Menu Index: Plant of the Day
Correa reflexa ‘Northern Belle’
A low, spreading and dense shrub growing around half a metre high and to around 2 metres wide. It is a long flowering plant, mainly in autumn but spot flowering in other seasons as well, and the nectar rich pendulous bell shaped flowers attract small birds and a variety of insects. Likes sun to part…
Leptospermum scoparium ‘Jim’s Rocky Rambler’ – Tea tree
Leptospermum scoparium ‘Jim’s Rocky Rambler’ is an attractive Tasmanian form of Manuka tea tree. This compact mounding form grows with arching branches that display bright white flowers well in spring that are visited by many insects whilst in flower including beetles and bees. This plant would be equally at home in a Japanese garden with…
Leptospermum scoparium hybrid ‘Silver Fantasy’ – Tea Tree
A silver-foliaged spreading shrub that produces pink flowers in spring. An attractive plant year round that is used by florists for both foliage and flower, in the garden it is also enjoyed by many insects that provide valuable food sources for small insectivorous birds including honeyeaters wrens, robins and thornbills. It is a reasonably quick…
Anigozanthos viridis – Green Kangaroo Paw
A very attractive small kangaroo paw species with narrow, upright greyish green leaves on a clumping perennial plant. It flowers from late winter and extends through to mid spring, in shades of bright green infused through the velvety hairs. The flowers are great in floral arrangements as well as being excellent bird attractors in the…
Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Orange Gold’ – Straw Flower
A low growing soft-wooded perennial which can be used as an annual in garden bedding situations and renewed every year. This is a true breeding seed line in colours of gold and orange. A great general garden or pot plant and a brilliant cut flower, attract butterflies and small moths. A good heat tolerant plant,…
Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Crimson’- Straw flower
A low growing soft-wooded perennial which can be used as an annual in bedding situations and renewed every year. This is a true breeding seed line in colours of crimson and red. A great general garden or pot plant and a brilliant cut flower, attract butterflies and small moths. A good heat tolerant plant, performs…
Schoenia cassiniana – Pink Clusters Everlasting Daisy
This delightful and showy everlasting daisy grows in a wide range of areas in Western Australia, and is one of the contributors to the tourist attracting wildflower display there every year after good autumn rains. An annual plant, it has furry leaves and stems and clusters of flowers with yellow centres surrounded by pink papery…
Schoenia filifolia ssp. subulifolia – Showy Everlasting Daisy
An attractive annual from Western Australia, and is one of the plants that contribute so much to the spectacular wildflower displays there that draw many tourists to visit and photograph. It has fine bright green green leaves and many upright stems to between 30 and 40 cm high. They have golden-yellow flowers with surrounding bracts…
Banksia spinulosa – Hairpin Banksia
An attractive large shrub to small tree, growing from 1 to 3 metres tall and wide. It has a long flowering period, from autumn through to spring, making it a good food source for nectar loving wildlife. Good on a range of soils from light sandy to clay loam. Naturally grows from coastal Victoria to…
Hardenbergia violacea – Native Sarsaparilla
A tough and easy care climber or ground covering plant, this plant is spectacular when in flower, with many purple sprays of blossom. It blooms from spring through summer, and the plant fixes nitrogen from the air, which is good for the soil. It grows low to around 3 metres wide, and the dense habit…