When someone’s email address contains the word ‘wombat’ and they hold the National Plant Collection of Correa, a shrub that’s native only to Tasmania and southern Australia, you suspect there might be some sort of connection with ‘down under’. Yes, Dr Judy Clark confirms: she was born in Australia and moved to the UK 46 years ago.
Yet despite having grown up with them, it was only once she was gardening in this country that Judy came to appreciate Australian plants. “I didn’t really start gardening until about 25 years ago, and it took me a little while to discover you could grow Australian plants
