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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

Kath Gadd

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

Pretty in Pink: Callistemon ‘Pink Champagne’

There are so many varying coloured Callistemons available now, there isn’t really any reason to only associate them with the traditional red anymore. I am a big fan of the softer coloured bottlebrushes, the greens pale yellows and pinks, the… Read more ›

06/07/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Screening plants

Autumn Flowering, bee attracting, bird-attracting, Callistemon 'Pink Champagne', clay soils, fast growing, frost tolerant, Honeyeater, lorikeet, pink flowers, regular pruning, small bird attracting, spring flowering, wind tolerant

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

Kath Gadd

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

It’s that time of year again! Banksia ‘Coastal Cushions’

It’s my favourite time of year again Autumn! Hooray! goodbye humidity, I will not miss you and neither will my favourite native plants. Autumn is also wonderful because the Banksias are budding up or out already and everywhere I go… Read more ›

11/03/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Natives for containers, Shade tolerant

Autumn Flowering, Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', bee attracting, clay soils, large flower, low mounding shrub, Modern Australian Native Garden, understory planting, well drained soil

Another Callistmon for the resurgence: Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’

I have written before about my love of bottlebrush and how I wish for a resurgence in their use in garden design and the general landscape. There are many new interesting forms and cultivars that are a far shot from… Read more ›

26/02/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Small garden

Autumn Flowering, bee attracting, Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’, clay soils, fast growing, large flower, Red flowers, spring flowering, understory planting, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

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

Kath Gadd

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

A unique feature: Baeckea virgata Dwarf

I spotted this delightful front garden in Crows Nest a few weeks ago, I loved it for its simplicity, it shows off one of my favourite low mounding plants Baeckea virgata Dwarf perfectly! Baeckea has had a few names changes… Read more ›

23/12/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Frost tolerant, Shade tolerant

Baekea virgata dwarf, bee attracting, clay soils, low mounding shrub, mounding habit, slow growing, street address, summer flowering, white flower

The exploding Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

I have been monitoring these Leptospermum obovatum ‘Starry Night’ shrubs (that I planted in a neighbours garden) closely, waiting, waiting for them to flower and BOOM! last week they exploded! I love reddish or burgundy foliage and there are… Read more ›

16/12/2018 28 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants

bee attracting, bird-attracting, clay soils, cut flowers, fast growing, foliage contrast, Leptospermum 'Starry Night', Reddish foliage, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Happy little rambler: Goodenia ovata ‘Goldcover’

I am a huge fan of Goodenia ovata, it is an extremely useful shrub, hardy and floriferous and now I am also going to sing the praise of its off shoot Goodenia ovata prostrate ‘Goldcover’. This little ground cover has… Read more ›

26/10/2018

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Shade tolerant

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, clay soils, Goodenia ovata 'Gold Cover', Goodenia ovata prostrate, understory planting, wind tolerant, year round flowering, yellow flowers

One My Favourite Grafted Grevillea Standards: Grevillea ‘Green Glow’

This post is about one of my favourite grafted grevillea standards, I actually have 2 or 3 favourites and unfortunately they are all a little hard to come by however all worth trying to find a place for in your… Read more ›

20/08/2018 24 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Frost tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

clay soils, feature tree, Grafted Grevillea, Grafted Grevillea Standard 'Green Glow', interesting foliage, Modern Australian Native Garden, Red flowers, weeping habit

Something different: Allocasuarina crassa and monilifera

Casuarinas and Allocasuarinas can be a funny bunch, I love them dearly: trees, cultivars and dwarf species alike. I use the groundcover form of Casuarina glauca often and Casuarina ‘Green Wave’ is one of my all time favourite shrubs. But… Read more ›

15/08/2018

Kath Gadd

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

Allocasuarina crassa, Allocasuarina monilifera, clay soils, fast growing, low spreading habit, low spreading shrub, Red flowers, spring flowering, wind tolerant

Happy Wattle Day! Acacia ‘Little Nugget’: Foliage before flowers

It’s the first of August again and so Happy Wattle Day! along with all the historic connotations of this wonderful day I do truly rejoice in the wonderful genus that is the Acacia, and not only for its flower but… Read more ›

01/08/2018

Kath Gadd

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

Acacia 'Little Nugget', Acacia pravissima Dwarf, bee attracting, clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, fragrant, grey green leaves, understory planting, wind tolerant

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 resurgence of the Bottlebrush: Callistemon pachyphyllus Green

I feel like there needs to be a a resurgence in the planting of Callistemon species in home gardens, they have been given a bad name through thoughtless street planting and gardeners overlooking their pruning needs. There are a handful… Read more ›

16/04/2018 6 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Hedge, Screening plants

bee attracting, Callistemon pachyphyllus Green, clay soils, cut flowers, green flowers, water logged soils, weeping habit, wind tolerant, year round flowering

Some like it hot! Buckinghamia celsissima

All this hot weather has certainly been of benefit to the Ivory Curl trees in and around Sydney, they are blooming themselves silly! This photos in this blog post are of a specimen in my mums garden in Wollongong, the… Read more ›

02/03/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Medium Tree, Small tree

bee attracting, Buckinghamia celsissima, clay soils, feature tree, Honeyeaters, insectivorous birds, large flower, native insect attracting, rainforest species, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower

Beginner Friendly: Banksia paludosa ‘Little Pal’

