Persoonia pinifolia – Mallee Design

Bee Friendly Gardening

Bees play an important role in our ecosystem and we rely heavily on them to pollinate our food crops and our native bushland, not to mention supply us with delicious honey. There are over 1,500 native bee species in Australia… Read more ›

05/02/2021 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Medium Tree, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Angophora hispida, Autumn Flowering, Banksia oblongifolia, banksia spinulosa, Bauera rubioides, bee attracting, blue flower, blue-banded bees, Brachyscome sp., Bracteantha sp., carpenter bees, Conostylis candicans, Correa alba, Correa glabra, Dampiera spps, Eucalyptus leucoxylon, Eucalyptus paniculata, Gahnia sieberiana, Goodenia ovata, Guichenotia macrantha, Hakea laurina, Hardenbergia violacea, Hibbertia sp., Jasminum suavissimum, Lambertia formosa, Lomatia myricoides, Lomatia silaifolia, long flowering period, Melaleuca thymifolia, Micromyrtus ciliata, Myoporum parvifolium, native bees, Oleraria sp., Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Persoonia pinifolia, Phebalium squamulosum, Philotheca difformis 'Starsprite', Plectranthus sp., pollination, Prostanthera sp., purple flowers, Scaevola Mauve Clusters, Scaevola spps., Senna artemisoides, summer flowering, Tecomanthe hillii, Tetragonula, Viminaria juncea, Viola hederacea, white flower, winter flowering, year round flowering, yellow flowers

The Greatest Geebung: Persoonia pinifolia

Geebungs are a wonderful Genus of native plant, they below in the Proteaceae family like Banksias and possess a variety of flowers, leaves and habits. In fact I have already written about Persoonia pinifolia a couple of years ago, see here. … Read more ›

08/12/2019 10 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

bird-attracting, Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, fast growing, frost tolerant, Honeyeater, large flower, Persoonia pinifolia, small bird attracting, summer flowering, weeping habit, well drained soil, wildlife habitat, yellow flowers

My favourite geebung: Persoonia pinifolia

The geebungs are a wonderful family, have you met them yet? it is hard to pick one to be my favourite, Persoonia levis comes in at a close second for its amazing peeling bark with bright red layers, but pinifolia… Read more ›

15/03/2016 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Shade tolerant

bird-attracting, Persoonia pinifolia, summer flowering, understory planting, weeping habit, well drained soil, yellow flowers

Keith’s Garden

This is my friend Keith’s native front garden in Bulli, I have wanted to take photos of this garden for a long time and on a recent visit finally remembered my camera. Phew! I had to snap quickly as the… Read more ›

15/02/2016

Kath Gadd

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

Actinotus helianthi, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Brachyscome multifida, Bracteantha bracteata, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, clay soils, cut flowers, Epacris impressa, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Persoonia pinifolia, pink flowers, Themeda 'Mingo', understory planting, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Hunter’s Hill Garden Design

Thankyou so much Kath for designing our native Garden, we love it……Not sure if you realise how lightly you step on this earth, lovely to observe. This garden in Hunter’s Hill backs onto a strip of bushland that runs right… Read more ›

02/06/2014 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

bush style garden, Conostylis candicans, Grevillea sericea, moist shade, Persoonia pinifolia, understory planting

Tapestry Gardens

Van Gogh reputedly introduced the idea of a tapestry garden, relying on the hue, texture, size and shape of foliage creating a tapestry like mosaic. Diane Snape I was doing some research a couple of nights ago and came across… Read more ›

04/04/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Hedge, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Acacia howittii 'Honey Bun', Correa alba, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, foliage contrast, Persoonia pinifolia, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit, Westringia 'Smokey'