July 2017 – Mallee Design

Bee Friendly Grevillea: Grevillea sericea

Grevillea sericea is a very useful shrub in a native garden, it makes a wonderful small bird habitat plant with its prickly leaves and small spider flowers, it will grow and flower in part to heavy shade and it can… Read more ›

31/07/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, bird-attracting, cut flowers, Eriostemon difformis ‘Star Sprite’, Grevillea sericea, Honeyeater, pink flowers, understory planting, wildlife habitat

Soft and Elegant Ornamental Grass: Stipa ramosissima

I adore this native grass (Stipa ramosissima), it is a local Illawarra species and I have found it hard to source but whenever I find it somewhere I grab a few as I can find a home for them in… Read more ›

18/07/2017 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Illawarra natives, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Shade tolerant

decorative seed head, Stipa ramosissima, weeping habit

Autumn Bush Foods

This is a little collection of bush foods collected in late May this year, isn’t it an amazing haul? oh how we did feast! My children and I seem to have a high tolerance for the sour and bitter flavours that… Read more ›

10/07/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Shade tolerant

Australian Blood Lime, Bush Foods, Citrus australasica var. sanguinea, Davidsonia pruiens, edible fruit, Eustrephus latifolius, Glycosmis trifoliata, Macadamia integrifolia, Pink fruited lime berry

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Bee Friendly Grevillea: Grevillea sericea

Soft and Elegant Ornamental Grass: Stipa ramosissima

Autumn Bush Foods