• Pomaderris Elliptica: feature screening

    After much sleuthing and a little bit of travel I have finally figured out which Pomaderris I saw flowering its head off in Cranbourne Botanical gardens last year. It only took a quick dash around Hobart Botanical Gardens, a few weeks ago, where I spotted it with a label! I am also guilty of planting…

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  • Grevillea anethifolia: Prefectly Prickly

    This Grevillea is commonly known as the ‘Spiny Cream Spider Flower’ and is very aptly named. The leaves have needle like points and the whole plant makes a wonderful dense prickly shelter for small birds. These photos were taken in the Illawarra Grevillea Park, I also have a grafted Grevillea anethifolia growing happily in my…

  • 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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  • 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 little brother:Rytidosperma racemosum

    I don’t know why but I have always thought of Wallaby Grass as the little brother to Kangaroo Grass. I adore native grasses, they are such an important part of a native planting palette, providing texture and movement and they also play a crucial role as a food source for wildlife. This sweet little native…

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