It seems as though the gurus of landscape color have been awakened this year to the old-fashioned verbena. While the term old-fashioned might justify with the flower we know as verbena, it's a relatively new variety called EnduraScape that is causing all the fuss.

Some plants will take care of themselves when you go on holiday.

If you're scared of crocodiles, don't watch this video. It shows at least 50 of them sunbaking along a short stretch of the Northern Territory's Daly River ... and there's more in the water.