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Happy Eucalypt Day! Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’

National Eucalypt Day is an initiative of Eucalypt Australia that aims to raise awareness of Eucalypts and celebrate the important place that they hold in the hearts and lives of Australians.  I have taken some photos of one of my… Read more ›

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Kath Gadd
Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Small garden, Small tree, Uncategorized
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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 ›

Kath Gadd
Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Winter flowering
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Screening with Hardenbergia violacea

This climber always surprises me every year with how aptly it lives up to its common name of Happy Wanderer. The little pea flower spikes really do have tiny smiling faces with bright green eyes. Hardenbergia violacea is a local… Read more ›

Kath Gadd
Groundcover, Illawarra natives, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Uncategorized, Winter flowering
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An oldie but a goodie: Thryptomene saxicola ‘FC Payne’

This is a classic 70’s native garden plant, a WA species which doesn’t need to be grafted to grow elsewhere in Australia and for good reason it has stood the test of time. Thryptomene saxicola ‘FC Payne’ is hardy and… Read more ›

Kath Gadd
Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering
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Portfolio: Stanmore Landscape Design

This small garden in the inner west of Sydney is a sight to behold after the recent rains. It is hard to believe that most of these plants have only been in for 6 months, that is the beauty of… Read more ›

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Kath Gadd
AILDM, Bird attracting, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree
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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 ›

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Kath Gadd
Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Uncategorized
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Some like it hot! Buckinghamia celsissima

All this hot weather has certainly been of benefit to the Ivory Curl trees in and around Sydney, they are blooming themselves silly! This photos in this blog post are of a specimen in my mums garden in Wollongong, the… Read more ›

Kath Gadd
Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Medium Tree, Small tree
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Ode to Banksia spinulosa

Banksia’s may possibly be my favourite Genus of Native plants and this particular species could well be top of that list. I was at a clients garden this afternoon and we were lovingly looking at his Banksia spinulosa and stroking… Read more ›

Kath Gadd
Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering
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