Each issue subTropical Gardening will ask a range of experts to list favourite plant types…just to see what they like and why.

In this issue, five horticulturists briefly describe their favourite two flowering shrubs.

Limiting the selection to just two plants was considered to be particularly diffcult.

The decision can depend on soil, climate and aesthetics of the plant itself.

Guest experts:
Daniel Cole
• Etlingera elatior
• Amaranthus tricolor

Joan Dillon
• Hoya australis
• Melicope elleryana

John Sullivan
• Saraca cauliflora (syn. S. thaipingensis)
• Casuarina equisetifolia

Liz Hagan
• Grevillea pteridifolia
• Pittosporum moluccanum

Paul Hoffmann
• Corymbia ‘Summer Red’
• Stenocarpus sinuatus