Tag: fast growing

  • Native ginger: Alpinia caerulea ‘Red Back’

    Native ginger: Alpinia caerulea ‘Red Back’

    This is native ginger, Alpinia caerulea ‘Red Back’, planted in an internal courtyard, doesn’t it look beautiful? It had been recently cleaned out and cut back as it was a bit too happy. It has naturally arching canes that form a vase like habit and can get a little burnt and ratty if left unaltered.

  • Themeda grasses

    Themeda grasses

    Themeda australis or triandra or any of the Themeda species have highly decorative seed heads and a soft weeping habit. 

  • Carpeting groundcover

    Carpeting groundcover

    Myopororum parvifolium is seen here as a layered dense ground cover planted on mass that is also a spill over. Here it is also working as a lawn substitute, and would be lovely to play or lay on.

  • Mint Bush: Prostanthera rotundifolia

    Mint Bush: Prostanthera rotundifolia

      The Australian mint bushes really smell far superior to regular mint, not as sweet a bit more citric.

  • Super hardy Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’

    Super hardy Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’

    Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’ is one of my favourite Grevilleas, I love the colour grey green leaves that are deeply deivided which look soft and feathery from a distance.