• Correa baeuerlenii

    Here is another of my very favourite Correas that is such a useful plant in the landscape. Correa baeuerlenii or Chef’s Hat Correa is found naturally growing on the south coast of NSW on shady, damp sites, therefore it grows happily under large trees and will cope with periods of dry and also light frost.

  • So much Joy: Eremophila racemosa x maculata ‘Fairy Floss’

    This Emu bush is always a great performer in a difficult postion, providing so my joy with its multicolured buds and blooms. I have been growing Eremophila ‘Fairy Floss’ for a number of years now and have found it to be particularly tough and hardy. What I didn’t realise was that it is a cross…

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  • Coronidium elatum: The lesser Known paper daisy

    This is a paper daisy which you may have seen growing in the bush, popping its flower heads up but often looking quite scraggly. Well the good news is this species of paper daisy makes a wonderful garden specimen. It responds so well to pruning, it can be shaped into a small shrub and will…

  • Philotheca myoporoides and it’s many forms

    This gorgeous shrub is called Wax Flower or Philotheca, which apparently means “loving receptacle”. And that it is, providing plenty of flowers for pollinators and scent for humans, it is a very hardy species which can handle sun and shade in equal measure. Because of its hardiness it is one of the most widely cultivated…

  • The multifaceted Eremophila Polyclada

    This is Twiggy Emu Bush, lives up to its name, this facinating emu bush seems to be showy no matter what stage of flowering it is at. The spent flowers leave behind these showy yellow fruits , and sometimes also left behind is the black remains of the petals, this creates a mix of white,…

  • Silver in the Shade: Plectranthus argentatus

    If you are looking for a native under story plant to grow where no plant has succeeded before give Plectranthus argentatus a try. It will grow in the dry soil under large trees and ramble about filling in bare patches creating a dense silver layer to a dark forgotten corner. Plectranthus argentatus has a lightly…

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