Plant of the Month – Grevillea crithmifolia
Last week i featured the Grevillea preissii, here is this weeks variety. Genus: Grevillea Species: crithmifolia Common Name: Green Carpet Flower Colour: White Foliage Colour: Green Growth Habit: Large Groundcover Flowering: Winter to Spring This is an intriguing variety of Grevillea. Technically it is a ground cover however it can grow to be as much [...]
Read more »Plant of the Month – Grevillea preissii
Last week I featured the Grevillea nudiflora, here is this weeks variety! Genus: Grevillea Species: preissii Common Name: Sea Spray Flower Colour: Red Foliage Colour: Grey Growth Habit: Shrub to 1m Flowering: Autumn to Spring The first thing that captured my attention with this variety of Grevillea is the raspberry looking flowers. Most variety of [...]
Read more »Why are you interested in Australian Native Plants?
A lot of my passion for gardening is channeled towards recommending others grow Australian Native Plants. I love their natural beauty and the fact so many of them are unlike basically any other plant around. As I was traveling around the world last year I didn’t miss roses, I didn’t miss petunia’s, I didn’t miss [...]
Read more »Nurseries of Australia – Lullfitz
I thought I would start this series by reviewing my personal favourite nursery in Western Australia, Lullfitz Nursery. Here is the opening paragraph from the Lullfitz homepage. “Established in 1975 by George Lullfitz, Lullfitz Nursery has specialized in the propagation, growing and promotion of West Australian Native Plants. A strong dedication to cultivating these unique [...]
Read more »Pruning Australian Native Plants
I was just perusing the internet and came across a fantastic article from Gardening Australia called ‘Pruning natives‘. As the article discusses, many people think it is unwise to prune Australian native plants but this is simply not the case. In fact if you want your Australian native plants to be as healthy as they [...]
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