Rhagodia spinescens – Mallee Design

Native plants in the Melbourne City Streetscape

This post is all about praising the plant selection used in the ‘Grey to Green’ project in the City of Melbourne. Much of the plant palate features native species, and on a recent tour I was so impressed with the… Read more ›

02/05/2023 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Water plants

bee attracting, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina glauca, Doryanthes palmeri, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', Eucalyptus sideroxylon Rosea, grey green leaves, Grey to Green, Melaleuca hypericifolia, melaleuca quinquenervia, Melbourne City, Micromyrtus ciliata, openspace, Plectranthus argentatus, public space, Rhagodia spinescens, streetscape, understory planting, urban greening

Kangaroo Paw Care – Get the Pruners Out!

The Kangaroo Paws in this Bundeena garden are a rainbow of colour, they were planted three years ago in a swathe to test Angus Stewarts ‘Anigozanthos ‘Landscape series’ range. They have a striking effect mass planted and it was a… Read more ›

28/11/2022 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Uncategorized

Anigozanthos, Landsape Orange, Landscape Lilac, Landscape Lime, Landscape Red, Plant Care and Maintenace, pruning, Rhagodia 'Silver Border', Rhagodia spinescens, well drained soil

Portfolio: Summer Hill Garden Design

This tiny garden in Sydney’s inner west is very shady to say the least, there were three existing native trees in the garden competing for space. However, they are all relatively small and although they took up most of the… Read more ›

08/04/2020 7 Comments

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, Carex appressa, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Dichondra repens, Leptospermum petersonii, Libertia paniculata, moraea robinsoniana, narrow habit, pathways, Phebalium squamulosum, Rhagodia spinescens, sandstone flagging, shade tolerant, steppers, Viola hederacea

Portfolio: Garden Design Bulli

Yesterday I spent a sunny winter morning pruning and shaping in this coastal garden in Bulli, I love returning to one of my designs to do a little maintenance and tweaking, and this is one of my favourites 😉 This… Read more ›

11/07/2018 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Medium Tree, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Banksia 'Sentinel', bee attracting, Eremohpila nivea 'Blue Velvet', Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf', Eucalyptus 'Wildfire', feature tree, Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream', Grevillea 'Winter Delight', grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, street address, Westringia 'Smokey', wind tolerant

The ‘New’ formal Native Garden

When most people think of a formal garden the first images that spring to mind are rows of neatly clipped Buxus borders with some Robinia topiary and maybe a screening Camellia hedge. These are some of the easiest plants to… Read more ›

28/11/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Formal gardens, Hedge, Landscape Design, Uncategorized

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Baeckea imbricata, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hibiscus insularis, Modern Australian Native Garden, Myoporum parvifolium, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

I visited one of my favourite gardens today and it did not disappoint, I haven’t seen this coastal Bundeena garden for 18 months and many of the trees and shrubs have really filled out in that time. I feel so… Read more ›

20/11/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, anigozanthos 'Landscape Lime', Banksia 'Sentinel', carpeting ground cover, Casuarina 'Freefall', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Casuarina glauca prostrate form, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eucalyptus leuhmanniana, grey green leaves, Macrozamia communis, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, sandy soil, silver foliage, street address, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Garden Design Centennial Park Update

Last week I went on a mission to visit as many of my garden design projects as possible, to collect photos and catch up. I love re-visiting these gardens especially when I am doing a little garden maintenance at the… Read more ›

25/06/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Hedge, Portfolio

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', carpeting ground cover, fast growing, foliage contrast, Grevillea curviloba, Grevillea olivacea Red, Red flowers, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit

Portfolio: Bulli Garden Design

This garden is located in the costal northern Wollongong suburb of Wollongong, on a low ridge and midway down a slope. When I saw the garden for the first time it was directly after the new house had been built,… Read more ›

30/03/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Portfolio, Screening plants, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Banksia 'Sentinel', Bird Bath, clay soils, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, fast growing, Ficinia nodosa, Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream', Grevillea 'Winter Delight', Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, wind tolerant

Bundeena Garden Design: Update

Last week I made a quick visit to one of my favourite gardens in Bundeena and snapped some photos before the sun went down. The first is of Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Lilac’. A few months ago I plant 12 each of… Read more ›

11/01/2016 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Adenthonthos sericeus 'Mallee Legend', Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Anigozanthos 'Landscape Lilac', Bird Bath, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Deer resistant, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Rhagodia spinescens, Zieria 'Carpet Star'

