Recent Posts Tagged With 'native plants'

• Kangaroo Paws

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 16:54 in native plants, birds in the garden

  Wind resistant Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthus cultivars) After three days of gale force winds with gusts in excess of 100km an hour ,there is not much left of the Spring blossom trees and the Roses have been left in tatters. Kangaroo Paws are one of th...

• Seeing Stars

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 17:27 in native plants, native shrubs

  Philotheca syn Eriostemon cultivarThis delightful native shrub is looking fantastic at the moment .The various forms and species of this plant all bear masses of waxy white or pink flowers .Names such as 'Profusion', 'Cascade of Stars' and 'Flower Gi...

• Thryptomene saxicola

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 16:59 in native plants, native shrubs

  Thryptomene saxicolaThis small, open pendulous (1metre) shrub from south Western Australia has been in garden cultivation for a long time and is noted for the dainty pink flowers which smother the bush at this time of year. It is a good cut flower an...

• The Geraldton Wax

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 17:24 in native plants, native shrubs

  Chamaelaucium uncinatum, Geraldton WaxNative to the coastal sands of the Irwin district of Western Australia, this shrub has been in cultivation for a long time and is well known in the cut flower trade both here and overseas. It is a fine leafed shr...