With that, here’s another installment of Pieter Severynen’s Tree of the Week. A moderate- to fast-growing evergreen, the Brisbane box is very well-behaved. It starts out as an upright ...

WARM spring weather has resulted in a purple patch for Brisbane and the surrounding area, with jacaranda trees in blossom early ... some jacarandas to throw blooms at a prodigious rate.

Trees can also be propagated with whole, leafless branches used as in-situ cuttings in winter. Plants and seeds available online. If you want to go really big, there’s Brisbane box tree ...