Recent Posts Tagged With 'native shrubs'

• 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...

• Grevillea flowers

  Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 16:29 in native shrubs

  Grevillea flowers ( l to r) 'Honey Gem', 'Moonlight', 'Flamingo'...

• 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...

• Banksia 'Little Eric'

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 02:53 in native shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Banksia ericifolia 'Little Eric'This is one of the choice compact native shrubs,growing to just over a metre high and spreading to about 1.5metres. The flowers are a rich mahogany colour and stand well above the foliage from late winter well into spr...

• 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...

• Banksia 'Roller Coaster'

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 16:28 in native shrubs, birds in the garden, landcape feature and accent plants

  Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster'This is one of the prostrate ground cover forms of the tree Banksia integrifolia which probably came from a windy sea cliff where it had adapted to hug the ground as a means of survival. It needs a large space in ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Banksia spinulosa

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 04:02 in native shrubs, birds in the garden

  Banksia spinulosa This is a variable species of Banksia and historically it is one of the earliest Australian plants to be described. After the establishment of the new settlement at Port Jackson, just north of Botany Bay in 1788, the surgeon John ...