The Yarrow is a weedy herb from western Asia and Europe. Historically used by herbalists as an anti-inflammatory. A perennial herb with erect pink or white flowers throughout summer and autumn. It has a low growing, spreading habit to 75 cm high, sprouting many new plants from rhizomes (roots). The foliage is usually finely divided with a fern-like appearance. It has become invasive on roadsides and in bushland.

An evergreen clump-forming herbaceous perennial to 75 cm high with distinctive coloured and lobed leaves arising directly from the roots. The striking red rose-like flowers with yellow stamens appear on erect stalks from late spring to autumn. Flowers are bright, papery and long lasting.

One of several hundred sages available in cultivation. This is a medium shrubby form to 1.5 m high by 0.9 m wide. Scarlet-red flowers appear in well-spaced whorls from spring through to autumn. The leaves are soft and downy with finely serrated edges and emit a distinctive pineapple aroma when crushed.

Ask at your local nursery or garden centre for advice about many superior and non-invasive Sages.

An attractive, tufted Australian native perennial herb with soft, linear leaves to 0.6 m high. The erect pale blue or occasionally white flowers appear in spring and summer on long slender stems. Individual flowers are in the form of open bells. Excellent for a massed display in a welldrained soil in full-sun or partshade. As the plants are shallow rooted, the soil should be kept moist but not water-logged.