Ten shrubs anyone can grow

When it comes to gardening, sometimes it feels like no matter what you try, everything you plant ends up dying. The dream for most busy Aussie is to have your garden looking lush and beautiful all year-round, with minimal effort, and no matter how black your thumb might be. Luckily, most of the time, you garden fails come down to selecting the wrong varieties of plants. The following line-up of easy-to-maintain shrubs will thrive in whatever conditions you throw them into. 

 1. Murraya

2. Grevillea

3. Camellia

4. Fairy Rose

5. Dwarf Bottlebrush

6. Coleonema

7. Euphorbia

8. Persian Shield plant

9. Plumbago ‘Royal Cape’

10. Hydrangea

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