Tag: Cold climate

  • The show stopping: Banksia ‘Giant Candles’

    The show stopping: Banksia ‘Giant Candles’

    This superb specimen of Banksia ‘Giant Candles’ forced me to drive around the block a couple of times before I could find a park and give it the photo shoot it deserves. This extra large shrub or, as I prefer to call it, small tree is a cross between Banksia ericifolia and Banksia spinulosa. Somehow…

  • The most weeping of the weeping: Myoporum floribundum

    The most weeping of the weeping: Myoporum floribundum

    I am obsessed with plants with a weeping habit or drooping foliage, some people find them sad and depressing looking but they are my favourite. There are many native plants with soft long leaves or gently falling branches, they can create dense screens, focal points or backdrops. Weeping foliage in a garden gives a relaxed informal…