Reddish foliage – Mallee Design

Lucious, Shade-loving: Trochocarpa laurina

Note: The photos on this post were originally misidentified as Decaspermum humile. Thanks to @nightjarnatives who corrected the id on instagram! Trochocarpa laurina or ‘Tree Heath’ is a large shrub to small tree which loves the shade. I have recently… Read more ›

06/06/2023

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Hedge, Illawarra natives, Medium Tree, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree, Tropical garden

bird-attracting, dense habit, heavy shade, moist shade, rainforest species, Reddish foliage, shade tolerant, subtropical species, Trochocarpa laurina, understory planting, weeping habit

I need to remember this fern: Blechnum cartilagineum

I am not very good with my native ground cover ferns, I have a handful which I use over and over again which I know to be hardy and pretty. I was walking in the Blue Mountains this weekend and… Read more ›

03/11/2019

Kath Gadd

Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Tropical garden

Blechnum cartilagineum, clay soils, dry shade, foliage contrast, heavy shade, moist shade, Reddish foliage, understory planting

The exploding Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

I have been monitoring these Leptospermum obovatum ‘Starry Night’ shrubs (that I planted in a neighbours garden) closely, waiting, waiting for them to flower and BOOM! last week they exploded! I love reddish or burgundy foliage and there are… Read more ›

16/12/2018 28 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants

bee attracting, bird-attracting, clay soils, cut flowers, fast growing, foliage contrast, Leptospermum 'Starry Night', Reddish foliage, summer flowering, weeping habit, white flower, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Another furry leaved beauty: Lasiopetalum baueri

This is commonly known as Slender Velvet Bush, which is a most apt description of this interesting under-storey shrub. Lasiopetalum baueri has rusty coloured , furry new growth and pretty delicate pink flowers in Winter. The dried flowers are long-lasting… Read more ›

24/06/2018

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

foliage contrast, Lasiopetalum baueri, Lasiopetalum baueri Prostrate, pink flowers, Reddish foliage, wind tolerant

My obsession with Breynia ‘Ironstone’

Technically this is Breynia cernua ‘Ironstone Range’ and I absolutely adore it, these images are taken in a friends garden, he is a very talented “master” gardener and treats his Breynia ‘Ironstone’ mean….and it loves him for it 😉 I have written… Read more ›

20/02/2018 39 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

Breynia 'Ironstone', Breynia cernua ‘Ironstone Range’, clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, interesting foliage, Reddish foliage, summer flowering, understory planting, weeping habit

My Favourite Native Hibiscus

Many people are not aware of the range of native hibiscus species that grow here in Australia, they are often not seen in cultivation or mistaken for exotics. I have a few favourites that I like to incorporate in my… Read more ›

22/02/2017 9 Comments

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Hedge, Small tree

coastal garden, foliage contrast, front line coastal, grey green leaves, Hibiscus 'Barambah Creek', Hibiscus insularis, Hibiscus tiliaceus rubra, large flower, pink flowers, Reddish foliage, spring flowering, summer flowering, well drained soil, wind tolerant

Bright climber or scrambler for dry shade: Hibbertia dentata

Hibbertia dentata is one of my favourite climbers or low growing scramblers to use in shady spots, unfortunately I find it quite difficult to source but it is definitely with using if you can get hold of it. One of… Read more ›

21/04/2016 4 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Groundcover, Shade tolerant

fence screening, Hibbertia dentata, Reddish foliage, scrambling habit, spr, understory planting, yellow flowers

Fast Growing, Weeping Screen: Acacia cognata ‘Burgundy Cascade’

It seems that there are endless forms of Acacia cognata all battling for attention, all beautiful with their soft weeping habit and mostly with a hardy nature. I personally will never tire of them and if the market continues to… Read more ›

10/07/2015

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Screening plants, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, Reddish foliage, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Shady Reds: Breynia ‘Ironstone’

This is one of those special native plants that has deep red to burgundy foliage when it receives lots of sun, like Agonis ‘Burgundy’. It is also one of those special native plants that seems to have no height restriction,… Read more ›

08/06/2015 12 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden

Breynia 'Ironstone', fast growing, foliage contrast, Reddish foliage, understory planting, weeping habit

Extremely fast growing screen: Homalanthus populifolius

You have to love a species that can pop up by itself, grow a couple of metres in a year and will do so in full shade. Well I do anyway, although it may appear uninvited in your garden (it… Read more ›

06/04/2015 13 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Illawarra natives, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree, Tropical garden

clay soils, Homalanthus populifolius, large leaves, part shade, rainforest species, Reddish foliage, summer flowering

In Support of Agonis ‘Burgundy’

So there is an out break of a plant disease that started in Australia a couple of years ago in nurseries called ‘Myrtle Rust‘ it affects all plants in the Myrtaceae family and it is incredibly dramatic. It is still… Read more ›

30/04/2014 7 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Screening plants, Small tree

Agonis 'Burgundy', feature tree, foliage contrast, Myrtle Rust, Reddish foliage, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Consult Figtree

I have been busy this week planting out a consult design in Wollongong, it has been very satisfying cleaning up an aged garden, digging up weeds and tree roots and planting fresh natives. The bones of the garden were already… Read more ›

04/12/2013

Kath Gadd

Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Breynia 'Ironstone', clay soils, Correa baeuerlenii, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, Doodia aspera, foliage contrast, Reddish foliage, Syzygium luehmannii, understory planting, weeping habit

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Lucious, Shade-loving: Trochocarpa laurina

I need to remember this fern: Blechnum cartilagineum

The exploding Leptospermum ‘Starry Night’

Another furry leaved beauty: Lasiopetalum baueri

My obsession with Breynia ‘Ironstone’

My Favourite Native Hibiscus

Bright climber or scrambler for dry shade: Hibbertia dentata

Fast Growing, Weeping Screen: Acacia cognata ‘Burgundy Cascade’

Shady Reds: Breynia ‘Ironstone’

Extremely fast growing screen: Homalanthus populifolius

In Support of Agonis ‘Burgundy’

Portfolio: Consult Figtree