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Remember daisies make you happy! Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’

I need a little cheering up today, and although I have hundreds of interesting plant and landscape design photos from my recent Victorian trip I just need to share some sunny happiness in the form of yellow native daisies, bear… Read more ›

05/02/2019

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Natives for containers

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, fast growing, silver foliage, understory planting, Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’, yellow flowers

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 16 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

Two toned toughie: Eremophila racemosa ‘Peaches and Cream’

This hardy little shrub is aptly named for its two toned flowers, this Emu bush has yellow flower buds which once open change colour to white…get it peaches and cream … boom ching! Anyway cliche plant breeder names aside this… Read more ›

09/12/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden

bee attracting, Eremophila racemosa 'Peaches and Cream', fast growing, spring flowering, summer flowering, white flower, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

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… Read more ›

25/11/2018 12 Comments

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Uncategorized

bee attracting, fast growing, feature tree, frost tolerant, Myoporum floribundum, native bees, native insect attracting, summer flowering, understory planting, weeping habit, white flower

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

This is one of the most useful native plants around, a prostrate form of the coast Banksia, Banksia integrifolia. I like to use it for covering embankments like the one in these images at the Bulli Grevillea Park. It also… Read more ›

30/09/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Winter flowering

Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', carpeting ground cover, cut flowers, fast growing, foliage contrast, large flower, silver foliage, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

A job done well: Pandorea pandorana ‘Snowbells’

If you need a reliable, quick growing climber to screen or cover an area, that attracts birds and bees and generally looks healthy and flowers profusely… well then what do you think of Pandorea pandorana ‘Snowbells’? This is form of… Read more ›

13/09/2018 8 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, climber, fast growing, Pandorea pandorana 'Snowbells', understory planting, white flower

The multifaceted Eremophila oppositifolia

I am returning to a challenge I set myself over a year ago to increase my knowledge of the many beautiful and useful Eremophila species, I am quite behind the time line I set myself, but better late than never!… Read more ›

03/09/2018 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, Eremophila oppositifolia, fast growing, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, pink flowers, silver foliage, spring flowering, understory planting, wind tolerant

Eye catching Kennedia nigricans

There is a lack of black in our national floral range, I can think of only three off the top of my head and this striking Kennedia is one of them, this is Kennedia nigricans! the others are Macropedia and… Read more ›

27/08/2018 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Groundcover, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

black flowers, fast growing, Kennedia nigricans, yellow flowers

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

The distinctive Pin Cushion Flower of Hakea laurina

This must be one of the most recognisable Australian native flowers, its incredible two toned spherical flower pops out at you from quite a distance. I love Hakea laurina it is such an obvious Australian bloom, it lasts well cut in… Read more ›

18/06/2018 10 Comments

Kath Gadd

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

bird-attracting, cut flowers, fast growing, Hakea laurina, Honeyeater, pink flowers, weeping habit

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

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Remember daisies make you happy! Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’

The exploding Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

Two toned toughie: Eremophila racemosa ‘Peaches and Cream’

The most weeping of the weeping: Myoporum floribundum

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

A job done well: Pandorea pandorana ‘Snowbells’

The multifaceted Eremophila oppositifolia

Eye catching Kennedia nigricans

Something different: Allocasuarina crassa and monilifera

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

The distinctive Pin Cushion Flower of Hakea laurina

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