Plant of the Week – Yellow Kangaroo Paw ‘Landscape Gold’
Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Gold’ is a spectacular yellow Kangaroo Paw and a star in my garden from late Spring into Summer. This stunning variety is from the Tall and Tough range created by Angus Stewart, and those two words describe the uses for this yellow Kangaroo Paw...
Native Plant of the Week – Isotoma axillaris
This week’s favourite started flowering in my garden in late October and is still looking beautiful in mid December, even after unseasonal heavy late spring rains. Isotoma axillaris, also called Laurentia or Rock Isotome, is the only plant I have in drifts in my...
Paper daisies for Australian native gardens
Everyone who follows me on social media will know I am a big fan of paper daisies. I love their crinkly stiff paper texture – they are very tactile plants! The way the blooms fold up tightly each night or in rain is rather special to watch.. They also flower...
10 small native plants for Australian cottage gardens
People are always asking me to name my favourite native plant. I find the question impossible to answer. How could I name just one when there are so many wonderful Australian native plants suitable for cottage style gardens! So I started to wonder if it may be...
Designing my cottage garden with Australian native plants
When I first started out I didn’t fully intend to create a cottage style garden with Australian natives, but there is no denying that is what my garden has become! I have always loved the romanticism of a cottage garden. In my 20s my first gardens and pots were filled...
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