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My Favourite Paper Daisy: Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’

Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’ is a hardy ground cover paper daisy, it is a natural form of Bracteantha bracteata which was found at Diamond Head on the NSW coast just south of Port Macquarie. I love it for its compact mounding habit, it… Read more ›

Shade loving Leionema ‘Green Screen’

This is still one of my favourite native shrubs for growing in dry shade or part sun, Leionema ‘Green Screen’ is a hybrid of L. elatius and L. lamprophyllum, and is an extremely useful plant! In the image above you… Read more ›

The Brightest of the Acacias? Acacia podalyriifolia

It has always seemed to me that Acacia podalyriifolia is one of the first wattles to flower every winter, and so profusely! or at least it is one of the most immediately noticeable 🙂 the native bees think so too… Read more ›

Delicate Tea Trees: Leptospermum ‘Cardwell’

I love tea trees or Leptospermums, I’m not sure what it is about them that appeals to me so much. Perhaps their soft weeping foliage or the way they can get absolutely covered in flowers so much so that you… Read more ›

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My Favourite Paper Daisy: Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’

Shade loving Leionema ‘Green Screen’

The Brightest of the Acacias? Acacia podalyriifolia

Delicate Tea Trees: Leptospermum ‘Cardwell’