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World Bee Day: Plant Three for the Bees!

Today is World Bee Day and the slogan of ‘Plant Three for the Bees’ is like a call to action! Anyone with an outdoor space can plant three bee friendly plants, even if they are in pots or containers. Calling… Read more ›

20/05/2021

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Natives for containers, Shade tolerant

bee attracting, blue-banded bees, fragrant, low mounding shrub, low spreading habit, native bees, plantthreeforthebees, pollination, Pomaderris lanigera, Prostanthera cuneata, purple flowers, small garden, understory planting, Wahlenbergia stricta, white flower, world bee day, yellow flowers

As delicate as a rose: Archirhodomyrtus beckleri

This small feature tree really would fit in nicely in a garden full of roses, lavender and other English cottage style plants. The tiny flowers remind me of the blooms on climbing rose bushes and this pretty rainforest tree has… Read more ›

09/11/2020 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Butterfly attracting, Screening plants

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, bee attracting, Bush Foods, feature tree, fence screening, fragrant, perfume, privacy screen, rainforest species, Rose myrtle, shade tolerant, small garden, understory planting

Striking small inner city front garden

Oh so refreshing to see a small terrace garden used to maximum effect! Imagine if this was more common? how wonderful it would be to walk down an inner city street and see native birds running amok, as they were… Read more ›

19/03/2014

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Small tree

Banksia blechnifolia, Eucalyptus ficifolia grafted, small garden, Themeda 'Mingo', Thryptomene FC Payne, Xanthorrhoea

Over Planting

I love the combination of native plants in this tiny front garden and if my front garden was tiny i too would probably try to cram as many of my favourite plants in as possible. However this garden is over-planted,… Read more ›

26/01/2013

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Bird attracting, Screening plants

foliage contrast, over planting, small garden

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World Bee Day: Plant Three for the Bees!

As delicate as a rose: Archirhodomyrtus beckleri

Striking small inner city front garden

Over Planting