Xanthorrhoea – Page 2 – Mallee Design

How to Plant a Grass Tree

The grass tree is a very symbolic plant to have in a native garden. They can be a specimen plant, a feature plant or work well with a minimalist Japanese theme, and they look amazing in containers. Planting one can… Read more ›

24/11/2013 22 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Landscape Design, Natives for containers

fragrant, large flower, understory planting, Xanthorrhoea

Amazing nature strip garden with real street address!

Last week I went to a garden consult and this is what I encountered across the road from my destination, as I rounded the corner I nearly had an accident checking out these spectacular Xanthorrhoea! They have been planted all… Read more ›

13/10/2013

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Landscape Design

nature strip garden, street address, verge garden, Xanthorrhoea

Australian Plants Society Open Gardens: Hogue Garden Jannali

This was such a diverse garden, diverse in style with lots of different areas and plantings. When I saw the garden it was full of sun, enabling the owner to grow almost anything! The different areas were almost like little… Read more ›

15/09/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Hedge, Medium Tree, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Screening plants, Small tree

Baekea virgata dwarf, Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', Banksia serrata, Calothamnus quadrifidus, Carpobrotus glaucescens, Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade', Jasminum suavissimum, Poa spps., themeda, Xanthorrhoea

Australian Plants Society Open Gardens: Aitkin Garden Bonnet Bay

So over the weekend some of the members of the Australian Plant Society Sutherland Group opened their gardens to the general public, for me this is like a dream come true, theres nothing I like more than having a sticky… Read more ›

10/09/2013

Kath Gadd

Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant, Tropical garden

Asplenium nidus, Cordyline petiolaris, Cordyline stricta, Dendrobium speciosum, Dicksonia antartica, Doryanthes excelsa, foliage contrast, Graptophyllum ilicifolium, Lomatia silaifolia, Macrozamia communis, Omalanthus popufolius, rainforest species, understory planting, Xanthorrhoea

Black Stump

This is a native garden I visited when it was open in April 2012, it shows you what can be done when someone with a lot of drive and passion finds a blank canvas. It truly amazes me that so… Read more ›

09/07/2013 4 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Hedge, Kids gardens, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Acacia conferta, Acacia fimbriata, Banksia 'Giant Candles', Banksia robur, banksia spinulosa, clay soils, Eleocarpus reticulatus, Eremophila glabra prostrate, foliage contrast, Grevillea petrophiloides, Grevillea rhyolitica, understory planting, water logged soils, Xanthorrhoea

Grass tree spheres

Xanthorrhoea species or Grass Trees are a pretty standard ‘feature plant’ in a native garden, with their showy black trunk and perfect grass head on top they are almost a signature plant for a lot of Australian gardens.

19/02/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Shade tolerant

foliage contrast, grass tree, large flower, ornamantal grass, well drained soil, Xanthorrhoea

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How to Plant a Grass Tree

Amazing nature strip garden with real street address!

Australian Plants Society Open Gardens: Hogue Garden Jannali

Australian Plants Society Open Gardens: Aitkin Garden Bonnet Bay

Black Stump

Grass tree spheres