Tag: well drained soil

  • Mint Bush: Prostanthera rotundifolia

    Mint Bush: Prostanthera rotundifolia

      The Australian mint bushes really smell far superior to regular mint, not as sweet a bit more citric.

  • Super hardy Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’

    Super hardy Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’

    Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’ is one of my favourite Grevilleas, I love the colour grey green leaves that are deeply deivided which look soft and feathery from a distance.

  • A Persoonia…

    A Persoonia…

    Persoonia pinifolia naturally grows in areas of sandstone, in sheltered positions with part sun.

  • Unusual foliage

    Unusual foliage

    Of course this Grevillea intricata is from WA! these amazing needle like leaves form a dense tangle with the stems remaining a deep red, it is beautiful even when not in flower.

  • Street address

    Street address

    This a grafted Grevillea and is planted on the lower side of a sandstone wall next to a Doryanthes excelsa and has been encouraged to spill over onto the street side.

  • Pink Banksia

    Pink Banksia

    This is a beautiful specimen of Banksia occidentalis, that I saw growing in a private garden in south west Sydney.