Small tree – Page 2 – Mallee Design

Small Scented Shade Tree: Leptospermum petersonii

I finally found a mature Lemon Scented Tea Tree to photograph which shows off its stunning weeping habit and shapely trunk and branches. Leptospermum petersonii really does make a wonderful small feature shade tree in the garden, the strong thick… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

bee attracting, bird-attracting, Bush Foods, fast growing, fragrant, Leptospermum petersonii, privacy screen, Quick growing, shade tree, spring flowering, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower, wind tolerant

Front garden makeovers

One of my ‘dreams’ is to walk down a suburban street and be able to admire one native front garden after another. I am always on the look out, when walking or driving, and the well-loved gardens (especially the native… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Baekea virgata dwarf, Correa alba, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, Eremophila nivea 'Beryls Blue', Eriostemon difformis ‘Star Sprite’, Grevillea 'Billy Bonkers', Grevillea sericea, Leptospermum 'Cardwell', Micromyrtus ciliata, street address

Emu Bush No. 9: Eremophila bignoniiflora x polyclada

Three years ago I set myself a challenge to learn 12 Eremophila species in 12 months, it hasn’t been going very well …..yet again I have failed to meet my own deadline ? However, my desire to learn more about… Read more ›

20/07/2020 1 Comment

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Small tree, Winter flowering

bee attracting, drought resistant, Eremophila bignoniiflora x polyclada, large shrub, long flowering period, small bird attracting, spring flowering, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower

Trialling Banksia ‘Sentinel’

This is a favourite coastal hedging plant of mine which I have been including in my planting designs for the past 7 years or so….sorry, I’m finding it difficult to keep track of time ? I say it is on… Read more ›

17/07/2020 10 Comments

Coastal, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

Banksia 'Sentinel', coastal garden, dense habit, front line coastal, silver foliage, wind tolerant

Luscious green screen: Myoporum acuminatum

Some native plants are just so useful and practical I really don’t understand why we don’t see them being utilised everywhere…. and Myoporum acuminatum is one of them. It is a mystery to me why this very fast growing ,… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Illawarra natives, Screening plants, Small tree

2nd line coastal, bee attracting, bird-attracting, Myoporum acuminatum, privacy screen, Quick growing, sandy soil, shade tree, Street Trees, summer flowering, white flower, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Summer Hill Garden Design

This tiny garden in Sydney’s inner west is very shady to say the least, there were three existing native trees in the garden competing for space. However, they are all relatively small and although they took up most of the… Read more ›

08/04/2020 7 Comments

AILDM, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, Carex appressa, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Dichondra repens, Leptospermum petersonii, Libertia paniculata, moraea robinsoniana, narrow habit, pathways, Phebalium squamulosum, Rhagodia spinescens, sandstone flagging, shade tolerant, steppers, Viola hederacea

Portfolio: Stanmore Landscape Design

This small garden in the inner west of Sydney is a sight to behold after the recent rains. It is hard to believe that most of these plants have only been in for 6 months, that is the beauty of… Read more ›

09/03/2020 4 Comments

AILDM, Bird attracting, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

Portfolio: Garden Design West Wollongong

“In short, can’t thank you enough for the difference your design and expertise have made to our street frontage, never mind our well- being during lockdown.” September 14th 2021 The brief for this garden was inspired by another Mallee Design… Read more ›

21/02/2020 1 Comment

AILDM, Bird attracting, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Acacia baileyana prostrate, aildm, aildm_aus, Casuarina 'Cousin It', Concrete sleepers, Corten Steel, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess', Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', Grevillea 'Amber Blaze', Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon', Hibiscus tiliaceus rubra, Myoporum parvifolium, naturalhabitatlandscapes, Redcore Steel

The small tree Emu Bush: Eremophila longifolia

This is another Emu Bush to add to my database, Eremophila longifolia is classically not so bushy in habit but more upright and weeping. I think it makes a lovely small feature tree with its long, droopy leaves and clusters… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Small tree, Winter flowering

drought hardy, drought tolerant, Eremophila longifolia, frost tolerant, insectivorous birds, long flowering period, pink flowers, small birds, weeping habit, well drained soil, wind tolerant, year round flowering

Softly softly: Eucalyptus ficifolia ‘Fairy Floss’ Grafted

These soft, gentle pink flower clusters belong to another grafted Eucalyptus (Corymbia) ficifolia dwarf grafted gum, this sweet small tree is called ‘Fairy Floss’, isn’t the name just perfect? This small feature tree flowers in the warm summer months between… Read more ›

29/01/2020 22 Comments

Bird attracting, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

bee attracting, Corymbia ficifolia 'Fairy Floss', Eucalyptus ficifolia 'Fairy Floss', Eucalyptus ficifolia grafted, feature tree, large flower, pink flowers, summer flowering, WA, well drained soil

‘Snow in Summer’ in the streets of Sydney: Melaleuca linariifolia

This is ‘Snow in Summer’! and even though it is not Summer yet the Melaleucas have been out for the last couple of months, I found this fabulous street of Melaleuca linariifolia in the inner west earlier this week. This avenue… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Medium Tree, Small tree

bee attracting, bird-attracting, clay soils, decorative bark, drought tolerant, Honeyeater, Melaleuca linariifolia, paper bark, privacy screen, shade tree, street address, Street Trees, white flower, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Gladesville Front Garden Design

This sweet front garden was built earlier this year after a quite extensive house renovation in Gladesville, it is somewhat of a “treat” for the client and the house to have a fresh start after a year of messing building… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Lime Magic', aildm, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', carpeting ground cover, Corten Steel, Decomposed Crushed Granite, fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hardenbergia 'Flat White', Modern Australian Native Garden, Red flowers, street address, well drained soil

The weepiest of them all: Acacia cognata

Ahhh the river wattle, flopping about just like a willow 😉 Acacia cognata surely must be the weepiest and most cultivated of wattles, it is being remade and re branded everywhere! and for good reason too. Acacia cognata has a… Read more ›

22/07/2019 11 Comments

Bird attracting, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia cognata, Acacia cognata 'Bower Beauty', Acacia cognata dwarf, bee attracting, clay soils, fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, frost tolerant, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Prune me! I am Eucalyptus pulverulenta!

