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Canberra’s banksia garden
I do love a Winter visit to our nation’s capital, it reminds me of my childhood growing up with real seasons. On my quick visit to the The Australian National Botanic Gardens earlier this Winter I stumbled upon their new collection which to my delight is a Bankisa Garden built to Celebrate their 50th Anniversary.…
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More Native plants for Containers
I absolutely love growing native plants in pots or containers, it enables me to grow species which would just up and die if I planted them in the ground. It also means I am increasing the amount of flowers in my garden and providing extra food for pollinating insects. One species I have had several…
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Grevillea anethifolia: Prefectly Prickly
This Grevillea is commonly known as the ‘Spiny Cream Spider Flower’ and is very aptly named. The leaves have needle like points and the whole plant makes a wonderful dense prickly shelter for small birds. These photos were taken in the Illawarra Grevillea Park, I also have a grafted Grevillea anethifolia growing happily in my…
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Happy Wattle Day: Acacia aphylla
Happy National Wattle Day and the official first day of Spring, although the weather where I live has been behaving more like Summer, which is extremely concerning. Nevertheless I am always happy to celebrate our Acacia species and this one I have been so patiently waiting for it to flower, and finally starting in Autumn…
Tag: WA species