Hi Joanne, If you take a look at this page I have listed the native plant nurseries in each state,…
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The perfect Scented Screen: Leptospermum ‘Little Lemon Scents’
This dwarf graceful, weeping tea tree is a wonderful addition to any garden, it can be used as a privacy screen, in a mixed hedge or as a soft backdrop in a layered planting. The compact habit of Little Lemon Scents is far smaller growing and more shapely than its parent, Leptospermum petersonii (Lemon-Scented Tea…
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Hakea ‘Pinball’ for all
This is a grafted form of the very showy Pin Cushion Hakea, Hakea laurina, which hails from south-western WA. This is a wonderful grafted species which means we can now grow these very iconic flowers in areas with higher humidity and a heavier soil, it is actually also a cultivar: Hakea laurina x petiolaris. I…
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What to Plant for Poorly Drained Soils and temporary inundation
I am adding to this post as here on the East coast of NSW we continue to have flooding, heavy downpours and associated erosion. It has been over 3 years of this tumultuous weather and this particular blog post has been getting quite a lot of visits. The past few years have also given me…
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Distinct hot pink: Melaleuca fulgens
Melaleuca fulgens hails from the West of Australia, no surprise there, however it can be found growing in the southern and eastern states quite happily. This species has a long flowering period from Winter through to Summer and as the blooms are such a bright highlight it is hard to miss. This is the pink…
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A flower within a flower within a flower … Hoya australis
This is Hoya australis or Wax flower and I have taken some close up photos which demonstrate perfectly why this umbel has been given its common name. I find this one of the most curious flowers from our native vine species, it is a large highly perfumed umbel of tiny wax like flowers which is…
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The show stopping: Banksia ‘Giant Candles’
This superb specimen of Banksia ‘Giant Candles’ forced me to drive around the block a couple of times before I could find a park and give it the photo shoot it deserves. This extra large shrub or, as I prefer to call it, small tree is a cross between Banksia ericifolia and Banksia spinulosa. Somehow…
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