Month: October 2014

  • Real Front Line Coastal Natives

    Real Front Line Coastal Natives

    You don’t get much more front line coastal than this. Not only are these planter boxes on an apartment building right on the coast in Cronulla they are only 20cm deep and about 30cm wide, plus there is no irrigation. The one pictured above will be lovingly cared for by the owner but there are…

  • Great in the Ground: Alyogyne ‘Blue Heeler’

    Great in the Ground: Alyogyne ‘Blue Heeler’

    There is one problem with this plant and I have failed to use it in gardens even when my instincts told me it would be perfect. It looks terrible in a pot in the nursery….not something that can be helped and Alyogyne ‘Blue Heeler’ is not alone in this instance. Its only this year that…

  • Super Showy Waratah: Alloxylon flammeum

    Super Showy Waratah: Alloxylon flammeum

    This is the QLD Tree Waratah, I have mixed feelings about this plant, there is something a little too showy about its blooms and whenever I see it growing in NSW it is always strangely devoid of bird life…why is that? However, now I have seen it growing in its home state I can appreciate…