coastal garden – Mallee Design

Who can resist ? Melaleuca ‘Candy Sparkles’

Some plants are blessed with fantastic common or cultivar names, this is one such species which I would almost buy for the label alone. ‘Candy Sparkles’ promised to be vibrant, attractive and showy without me even seeing it in the… Read more ›

15/05/2023

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Hedge, Screening plants, Small tree

Autumn Flowering, bee attracting, clay soils, coastal garden, decorative bark, foliage contrast, heavy soils, interesting bark, large flower, Melaleuca 'Candy Sparkles', pink flowers, small tree, water logged soils, wind tolerant

Powerful Pollinators: Leptospermums

We are mid the Australian Annual Pollinator Week and I have been admiring our our native tea trees all Spring so I thought I would bring them to your attention this week as they are wonderful plants to grow for… Read more ›

19/11/2021

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Screening plants, Small tree

2nd line coastal, bee attracting, clay soils, coastal garden, drought hardy, grey green leaves, Leptospermum 'Lavender Queen', Leptospermum lanigerum, Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Lavender Queen’, Leptospermum scoparium 'Seclusion', pollination, Pollinator Plants, Quick growing, silver foliage, spring flowering, weeping habit, wind tolerant

The densely layered Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’

It’s no secret that I love tea trees, I forgive them for their short flowering periods and sometimes sporadic and un reliable floral displays, and this particular Tea Tree has really tested my patience. This is Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’ a… Read more ›

12/10/2020

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Winter flowering

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, coastal garden, dense habit, fast growing, frost tolerant, native insect attracting, pink flowers, wind tolerant

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

Kath Gadd

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

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

This residential garden was designed at the beginning of 2017 and built later that year, to complete the property’s brand new modern extension. The owners had acquired some beautiful, large sandstone boulders from offsite to be used in the new… Read more ›

15/06/2019 26 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Portfolio, Screening plants

My Favourite Native Hibiscus

Many people are not aware of the range of native hibiscus species that grow here in Australia, they are often not seen in cultivation or mistaken for exotics. I have a few favourites that I like to incorporate in my… Read more ›

22/02/2017 9 Comments

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Small tree

coastal garden, foliage contrast, front line coastal, grey green leaves, Hibiscus 'Barambah Creek', Hibiscus insularis, Hibiscus tiliaceus rubra, large flower, pink flowers, Reddish foliage, spring flowering, summer flowering, well drained soil, 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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Who can resist ? Melaleuca ‘Candy Sparkles’

Powerful Pollinators: Leptospermums

The densely layered Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’

Trialling Banksia ‘Sentinel’

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

My Favourite Native Hibiscus

Winter Reds