prolific flowers – Mallee Design

The Bronze Highlights of Gymnostoma australianum

This almost Christmas like tree is part of the Casuarina family, at first glance can look like a conifer or pine tree, but fuller in habit. Its overall texture and colour is very similar to She Oaks when they are… Read more ›

21/07/2023

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Formal gardens, Hedge, Natives for containers, Screening plants, Small tree, Tropical garden

Autumn Flowering, bird-attracting, casuarina family, christmas tree, cone, dense habit, fence screening, foliage contrast, full sun, Gymnostoma australianum, part shade, privacy screen, prolific flowers, QLD species, rainforest species, well drained soil, wind break

Try not to dismiss Callistemon ‘White Anzac’

I have often included this hardy little shrub as one of my least favourite native plants, it can be spotted unkempt in the gardens of petrol stations or nature strips, languishing leggy and forgotten. But if given a little attention… Read more ›

21/10/2022

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Hedge

clay soils, large flower, low mounding shrub, prolific flowers, wet weather, wind tolerant

The purple punch of Prostanthera ovalifolia

There is something about this particular shade of purple that is both eye catching and calming at the same time, it’s a lovely vibrant lilac which covers the entire shrub and lights up a shady corner. This native Mint Bush… Read more ›

09/10/2022 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

bee attracting, fragrant, fragrant flowers, medium shrub, part shade, prolific flowers, purple flowers, Scented, spring flowering, understory planting, well drained soil

The Partying Pea: Chorizema cordatum

This outrageous little pea flower is growing in my daughters primary school, it thinks it is unassuming and doing its own thing, little does it realise what a show off it is! Chorizema cordatum is a wonderful South West Australian… Read more ›

15/09/2020 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

butterfly attracting, Chorizema cordatum, long flowering period, low spreading habit, orange flowers, part shade, pink flowers, prolific flowers, understory planting, WA, well drained soil

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 ›

23/08/2020

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Illawarra natives, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Uncategorized, Winter flowering

climber, dense habit, Hardenbergia violacea, native insect attracting, privacy screen, prolific flowers, purple flowers

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 ›

18/08/2020

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

butterfly attracting, cut flowers, drought hardy, fragrant, insectivorous birds, long flowering period, native insect attracting, natives for pots, pink flowers, prolific flowers, small bird attracting, understory planting, weeping habit

A must have in your habitat garden: Bursaria spinosa

All hail sweet Bursaria! this native plant is a superstar performer in a native habitat garden fulfilling so many critters requirements and needs. I have been collecting images of Bursaria spinosa for about 10 years now, always looking for a… Read more ›

21/04/2019 4 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

bee attracting, Bursaria spinosa, Double-barred finch, fast growing, fragrant, habitat garden, insectivorous birds, native bees, part shade, perfume, Pilotbird, Prickly, prolific flowers, shade tolerant, small bird attracting, summer flowering, white flower, wind tolerant, wrens

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

The Brightest of the Acacias? Acacia podalyriifolia

It has always seemed to me that Acacia podalyriifolia is one of the first wattles to flower every winter, and so profusely! or at least it is one of the most immediately noticeable 🙂 The native bees think so too… Read more ›

12/06/2017 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

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

Acacia podalyriifolia, bird-attracting, fast growing, foliage contrast, native bees, Pigeon, prolific flowers, Rosella, Scented, silver foliage, understory planting, yellow flowers

Grevillea ‘Billy Bonkers’ and his Big Sister

I used to have a very small appreciation for Grevilleas, especially the larger flowering species but I have mellowed and now am finding more and more of them appealing. I tend to go for the rarer flower shapes often from… Read more ›

16/05/2017

Kath Gadd

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

bee attracting, fast growing, Grevillea 'Billy Bonkers', Grevillea 'Lana Maree', large flower, prolific flowers, Red flowers, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Good Old Native Daisy: Brachyscome multifida

Brachyscomes are one of those native plants that have multiple uses in a garden, they brighten up a dull corner, keep weeds at bay with their dense mounding habit and add interest and contrast to a layered mixed planting. They… Read more ›

25/04/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Small garden

bee attracting, bird-attracting, Brachyscome multifida, carpeting ground cover, fast growing, prolific flowers, purple flowers

Mallee Design

Native Garden Design & Consultation

Tag Archives: prolific flowers

Categories

Archive

The Bronze Highlights of Gymnostoma australianum

Try not to dismiss Callistemon ‘White Anzac’

The purple punch of Prostanthera ovalifolia

The Partying Pea: Chorizema cordatum

Screening with Hardenbergia violacea

An oldie but a goodie: Thryptomene saxicola ‘FC Payne’

A must have in your habitat garden: Bursaria spinosa

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

The Brightest of the Acacias? Acacia podalyriifolia

Grevillea ‘Billy Bonkers’ and his Big Sister

Good Old Native Daisy: Brachyscome multifida