Acacia baileyana prostrate

Most Memorable Planting Combinations at the National Arboretum

Every time I visit our nations lovely Capital I seem to find myself at the National Arboretum, by default I manage to eke out at least half an hour to check in on some of my favourite plantings. I have… Read more ›

19/08/2022 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Ornamental grass, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Australian Native Garden, bee attracting, Correa glabra, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Lomandra confertifolia ssp Rubiginosa, Modern Australian Native Garden, National Arboretum, planting combination, understory planting, weeping habit

Portfolio: Gardening in Wind

This is my sisters garden on ‘Windy Hill’ as we like to call it, it gets so windy here the rubbish bins get blown down the street, gates are blown off their hinges and plants find it tough! Her front… Read more ›

27/08/2021 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia binervia Stirling Silver, Acacia cardiophylla, Baeckea linifolia, Banksia 'Sentinel', Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', clay soils, Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf', Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Amber Blaze', Grevillea 'Red Hooks', Grevillea banksii prostrate White, grey green leaves, Poa 'Kingsdale', weeping habit, wind tolerant

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

Kath Gadd

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

Portfolio: Northmead Garden Design

I was lucky enough to be asked back for some follow up advice for this charming native habitat garden in the outer suburbs of Sydney today. The renovations are finally over and the garden hasn’t faired too badly with all… Read more ›

16/09/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

A multi-purpose favourite : Acacia baileyana Prostrate

What can this wattle not do?! it can be a dense ground cover, a spillover for a retaining wall or garden edge, a low mounding feature shrub and a lovely soft border plant. On top of all that it flowers… Read more ›

21/08/2019 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

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

Acacia baileyana prostrate, bee attracting, clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, fragrant, low growing, silver foliage, understory planting, weeping habit, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

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

Kath Gadd

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

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 ‘New’ formal Native Garden

When most people think of a formal garden the first images that spring to mind are rows of neatly clipped Buxus borders with some Robinia topiary and maybe a screening Camellia hedge. These are some of the easiest plants to… Read more ›

28/11/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Formal gardens, Hedge, Landscape Design, Uncategorized

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Baeckea imbricata, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hibiscus insularis, Modern Australian Native Garden, Myoporum parvifolium, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

I visited one of my favourite gardens today and it did not disappoint, I haven’t seen this coastal Bundeena garden for 18 months and many of the trees and shrubs have really filled out in that time. I feel so… Read more ›

20/11/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, anigozanthos 'Landscape Lime', Banksia 'Sentinel', carpeting ground cover, Casuarina 'Freefall', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Casuarina glauca prostrate form, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eucalyptus leuhmanniana, grey green leaves, Macrozamia communis, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, sandy soil, silver foliage, street address, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Greenwich Garden Design Update

I have a very special garden that I visit once a year, I usually get a call in early spring asking for help to spruce up the garden in time for overseas visitors. It is always a pleasure to catch… Read more ›

19/10/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Conostylis candicans, grey green leaves, large flower, Modern Australian Native Garden, moraea robinsoniana, Poa labillardieri, Prostanthera ovalifolia variegata, Telopea 'Shady Lady White', understory planting

Bundeena Garden Design: Update

Last week I made a quick visit to one of my favourite gardens in Bundeena and snapped some photos before the sun went down. The first is of Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Lilac’. A few months ago I plant 12 each of… Read more ›

11/01/2016 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Adenthonthos sericeus 'Mallee Legend', Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Anigozanthos 'Landscape Lilac', Bird Bath, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Deer resistant, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Rhagodia spinescens, Zieria 'Carpet Star'

Natives for Pots and Containers Part 2

This post is a 2nd part to one a did a couple of years ago about Native Plants that are suitable for growing in pots or containers, it is well overdue and I still have enough photos for a Part… Read more ›

12/05/2015

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Small garden

Acacia 'Limelight' grafted Standard, Acacia 'Waterfall' Standard, Acacia baileyana prostrate, Adenanthos sericea, Conostylis candicans, Epacris longiflora, Eucalyptus 'Blue Veil', Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty', Leucophyta brownii, Rhododendron lochiae

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

We really, really love our garden and are so happy to spend time in it… When I walked up to the front gate of this garden last week I must admit I was quite moved, moved by how settled… Read more ›

25/05/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia cognata dwarf, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea obtusifolia, grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Macrozamia communis, Myoporum parvifolium, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, wind tolerant

Silver and Grey in the Garden

This photo was taken in Melbourne Botanic Gardens where they had a display garden made up of only silver or grey foliaged plants, it was pretty interesting to see them all planted together and pick out which ones were natives.… Read more ›

09/03/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Eremophila glabra prostrate, Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess', foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Lomandra 'Seascape', Maireana oppositifolia 'Smokey', silver foliage, understory planting

Portfolio: Greenwich Garden Design

This is a garden that I designed back in 2011 and recently revisited to re-tweek some difficult spots and increase the planting area. The rear garden is very steep and has been terraced with sandstone retaining walls, the furthest section… Read more ›

30/12/2013

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia howittii 'Honey Bun', Austromyrtus dulcis, Correa 'Dusky Bells', Grevillea obtusifolia, Libertia paniculata, moraea robinsoniana, Telopea 'Shady Lady Red', understory planting, weeping habit

Grevillea Park pipes

I went to the Grevillea Park in Bulli on the weekend, I haven’t been for over a year and was delighted to find something new and exciting as always! They have created a big impact planting with a dozen or… Read more ›

14/07/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Natives for containers, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia howittii 'Green Wave', Bulli Grevillea Park, Chrysocephalum spps., Eucalyptus 'Blue Veil', foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Cooroora Gold Cascade', grey green leaves, Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty', persoonia chamaepitys, Scaevola spps., weeping habit

Grey ground cover

Acacia baileyana prostrate or the Cootamundra wattle ground cover makes a stunning display and looks great planted under Eucalypts like this one especially with the dark bark of the Ironbark.

10/01/2013

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Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, wind tolerant

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Most Memorable Planting Combinations at the National Arboretum

Portfolio: Gardening in Wind

Portfolio: Garden Design West Wollongong

Portfolio: Northmead Garden Design

A multi-purpose favourite : Acacia baileyana Prostrate

Portfolio: Bexley Garden Design

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

The ‘New’ formal Native Garden

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

Portfolio: Greenwich Garden Design Update

Bundeena Garden Design: Update

Natives for Pots and Containers Part 2

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

Silver and Grey in the Garden

Portfolio: Greenwich Garden Design

Grevillea Park pipes

Grey ground cover