Recent Posts Tagged With 'native flora'

• Crinum pedunculatum, Native Swamp Lily

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 03:02 in bulbs, native flora, landcape feature and accent plants

  Crimum pedunculatum, Swamp LilyThe 1m long and 10cm wide, smooth leaves of the Swamp LilyThis Lily is in the Daffodil Family , Amaryllidaceae, and is native to coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales. It grows both in sand dunes above the h...

• Calothamnus quadrifidus

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:23 in native flora, native shrubs

  The one sided bottlebrush flowers of Calothamnus are often hidden or sometimes close to the ground.Calothamnus quadrifidus (From the Greek kalos, beauty, and thamnos, a shrub)Race 5 on Oaks Day at Flemington on Thursday of this week was for grey hors...

• Basket Case

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 02:28 in art, roses, native flora, spring annuals

  Red rose in flower basket made from paperbark (Melaleuca) with Grevillea and Banksia Mid week it is easy to feel like a bit of a "basket case" with so much to get done and not enough hours in the day ( I am not sure where that expression came from) T...

• Spring Orchid Show

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 02:06 in orchids, native flora

  Dendrobium speciosum, Rock OrchidLast weekend the Australasian Native Orchid Society (Illawarra Branch) held their spring show in Wollongong. The first thing which knocks you out when you go to a native orchid show is the intense heady perfume which ...

• A Ferny Glade

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 16:14 in native flora

  Ferns growing in local bushland...

• Grevillea speciosa

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 18:20 in native flora, native shrubs

  Grevillea speciosa, Red Spider FlowerThis is one of the wildflowers of Sydney found growing around the Harbour at North Head and Dobroyd Point as well as in Ku-ring-gai Chase and the Brisbane Waters National Park. It is rather a straggly shrub in the...

• Looking at Lichen

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 22:14 in native flora

  "Lichenes" from Artforms of Nature 1904 by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), biologist, naturalist and artist.Ernst Haeckel and von Michclucho Maclay on a nature tour of the Canary Islands in 1866 Stone wall in the Cevenne region of France covered in orange...

• Qualup Bell

  Posted on Sunday August 2nd, 2009 at 19:10 in native flora, native shrubs

  Pimelea physodes, Qualup BellNative to the gravelly soils between Ravensthorpe and the Gardener River in Western Australia ,this small shrub was named after Qualup Homestead where it is found growing abundantly. The botanical name Pimelea comes from ...

• Melaleuca thymifolia

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 19:00 in native flora, native shrubs

  Melaleuca thymifolia, thyme-leaved honey-myrtleThis delightful small(1metre) shrub grows along the east coast of Australia in New South Wales and Queensland and is one of the most familiar of our native plants. The fluffy mauve flowers appear through...

• Pine Leaf Geebung

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 06:05 in native flora, native shrubs

  Persoonia pinifolia Pine Leaf GeebungThis is a 3 metre shrub which is found growing around Sydney on sandy soils. Unfortunately it is not commonly grown in gardens because of the difficulty in propagation whether from seed or cuttings. Even if establ...

• Melaleuca micromera

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 18:17 in native flora, native shrubs

  Melaleuca micromeraPlants with tiny leaves and flowers rarely get much attention and don't get included planted in many gardens. This is a pity because this small native shrub with its twisted conifer like appearance and mass of yellow flowers is an ...

• Banksia media

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 17:46 in native flora, native shrubs

  Banksia media with a flower the colour of the Maillot JauneBanksia media, Southern Plains BanksiaA Banksia from Western Australia which is in flower now at the Illawarra Grevillea Park. This is one species which does well on the east coast The flowe...

• Epacris longiflora

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 16:51 in native flora

  This small native shrub always provides a bright spot on a grey day when you come across it when out on a bush walk. It is sometimes given the common name of Fuschia Heath because the tubular bell like flowers resemble the exotic Fuschia.It likes to ...

• Paper Daisy

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 05:39 in native flora

  Rhodanthe chlorocephala ssp roseaToday I planted some seeds of this annual pink paper daisy which is native to south Western Australia and into South Australia. The seeds are interesting as they are covered with a soft white "fur" and are quite soft...

• Wattle Time

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 21:20 in native flora

  Wattles afireWith yellow torches scent the air,As though a choirOf angels had been resting there.Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958)Australian Poet...

• Tasmanian Berries

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 01:33 in native flora

  Aristotelia peduncularis, HeartberryCyathodes hirtella, Pink Mountain BerryBillardiera longiflora, Climbing Blueberry Coprosma hirteila ,Coffee Berry Tasmanian autumn flora from S Dean of Evandale...