The Australian plants selected for this book have much to offer gardeners for cultivation in temperate and warm temperate regions where there is plenty of sunshine and a high probability of extended dry periods. In most cases these plants will also perform well in cool temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world. There is basic information on growing plants in containers, pruning and shaping of plants, watering which is such a hot topic at present with climate change and global warming on everybodys lips, fertilising, mulching, propagation, pests and diseases.