Articles & Research

Discover how to stop landscapers and nurseries swapping plants and maintain control over your design, quality, and project outcomes.

Discover how to become an Ozbreed OEA nursery, stock premium plant varieties, and grow your business with a proven retail program.

Discover the best WSUD plants for nurseries and how to build a profitable, sustainable range suited to Australian conditions and projects.

Discover native Australian groundcovers that block weeds, save time on maintenance, and add natural beauty to your landscape.

Find native Victorian plants for slope stabilisation and erosion control, ideal for creating durable, low-maintenance landscapes.

A step-by-step guide to using Ozbreed’s Desktop Specification Guide for smarter plant selection and more efficient landscape planning.

A simple guide to plant spacing, explaining when to go tighter or wider for healthier plants and more effective landscape design.

A practical guide to supplying WSUD plants to commercial developments, covering species selection, compliance, and project success.

Discover how to choose the right low hedge plants, avoid common pitfalls, and achieve better structure, growth, and maintenance outcomes.

Find the best native Australian alternatives to Buxus for a more attractive, low-maintenance, and eco-friendly garden.

Learn how to specify plants and landscapes for climate extremes including heat, frost, and humidity to improve resilience and performance.

Learn how contour swales reduce erosion in public spaces by slowing runoff, improving infiltration, and supporting resilient landscapes.

Discover how contour-based WSUD improves tree growth by managing stormwater, increasing soil moisture, and supporting healthier urban canopy.

Learn how distributed stormwater management on sloping sites reduces runoff, controls erosion, and improves infiltration in landscape design.

Guide to designing infiltration swales on reactive clay soils in Australia for better drainage and stormwater management.

Design public landscapes that require less pruning. Discover plant selection and design strategies that reduce long-term maintenance.

Family-friendly Victoria plant palette for ecologically functional communities—safe, hardy choices that support biodiversity and resilience.

Discover erosion control plant palettes designed for slopes, embankments and landscapes. Hardy, low-maintenance plants that stabilise soil and reduce erosion.

Explore Ozbreed’s coastal plant palette featuring tough, salt-tolerant plants ideal for coastal gardens and landscapes exposed to wind, sand and harsh conditions.

Discover shade-loving plants that thrive in low-light gardens. Explore hardy, low-maintenance varieties ideal for shaded landscapes and urban planting.

Discover the top 10 plants for mass and mixed planting in Melbourne landscapes. Proven low-maintenance varieties ideal for landscape architects and urban projects.

Explore top fire-retardant plants for Melbourne landscapes — hardy, low-maintenance species ideal for bushfire protection, home gardens and property safety.

Find the best erosion control plants for Melbourne landscapes — hardy, low-maintenance species ideal for soil stabilisation, slopes, revegetation and waterway protection.

Explore strappy screening plants like Lomandra, Dianella, and grasses create tough, low-maintenance privacy and texture.

Discover native shrubs and hedges for foliage contrast, adding texture, colour, screening, and year-round structure.

Explore a genus biodiversity chart for urban ecology, helping design resilient, habitat-rich, diverse landscapes.

Learn chop-and-drop mulching for hedges: recycle prunings, build healthier soil, suppress weeds, and reduce green waste.

Discover how the Mandevilla enriches plant communities, pairing beautifully with companions to boost habitat, colour, and resilience.

Lagerstroemia strengthens plant communities, supporting pollinators, habitat, seasonal colour, and resilient Australian landscapes.

Resilient Australian wildflowers for public spaces: thrive with neglect, delivering colour, biodiversity, low-maintenance performance.