Tag: WA

  • Easy to grow WA species: Melaleuca incana

    Easy to grow WA species: Melaleuca incana

    I would so love to have a garden in Western Australia, all the interesting natives I could grow Eucalyptus macrocarpa, Banksia coccinea, Macropedia fulignosa….ahhh but we always want what we can’t have…. So I continue to trail things in my heavy clay, coastal garden with our east coast humid summer and some WA species will grow…

  • Daisies make me happy 2

    Daisies make me happy 2

    This is the second instalment of my ode to native daisies, there are too many types and cvs. to choose from so I have grouped these together as they are more of a ground cover with a smaller flower. They are beautiful mixed together planted as a native meadow.

  • Prostrate Woolly Bush

    Prostrate Woolly Bush

    This is the Albany Woolly Bush or Adenanthos x cunninghamii, it is a most apt name for it as everyone is drawn to the soft feathery looking foliage to feel it and see if it feels as fluffy as it looks.

  • I don’t normally like Hibiscus but…Alyogyne huegelii

    I don’t normally like Hibiscus but…Alyogyne huegelii

    I don’t normally like hibiscus, native OR exotic BUT Alyogyne huegelii is an exception, plus probably some other hybrids of it…. Check out that colour, you don’t often see that shade of purple on a native plant. The other equally important factor that draws me to this plant is it is super hardy and drought tolerant and…

  • Native Plants for Pots and Containers

    Native Plants for Pots and Containers

    There are so many native plants that will grow well in a container or pot. This is of course the iconic Sturt Desert Pea, Swansonia formosa, these can now be found grafted, making them a little bit hardier for us east coast gardeners.

  • Eremophilas as ground cover: Eremophila ‘Kalbarri Carpet’

    Eremophilas as ground cover: Eremophila ‘Kalbarri Carpet’

    I have been experimenting more and more with Eremophilas, starting off with the easy to grow ones like Eremophila maculata in its many forms, but this one here, that is super hardy even in humidity and clay soils, is by far my favourite.

  • Unusual foliage

    Unusual foliage

    Of course this Grevillea intricata is from WA! these amazing needle like leaves form a dense tangle with the stems remaining a deep red, it is beautiful even when not in flower.

  • Banksia ground cover

    Banksia ground cover

    This is Banksia blechnifolia, possibly one of the easiest WA banksia ground covers to grow on the east coast.

  • Pink Banksia

    Pink Banksia

    This is a beautiful specimen of Banksia occidentalis, that I saw growing in a private garden in south west Sydney.