Month: November 2014

  • Native Lawn Substitute: Dichondra repens

    Native Lawn Substitute: Dichondra repens

    I paid a visit to one of my old garden designs last week and discovered that since I had last seen the garden it has become completely lawn free, as in grass lawn. The owner has been busily dividing up tube stock of Dichondra repens in order to give him green pathways throughout the garden,…

  • Blue Tongue: Melastoma affine

    Blue Tongue: Melastoma affine

    This showy little shrub is Melastoma affine or Native Lasiandra, it really does look like a dwarf form of the incredibly popular south American Tibouchina, which lights up the streets of many inner western Sydney suburbs. However, this is not only an Australian native Lasiandra but is also a bush food. After the flowers finish…

  • Another Favourite Grafted Grevillea: Grevillea candelabra ‘Pink’

    Another Favourite Grafted Grevillea: Grevillea candelabra ‘Pink’

    Grevillea candelabra Grafted is another grafted Grevillea that I am rather fond of, it is not as showy or unusual as some of the other grafted species, but it has proven to be an incredibly versatile and useful plant for me time and again. There are a Pink and a White form both of which…

  • One of my Favourite Grevillea Groundcovers: Grevillea curviloba

    One of my Favourite Grevillea Groundcovers: Grevillea curviloba

    I have been waiting a long time to be able to photograph Grevillea curviloba in full flower, it is a favourite of mine even when not in flower. Finally, I came across two specimens in a private garden that were both covered in blooms, and full of native bees, mind you. Introducing Grevillea curviloba! Hooorah!…