edible fruit – Mallee Design

Bold Blue Tongue: Melastoma affine

The colour of this flower is contentious, is it purple or deep pink? it also looks different in the flesh as opposed to on screen and it comes in a white form. This is Melastoma affine, a medium shrub found… Read more ›

12/09/2022

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Shade tolerant, Small garden

bee attracting, Bush Foods, clay soils, edible fruit, large flower, moist shade, moist soil, purple flower, spring flowering, subtropical species, tropical species, understory planting, well drained soil

Finger Limes loving the shade – Citrus australasica

My friend has the magic touch when it comes to growing all things edible and so of course her fingers limes are abundant in the Autumn ?. She has two varieties one is Citrus australasica ‘Rainforest Pearl’, a grafted form.… Read more ›

20/04/2021

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Hedge, Natives for containers, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

bee attracting, Bush Foods, Citrus australasica, Citrus australasica 'Rainforest Pearl', dense habit, edible fruit, fence screening, moist shade, part shade, shade tolerant, white flower

A Favourite Coastal Heathland Plant: Leucopogon parviflorus

This is a tough medium sized shrub which grows all along the NSW coastline and interstate to Victoria and South Australia. I love this plant for its dense habit, tasty fruit and grey green leaves. I occasionally use it in… Read more ›

12/05/2020

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Hedge, Shade tolerant

Bush Foods, Crested Bellbird, dense habit, drought tolerant, edible fruit, fragrant, front line coastal, grey green leaves, Leucopogon parviflorus, native currant, Prickly, Rosella, sandy soil, Scrubwren, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Superb Fairy-wren, understory planting, white flower

Autumn Bush Foods

This is a little collection of bush foods collected in late May this year, isn’t it an amazing haul? oh how we did feast! My children and I seem to have a high tolerance for the sour and bitter flavours that… Read more ›

10/07/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Shade tolerant

Australian Blood Lime, Bush Foods, Citrus australasica var. sanguinea, Davidsonia pruiens, edible fruit, Eustrephus latifolius, Glycosmis trifoliata, Macadamia integrifolia, Pink fruited lime berry

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

This was a new discovery for me on a recent bush walk on the northern Illawarra escarpment, and even just looking at the images again now makes my mouth water…..yum sour berries, not everyones cup of tea but at the… Read more ›

26/08/2015

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Illawarra natives, Shade tolerant

Bush Foods, edible fruit, Leptomeria acida, sandy soil, sour currant bush, Sydney Sandstone, understory planting, weeping habit

Bush Food Spheres: Citriobatus pauciflorus

I was quite taken when I saw these well clipped Orange Thorn a few weeks back in the edible section at Mount Anan Botanic Gardens, this section of the garden is kept quite manicured, bringing out the ornamental potential of… Read more ›

25/06/2014

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Formal gardens, Illawarra natives, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Bush Foods, Citriobatus multiflorus, Citriobatus pauciflorus, edible fruit, Orange Thorn, Pittosporum multiflorum, Prickly, pruning, small bird attracting, understory planting, wildlife habitat

Plum Bush Tucker: Davidsonia pruiens

This is the Davidsons Plum (Davidsonia pruiens) sending out its flower spikes, getting ready to cover itself in juicy, tart plums YUM. I saw this one in a clients rainforest garden and it was very striking, each of those like… Read more ›

22/10/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Shade tolerant, Small tree, Tropical garden

clay soils, Davidsonia pruiens, edible fruit, rainforest species, understory planting

Buttery Blueberry Bush Tucker: Austromyrtus dulcis

Buttery Blueberries is what I think the flavour of the Midyim Berry is, by far the most delicious of the bush tucker I have tried, and also one of the easiest to grow! I have half a dozen plants in… Read more ›

20/05/2013 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Groundcover, Shade tolerant, Tropical garden

Austromyrtus dulcis, bird-attracting, catbird, clay soils, edible fruit, figbird, Fruit Dove, low spreading habit, Midyim Berry, Pigeon, understory planting, well drained soil

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Bold Blue Tongue: Melastoma affine

Finger Limes loving the shade – Citrus australasica

A Favourite Coastal Heathland Plant: Leucopogon parviflorus

Autumn Bush Foods

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

Bush Food Spheres: Citriobatus pauciflorus

Plum Bush Tucker: Davidsonia pruiens

Buttery Blueberry Bush Tucker: Austromyrtus dulcis