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Expert Grass Tree advice!

My favourite supplier for Grass Trees is located on the Northern NSW coast they are called Bruinsma Grass Trees and stock lovely healthy specimens, however that is not all they do… They also follow up and offer excellent advice through… Read more ›

01/03/2019 24 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Ornamental grass

bee attracting, Bruinsma Grass Trees, large flower, Modern Australian Native Garden, street address, understory planting, well drained soil, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

Another Callistmon for the resurgence: Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’

I have written before about my love of bottlebrush and how I wish for a resurgence in their use in garden design and the general landscape. There are many new interesting forms and cultivars that are a far shot from… Read more ›

26/02/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Small garden

Autumn Flowering, bee attracting, Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’, clay soils, fast growing, large flower, Red flowers, spring flowering, understory planting, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Another true blue Banksia ground cover: Banksia petiolaris

This is another great WA prostrate ground cover Banksia that grows and flowers directly on the ground like Banksia blechnifolia. They have a very similar habit, however their leaves and flowers are quite different. Banksia petiolaris has a lovely bluish… Read more ›

20/11/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Banksia petiolaris, grey green leaves, large flower, understory planting, WA, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Go Drumsticks! Go! Isopogon anemonifolius ‘Little Drumsticks’

Look at this shrub, can it fit anymore flowers on its tightly bunched stems? I think not… it is totally jam packed with intricate lemon yellow Drumstick flowers that last for a couple of months. This is a compact selected… Read more ›

21/10/2018 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Frost tolerant, Natives for containers, Small garden

bee attracting, bird-attracting, compact habit, cut flowers, Honeyeater, Isopogon anemonifolius 'Little Drumsticks', large flower, Parrot, spring flowering, srub wren, thornbill, understory planting, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

This is one of the most useful native plants around, a prostrate form of the coast Banksia, Banksia integrifolia. I like to use it for covering embankments like the one in these images at the Bulli Grevillea Park. It also… Read more ›

30/09/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Winter flowering

Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', carpeting ground cover, cut flowers, fast growing, foliage contrast, large flower, silver foliage, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

The arching canes of Old Socks: Grevillea leucopteris

There are a group of Grevilleas which throw their flowers out on tall leggy canes, up into the air far away from their foliage. Grevillea petrophiloides is probably one of the better known and more available ones in NSW, but… Read more ›

31/08/2018 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Screening plants

foliage contrast, fragrant, Grevillea leucopteris, grey green leaves, large flower, Modern Australian Native Garden, WA, white flower, wildlife habitat

Brilliant Banksia ‘Orange Glow’

I have written a lot about the dwarf varieties of Banksia spinulosa but virtually nothing about the dwarf forms of Banksia ericifolia, I must rectify this! They are also prolific flowerers and have a wonderful dense habit and are equally bird… Read more ›

10/06/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Winter flowering

Banksia ericifolia 'Orange Glow', cut flowers, Graptophyllum ilicifolium, Grevillea 'Gold Fever', large flower, up right habit, well drained soil, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Rambling bank covering Grevillea banksii prostrate

There are many, many Grevillea ground covers, and most of them cover a large area and have either a toothbrush or spider flower. Not this one! this is Grevillea banksii prostrate and it not only has a large showy flower spike… Read more ›

08/05/2018 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover

bird-attracting, fast growing, foliage contrast, frost tolerant, Grevillea banksii prostrate, Grevillea banksii prostrate Red, Grevillea banksii prostrate White, grey green leaves, Honeyeater, large flower, weeping habit, wind tolerant

The many colours of Eucalyptus ficifolia grafted

I have been taking photos of grafted flowering gums for the last 10 years and have been meaning to make a colour comparison between some of my favourites. It can be very confusing deciphering the different pinks and reds, not… Read more ›

21/03/2018 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Small tree

bee attracting, Corymbia ficifolia x ptychocarpa Summer Red, Eucalyptus 'Dwarf Orange', Eucalyptus 'Dwarf Red', Eucalyptus 'Summer Beauty', Eucalyptus 'Summer Glory', Eucalyptus 'Summer Red', Eucalyptus ficifolia grafted, Grafted Eucalyptus 'Summer Red', large flower, orange flowers, pink flowers, Red flowers, spring flowering, summer flowering

Some like it hot! Buckinghamia celsissima

All this hot weather has certainly been of benefit to the Ivory Curl trees in and around Sydney, they are blooming themselves silly! This photos in this blog post are of a specimen in my mums garden in Wollongong, the… Read more ›

02/03/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Medium Tree, Small tree

bee attracting, Buckinghamia celsissima, clay soils, feature tree, Honeyeaters, insectivorous birds, large flower, native insect attracting, rainforest species, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower

Sweet: Grevillea ‘Blood Orange’

I am generally not a massive fan of the large flowering Grevilleas, mainly because they encourage the wrong birds, well not the wrong birds but birds who already have a plentiful source of food. However when someone asks for a… Read more ›

19/02/2018 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Screening plants, Winter flowering

clay soils, Grevillea 'Blood Orange', large flower, orange flowers, year round flowering

Woolly Pomaderris should be seen more often: Pomaderris lanigera

This is a plant that whenever I see it in the bush or in a garden situation I wonder why I don’t use it more often, I love the soft fury leaves and large structured panicle heads that hold hundreds… Read more ›

12/02/2018 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Frost tolerant, Shade tolerant

cut flowers, large flower, Pomaderris lanigera, spring flowering, understory planting, yellow flowers

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Expert Grass Tree advice!

Another Callistmon for the resurgence: Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’

Another true blue Banksia ground cover: Banksia petiolaris

Go Drumsticks! Go! Isopogon anemonifolius ‘Little Drumsticks’

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

The arching canes of Old Socks: Grevillea leucopteris

Brilliant Banksia ‘Orange Glow’

Rambling bank covering Grevillea banksii prostrate

The many colours of Eucalyptus ficifolia grafted

Some like it hot! Buckinghamia celsissima

Sweet: Grevillea ‘Blood Orange’

Woolly Pomaderris should be seen more often: Pomaderris lanigera