Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form

Native plants in the Melbourne City Streetscape

This post is all about praising the plant selection used in the ‘Grey to Green’ project in the City of Melbourne. Much of the plant palate features native species, and on a recent tour I was so impressed with the… Read more ›

02/05/2023 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Water plants

bee attracting, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina glauca, Doryanthes palmeri, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', Eucalyptus sideroxylon Rosea, grey green leaves, Grey to Green, Melaleuca hypericifolia, melaleuca quinquenervia, Melbourne City, Micromyrtus ciliata, openspace, Plectranthus argentatus, public space, Rhagodia spinescens, streetscape, understory planting, urban greening

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: Bundeena Tree House

This an amazing house which spills over a sandstone outcrop and is placed underneath a giant fig tree. It is sheltered by a stand of Casuarinas and hidden from the street by its rapidly growing native garden. The garden has… Read more ›

02/06/2021

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Coastal, Groundcover, Hedge, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Banksia 'Sentinel', Callistemon 'Pink Champagne', Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Cissus antartica, Ficinia nodosa, Ficus, Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem', Grevillea flexuosa Grafted, Leptospermum laevigatum 'Foreshore', Lomandra 'Tanika', Maireana oppositifolia 'Smokey', Microlaena stipoides, Poa 'Kingsdale', Sydney Sandstone

Level 2 Water Restriction friendly plants: Calothamnus quadrifidus

Yesterday NSW moved into level 2 water restrictions, it has been a long time coming, with bushfires still burning up and down the east coast and dam levels at an all time low. The hardest hit are out west where… Read more ›

11/12/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Tugarah Gunya’marri: Cold and Windy

During the Tugarah Gunya’marri the days are getting noticeably longer, but the weather is still cold. Then with the blooming of the Marrai’uo (Acacia floribunda) comes the cold, southwesterly winds; the children become cranky and the adults become bad-tempered. It… Read more ›

08/09/2017

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Screening plants, Uncategorized

Banksia spinulosa 'Bush Candles', Brachyscome multifida, Callitris rhomboidea, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', D'harawal: Climate and Natural Resources, Leptospermum laevigatum 'Foreshore', Melaleuca 'Mini Quini', Westringia 'Smokey', wind tolerant

The Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail

On my recent WA wildflower expedition I had a longing to get as far east as possible, to the desert areas to see the wildflowers. This is no mean feat when you have two young children for whom sitting in… Read more ›

16/10/2016

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Winter flowering

Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Eucalypt Woodland, Flame Grevillea, Great Western Woodlands, Hakea scoparia, Kwongan, McDermid Rock, Tammar scrub, WA, Wave Rock

Truly Wind Tolerant Natives

It has been pretty windy at my place in the last month or so, actually it has been extremely windy, I have been away a fair bit and keep coming back to a very wind stressed garden. I live on… Read more ›

19/07/2014 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Screening plants

banksia spinulosa, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina nana, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, Grevillea olivacea Red, Leptospermum 'Burgundy', Leptospermum brachyandrum 'Silver', Leptospermum sericeum, Melaleuca incana, wind tolerant

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

Winter Reds

I have been away a little bit lately, well more away from my garden than anywhere else. So I haven’t been noticing all the details, just madly rushing about planting, watering and spending more time in other peoples gardens than… Read more ›

23/07/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina nana, clay soils, coastal garden, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Red flowers, small bird attracting, understory planting, wind tolerant

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Native plants in the Melbourne City Streetscape

Portfolio: Gardening in Wind

Portfolio: Bundeena Tree House

Level 2 Water Restriction friendly plants: Calothamnus quadrifidus

Tugarah Gunya’marri: Cold and Windy

The Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail

Truly Wind Tolerant Natives

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

Winter Reds