There are many, many dwarf forms of Banksias around now, most of them are Banksia spinulosa, a few are ericifolia. You can never have enough Banksias and if all these dwarf cultivars mean more Banksias are being planted in gardens… Read more ›

26/02/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

Autumn Flowering, Banksia paludosa 'Little Pal', bee attracting, clay soils, compact habit, foliage contrast, low mounding shrub, small bird attracting, sugar gliders, wind tolerant

My obsession with Breynia ‘Ironstone’

Technically this is Breynia cernua ‘Ironstone Range’ and I absolutely adore it, these images are taken in a friends garden, he is a very talented “master” gardener and treats his Breynia ‘Ironstone’ mean….and it loves him for it 😉 I have written… Read more ›

20/02/2018 39 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

Breynia 'Ironstone', Breynia cernua ‘Ironstone Range’, clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, interesting foliage, Reddish foliage, summer flowering, understory planting, weeping habit

Sweet: Grevillea ‘Blood Orange’

I am generally not a massive fan of the large flowering Grevilleas, mainly because they encourage the wrong birds, well not the wrong birds but birds who already have a plentiful source of food. However when someone asks for a… Read more ›

19/02/2018 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Screening plants, Winter flowering

clay soils, Grevillea 'Blood Orange', large flower, orange flowers, year round flowering

My Favourite Paper Daisy: Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’

Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’ is a hardy ground cover paper daisy, it is a natural form of Bracteantha bracteata which was found at Diamond Head on the NSW coast just south of Port Macquarie. I love it for its compact mounding habit, it… Read more ›

23/01/2018

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Groundcover

bee attracting, clay soils, cut flowers, native bees, spring flowering, summer flowering, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Garden Design West Wollongong

This front garden in West Wollongong was created to function as a place for peaceful relaxation and observation, it also needed to have careful consideration in regards to levels and access to the front gate and letterbox. Originally the front… Read more ›

13/12/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden

Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Bird Bath, bird-attracting, Brachyscome 'Mauve Delight', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Ceratopetalum 'Johannas Xmas', clay soils, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, foliage contrast, Galah, grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Parrot, Poa 'Kingsdale', Scaevola 'White Carpet', Stoneset, Themeda 'Mingo', Xanthorrhoea

The happiest Daisy: Pycnosorus globosus

Billy Buttons is a native daisy with an immense power to make anyone smile, there is something about its large bright yellow ball flowers standing to attention in a showy clump that is irresistable. To top it off it has… Read more ›

10/12/2017 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Frost tolerant, Ornamental grass

Billy Buttons, clay soils, cut flowers, frost tolerant, Pycnosorus globosus, silver foliage, spring flowering, summer flowering, yellow flowers

Another top Paperbark: Melaleuca viridiflora ‘Burgundy Weeper’

This October has been paperbark appreciation month for me, I love melaleucas as they will grow so easily in difficult heavy soils and their flowers are rich in nectar for birds and bees alike. Melaleuca viridiflora ‘Burgundy Weeper’ is no exception,… Read more ›

31/10/2017 15 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Medium Tree

Autumn Flowering, clay soils, fast growing, large flower, Melaleuca viridiflora 'Burgundy Weeper', paper bark, purple flowers, spring flowering, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Some plants are just plain tough: Melaleuca ‘Ulladulla Beacon’

I seem to be on a bit of a Melaleuca tangent of late so I am just going to go with it, Melaleucas are tough and perform beautifully under a range of conditions especially in a heavier clay soil, this… Read more ›

25/10/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover

bird-attracting, carpeting ground cover, clay soils, Honeyeater, Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’, Red flowers, water logged soils, Wattlebird, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

The aptly named Grey Honey Myrtle: Melaleuca incana

I took so many photos of this Melaleuca incana in full bloom a few weeks ago but I didn’t manage to capture the multitude of bees feasting on its nectar 🙁 The whole shrub was buzzing as they collected the nectar… Read more ›

23/10/2017 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Screening plants

bee attracting, clay soils, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Melaleuca incana, understory planting, weeping habit, yellow flowers

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The weepiest of them all: Acacia cognata

Pretty in Pink: Callistemon ‘Pink Champagne’

Happy National Eucalypt Day! Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Euky Dwarf’

It’s that time of year again! Banksia ‘Coastal Cushions’

Another Callistmon for the resurgence: Callistemon subulatus ‘Brogo Overflow’

The long lived Acacia pendula

A unique feature: Baeckea virgata Dwarf

The exploding Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

Happy little rambler: Goodenia ovata ‘Goldcover’

One My Favourite Grafted Grevillea Standards: Grevillea ‘Green Glow’

Something different: Allocasuarina crassa and monilifera

Happy Wattle Day! Acacia ‘Little Nugget’: Foliage before flowers

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

The resurgence of the Bottlebrush: Callistemon pachyphyllus Green

Some like it hot! Buckinghamia celsissima

Beginner Friendly: Banksia paludosa ‘Little Pal’

My obsession with Breynia ‘Ironstone’

Sweet: Grevillea ‘Blood Orange’

My Favourite Paper Daisy: Bracteantha ‘Diamond Head’

Portfolio: Garden Design West Wollongong

The happiest Daisy: Pycnosorus globosus

Another top Paperbark: Melaleuca viridiflora ‘Burgundy Weeper’

Some plants are just plain tough: Melaleuca ‘Ulladulla Beacon’

The aptly named Grey Honey Myrtle: Melaleuca incana