Portfolio: Marrickville Sketch Design

This is a garden that I have been visiting for a couple of years now, each time I spend an hour or two doing some sketches for the owners to move to the next ‘stage’. It is a wonderful garden… Read more ›

12/09/2015

Kath Gadd

Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Small garden

Anigozanthos 'Orange Cross', Bracteantha bracteata, Carpobrotus 'Pink Passion', Carpobrotus 'White Hot', Doryanthes excelsa, fast growing, feature tree, Ficinia nodosa, Meeboldina 'Velvet Rush', Poa 'Kingsdale', Red flowers, Rhagodia spinescens, Xanthorrhoea, yellow flowers

Walcott Garden: Canberra

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to appeal to a very generous couple, Ros and Ben Walcott. I contacted them out of the blue and asked if I could visit their garden. We were travelling to Canberra to… Read more ›

23/06/2015 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design

Acacia 'Green Mist', Acacia cardiophylla, Australian Native Garden, Banksia ericifolia, Banksia marginata, Callistemon 'Brogo Overflow', Correa 'Dusky Bells', Eremophila glabra prostrate, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite', Melaleuca incana, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, weeping habit

Portfolio: Centennial Park Garden Design

Thankyou so much for my garden, I really enjoy pottering around everyday and watching things slowly change, there is always something happening! This is a garden that has been totally transformed in the space of 12 months, the owner… Read more ›

06/03/2015

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Portfolio

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', Acacia baileyana prostrate garfted Standard, Callitris oblongifolia Dwarf, foliage contrast, Grevillea curviloba, Grevillea olivacea Red, grey green leaves, Leptospermum laeviegatum, Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, street address, weeping habit

Attracting Butterflies to your Native Garden

I am often asked to recommend native plants that will attract butterflies, I know a few off the top of my head and have been meaning for a couple of years to sit down and do some decent research on… Read more ›

01/03/2015 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting

Bursaria spinosa, Callistemon spps., Chorizema cordatum, Clematis aristata, Dianella caerulea, Dodonea viscosa, Hymenosporum flavum Dwarf, Leionema 'Green Screen', Philotheca myoporoides, Rhagodia spinescens, Tristaniopsis laurina

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

This is a ‘work in progress’ garden that I visit from time to time, it is being built by the owners and is a labour of love. The garden backs onto a nature reserve that is in pristine condition, the… Read more ›

14/07/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Landscape Design, Portfolio

Adenanthos sericeus, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Hardscape, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Rhagodia spinescens, Sydney Sandstone

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

We really, really love our garden and are so happy to spend time in it… When I walked up to the front gate of this garden last week I must admit I was quite moved, moved by how settled… Read more ›

25/05/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia cognata dwarf, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea obtusifolia, grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Macrozamia communis, Myoporum parvifolium, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, wind tolerant

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'

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design

A steep bush block backing onto the National Park with 180 degree stunning views of the water, how inspiring! When I saw this garden I was pretty much blown away, what a dream to be able to work on this… Read more ›

02/02/2014

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Portfolio

Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Dendrobium speciosum, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem', grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Macrozamia communis, Melaleuca incana, Rhagodia spinescens, street address, understory planting, well drained soil, Xanthorrhoea

The benefits of salt bush: Rhagodia spinescens

There are several species of salt bush that I like to put in gardens, this one is one of my favourites Rhagodia spinescens, it comes in varying shapes and forms, some a little more silver leaved some a little more compact.… Read more ›

26/03/2013 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Hedge, Naturalistic garden

bird-attracting, clay soils, Crimson Rosella, Eucalyptus 'Summer Red', fast growing, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Parrot, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, Superb Fairy-wren, understory planting, wind tolerant, wren

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Native plants in the Melbourne City Streetscape

Kangaroo Paw Care – Get the Pruners Out!

Portfolio: Summer Hill Garden Design

Portfolio: Garden Design Bulli

The ‘New’ formal Native Garden

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

Portfolio: Garden Design Centennial Park Update

Portfolio: Bulli Garden Design

Bundeena Garden Design: Update

Portfolio: Marrickville Sketch Design

Walcott Garden: Canberra

Portfolio: Centennial Park Garden Design

Attracting Butterflies to your Native Garden

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

Tapestry Gardens

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design

The benefits of salt bush: Rhagodia spinescens