So far this month I have reviewed a number of Australian plant varieties that resemble the common Bottlebrush or that have the name ‘Bottlebrush’ as part of their common name. As such I thought it was about time that I reviewed the actual genus that is generally considered to be the actual Bottlebrush, which is [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Beaufortia sparsa
Last week I featured the Beaufortia purpurea, this week I am featuring the Beaufortia sparsa. Genus: Beaufortia Species: sparsa Common Name: Southwest bottlebrush Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub 1m Flowering: Autumn I haven’t actually grown or seen the sparsa in person but the photo’s I have seen make it look really [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Beaufortia purpurea
Last week I featured the Beaufortia elegans, this week I am featuring the Beaufortia purpurea. Genus: Beaufortia Species: purpurea Common Name: N/A Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub 1m Flowering: Spring to Summer Though the flower colour is listed as ‘red’ it would be more true to call it a ‘red-purple’ colour, [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Beaufortia elegans
This month at AussieGreenThumb.com I am featuring the Australian Native Plant ‘Beaufortia’. Last week I featured the Beaufortia aestiva, this week I am featuring the Beaufortia elegans. Genus: Beaufortia Species: elegans Common Name: N/A Flower Colour: Purple Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub 1m Flowering: Spring to Autumn The Beaufortia elegans actually comes in a [...] Click to read more »
Nurseries of Australia – Bushland Flora
This months featured Australian Nursery is ‘Bushland Flora’. I stumbled across them while I was doing a web search one day for Australian Native Nurseries and though their website leave’s much to be desired, I trust that is because they specialise in plants and not in web design. What they do have on their website [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Beaufortia aestiva
Welcome to August! The plant of the month for August is the Australian Native Plant ‘Beaufortia’. This is another genus, like the Melaleuca, which is often confused with plants from the Callistemon genus, or more commonly called Bottlebrush. The reason for this confusion is that a number of plants from the Beaufortia genus are ALSO [...] Click to read more »
Plant of the Month – Eucalyptus preissiana
Here is the last Eucalyptus to be featured this month, the Eucalyptus preissiana. Last week I featured the Eucalyptus torquata. Genus: Eucalyptus Species: preissiana Common Name: Bell fruited mallee Flower Colour: Yellow Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Shrub 3m+ Flowering: Spring The Eucalyptus preissiana is a wonderful smaller variety of Eucalyptus. It doesn’t generally grow [...] Click to read more »