate, like Australian natives.

But the native plants that once lined it are on the brink of disappearing. One Indigenous-run nursery is on a mission to change that; trying to bring a now critically endangered species back to life.

Two plants native to Northern Australia could have significant medicinal potential in the prevention and treatment of diseases, according to two studies by a Charles Darwin University (CDU ...