Tag: Playground friendly

  • Eye catching Kennedia nigricans

    Eye catching Kennedia nigricans

    This is am unusual climber which tends to draw in everyones attention. I use this Western Australian species whenever I need a quick growing cover to screen, suppress weeds or create shade. The large bright green leaves are broad for a Kennedia and the pea flowers hide a little amongst the foliage, but once those…

  • Spillover for the pollinators: Leptospermum ‘vertical drop’

    Spillover for the pollinators: Leptospermum ‘vertical drop’

    Most of us know how wonderful Tea trees are for our pollinators and honey bees, and Leptospermum polygalifolium is up there with some of the most floriferous. This gorgeous low growing and cascading form is Leptospermum polygalifolium ssp. cismontanum ‘Vertical Drop’. This sub species naturally grows on the east coast of Australia in sandy and…

  • Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Lime’the underdog

    Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Lime’the underdog

    In the next couple of months Kangaroo Paws all over Australia will be stretching their stems for the sun, flaunting their flower ladened spikes for the birds and the bees. But not just for the wildlife, Anigozanthos are undoubtedly one of our nations most iconic genus and with recent breeding in the taller range, they…