Southside Nursery Blog

buy a flowering cactus
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gardenias do well -only draw back is they only bloom once
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Grow roses. I live in arid inland Australia and roses are grown commercially nearby. As long as you have regular garden water they go well. A bit of afternoon shade helps too but isn’t necessary. They don’t get alot of fungal diseases like in high rainfall areas. Temperatures here get to 40 deg C. And most of summer is over 30 deg C.

Drought tolerant shrubs that are pretty but don’t smell are flowering quince, indian hawthorn (raphiolepsis) small and large varieties, Euronymus japonica (nice variegated leaves),
viburnum tinus, hibiscus syriacus, flowering fruit trees - peach, apricot, plum, lavender, nandina domestica nana, iris germanica, artemisia, cotinus. Australian natives such as acacia and grevillia.

There are many plants that will adapt well but not many have fabulous flowers such as magnolias, although Magnolia ‘Little Gem" or ‘Exmouth’ do well if you have some irrigation. For a good flower display the flowering quince and fruit trees provide brilliant shows, again the heat isn’t the worry as long as there is regular garden water. If you provide a tall hedge of any plant that will provide afternoon shade this is also a great help in a very hot climate. Good trees for shade depending on the amount of frost you get these for down to -5 deg C - Golden Rain Tree, Jacaranda (with some early protection), pistachio (ornamental not fruiting), chinese elm, pin oak, claret ash, liquidamber, and ornamental pears such as ‘Chanticleer’. Weeping mulberry is nice if you want an ornamental that has a weeping shape.
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dragon had a lot of great plants actually all plants named were great and i just want to add one the sweet olive/tea olive (osmanthus fragrance). this plant smells awesome in the fall and spring.
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