May 2018 – Mallee Design

Hot Tea-trees: Leptospermum ‘Pageant’ and ‘Outrageous’

I love tea trees but don’t often think of them as particularly showy when in flower, except for ‘Cardwell’ of course which almost flowers until on the verge of collapse 😉 Leptospermums for me are a super useful and beautiful… Read more ›

28/05/2018

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Screening plants

Acacia baileyana prostrate, bee attracting, clay soils, cut flowers, fast growing, Leptospermum 'Outrageous', Leptospermum 'Pageant', Parrot, pink flowers, prolific flowers, Red flowers, Rosella, spring flowering, weeping habit, wind tolerant

The much anticipated Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’

This Hakea always gets me, it seems to bud up “forever” in late Summer and Autumn and then after much anticipation and waiting it does this! Each branch bursts open with hundreds of pink ball like flowers. Hakea myrtoides x… Read more ›

21/05/2018 6 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Natives for containers, Winter flowering

Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty', low spreading habit, pink flowers, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Garden Design Lilyfield

This is the tiny front garden of a small cottage in Lilyfield that was planted out about about 2 years ago, during that time it has flourished! Providing well needed privacy from the street and adding a lovely sense of… Read more ›

12/05/2018 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Medium Tree, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia cognata, Acacia howittii 'Honey Bun', Banksia 'Honey Pots', Eucalyptus citriodora 'Scentuous', fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, Plectranthus argentatus, privacy screen, street address, Themeda 'Mingo', Themeda 'True Blue', understory planting, weeping habit

Rambling bank covering Grevillea banksii prostrate

There are many, many Grevillea ground covers, and most of them cover a large area and have either a toothbrush or spider flower. Not this one! this is Grevillea banksii prostrate and it not only has a large showy flower spike… Read more ›

08/05/2018 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover

bird-attracting, fast growing, foliage contrast, frost tolerant, Grevillea banksii prostrate, Grevillea banksii prostrate Red, Grevillea banksii prostrate White, grey green leaves, Honeyeater, large flower, weeping habit, wind tolerant

One for that difficult damp spot: Bauera rubioides

This is Dog Rose one of the few native plants with a likeable common name 😉 Bauera rubioides grows happily in those moist positions in sun or shade where other native plants rot or succumb to fungal diseases. It makes a… Read more ›

01/05/2018 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Natives for containers, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Bauera rubioides, boggy soils, Border planting, moist shade, moist soil, purple flower, water logged soils, weed suppressant, year round flowering

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Hot Tea-trees: Leptospermum ‘Pageant’ and ‘Outrageous’

The much anticipated Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’

Portfolio: Garden Design Lilyfield

Rambling bank covering Grevillea banksii prostrate

One for that difficult damp spot: Bauera rubioides