This is without a doubt one of my favourite small Mallee Eucalypts, it is a very malleable mallee 😉 it responds so well to pruning that if you don’t prune it you are almost doing the plant a disservice. These… Read more ›

24/06/2019 26 Comments

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Small tree, Winter flowering

bee attracting, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Mallee, Mallee Eucalyptus, Scented, silver foliage

Portfolio: Bexley Garden Design

This is a sweet little garden I designed about 4 years ago and it has been lovingly slowly built by the owner’s friend. It is a small rear garden behind a modest brick house in the south western suburbs of… Read more ›

13/05/2019 2 Comments

Groundcover, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Backhousia citriodora, Baekea virgata dwarf, Casuarina 'Cousin It', Casuarina 'Freefall', Dianella caerulea, Dichondra repens, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade', Lomandra 'Lime Tuff', Modern Australian Native Garden, Poa 'Kingsdale', weeping habit, wildlife habitat

A must have in your habitat garden: Bursaria spinosa

All hail sweet Bursaria! this native plant is a superstar performer in a native habitat garden fulfilling so many critters requirements and needs. I have been collecting images of Bursaria spinosa for about 10 years now, always looking for a… Read more ›

21/04/2019 4 Comments

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

bee attracting, Bursaria spinosa, Double-barred finch, fast growing, fragrant, habitat garden, insectivorous birds, native bees, part shade, perfume, Pilotbird, Prickly, prolific flowers, shade tolerant, small bird attracting, summer flowering, white flower, wind tolerant, wrens

Another special Dwarf Eucalyptus for small gardens: Eucalyptus citriodora ‘Scentuous’

The lemon scented gum is one of my favourite fragrances, that pungent citronella smell released after the rain or at dusk on a summer evening makes me all sentimental about our incredible flora. Unfortunately Eucalyptus or Corymbia citriodora doesn’t mix… Read more ›

26/03/2019 20 Comments

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Small garden, Small tree

bee attracting, Corymbia citriodora 'Baby Citro', Eucalyptus citriodora 'Scentuous', feature tree, fragrant, grafted, Modern Australian Native Garden, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower

Happy National Eucalypt Day! Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Euky Dwarf’

Happy National Eucalypt Day everyone! I really hope you were able to appreciate a Eucalpytus tree today at the very least, or possibly able to plant one? “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second… Read more ›

23/03/2019 25 Comments

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Small tree

Autumn Flowering, bee attracting, bird-attracting, clay soils, decorative bark, eucalyptaus, Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'Euky Dwarf', fast growing, feature tree, Honeyeater, lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, National Eucalypt Day, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Red flowers, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Why the name Mallee?

I am often asked if I come from Mallee country in Victoria and sadly the answer is no, Mallee Design my business name was not chosen for geographical reasons it was chosen for aesthetic reasons. I am in love with… Read more ›

19/02/2019 1 Comment

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Landscape Design, Small tree

bee attracting, drought tolerant, Eucalyptus lehmannii, Eucalyptus macrandra, fast growing, feature tree, Mallee, Mallee Eucalyptus, summer flowering, weeping habit, well drained soil, wildlife habitat, yellow flowers

Native plant porn at Kuranga Nursery

I finally made it to Kuranga native nursery last month in Mt Evelyn in Victoria and I wasn’t disappointed, all the hype turned out to be true, it really is the most beautiful native plant nursery. If only I lived… Read more ›

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Naturalistic garden, Small tree, Water plants, Winter flowering

birdbaths, Brachysema celsianum, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', garden sculpture, Grevillea leptobotrys, Kuranga Nursery, Leptospermum brachyandrum 'Silver'

The long lived Acacia pendula

We all know that wattles get a bad rap for growing quickly, becoming sparse and also attacked by borers, many people won’t plant Acacias purely based on their shorter lifespan, not me I plant them whenever possible and to be… Read more ›

30/01/2019 13 Comments

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia pendula, clay soils, Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, silver foliage, weeping habit, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

The display gardens of Austplant Nursery

I have been away in Victoria for the past few weeks, camping on Wilsons Prom and then visiting native nurseries and gardens on the Mornington Peninsula. It was a wonderful holiday that has left me with a touch of post… Read more ›

23/01/2019 3 Comments

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Small tree

Happy little inner city garden: Leichhardt Garden Design

This small garden in the inner west of Sydney is actually quite generous, there is room for lawn, a studio and a seperate outdoor eating area. This means there is also room for lots of different native plants! Hooray! we… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', Acacia cardiophylla, Adenanthos sericea, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Banksia 'Sentinel', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Conostylis candicans, Corten Steel, feature tree, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon', grey green leaves, Leptospermum 'Starry Night', Maireana oppositifolia 'Smokey', Modern Australian Native Garden, Ozothamnus 'Radiance', weeping habit

The Elegant Wilga: Geijera parviflora

This beautiful, weeping small tree is known as Wilga or Australian Willow and willowy it is, its long, narrow, pendulous leaves droop down creating a dense shade umbrella. Unfortunately this Australian native tree is used quite infrequently in gardens or… Read more ›

08/08/2018 27 Comments

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

bee attracting, feature tree, fragrant, full sun, Geijera parviflora, grey green leaves, part shade, shade tree, silver foliage, slow growing, street address, weeping habit, wildlife habitat