Garden Gallery
I hope you enjoy browsing this gallery of photos from my Australian native cottage garden.
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At the bottom of the gallery you will find links to colour themed flower galleries including Australian native flowers in white, pink, purple and blue, red and orange.

Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Gold’


Brachyscome 'Fresco Purple’, Chrysocephalum apiculatum and a red Kangaroo paw. Hibbertia Stellaris and Scaevola striata Yallingup are closest to camera.

Thelionema caespitosum 'Dark Blue' tufted flax, Anigozanthos rufus ‘Kings Park Federation Flame’,

Veronica perfoliata with Chamelaucium uncinatum Purple Pride

Crowea exalata Brandy Hill


Crowea flower with Australian native Lipotriches bee

Pimelea ferruginea white and pink varieties, Isotoma axillaris Fizz N Pop Pink and Purple and Xerochrysum Kimberly Peach

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach and Bulbine bulbosa

Patersonia occidentalis and a Brachyscome daisy

Anigozanthos rufus ‘Kings Park Federation Flame’ with a silver Leucophyta brownii, Eremophila Bev Rice form, some pops of yellow Xerochrysum viscosum, Isotoma, Brachyscome and then Grevillea Peaches and Cream in the background.


Rottnest Island Daisy - Trachymene coerulea

Anigozanthos rufus ‘Kings Park Federation Flame’ with a silver Leucophyta brownii, Eremophila Bev Rice form, with Isotoma axillaris, and various Brachyscome.

Kennedia coccinea with Hardenbergia comptoniana

Blue Banded Bee

Isotoma axillaris

Brachyscome 'Fresco Purple’, Chrysocephalum apiculatum and a red Kangaroo paw.

Ajuga australis with Blue Banded Bee

Conostylis candicans 'Silversunrise' surrounded by Brachyscome Pacific Reef, Lechenaultia biloba ‘Big Blue’ and Leucophyta brownii in the background.

Actinotus helianthii, Flannel Flower, Hardenbergia violaceae ‘Mini Ha Ha’


Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach with Tetratheca thymifolia 'Fairy Bells Pink'

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach with Tetratheca thymifolia 'Fairy Bells Pink' and the leaves of a Pelargonium and Hardenbergia shrub form

Eremophila nivea Beryl’s Blue, Xerochrysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, Anigozanthos Bush Diamond, Chorizema cordatum

The new front garden, barely a year old including a young Eremophila 'Pink Pantha', Pimelea ferruginea and Alyogyne Blue Heeler in flower.

A pot of Anigozanthos Pink Beauty in front with a bed of Bulbine bulbosa, Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, and Eremophila nivea Blue Velvet at the back.

Thelionema caespitosum 'Dark Blue' tufted flax

Actinotus helianthii, Flannel Flower with a Kangaroo Paw and Dampiera Glasshouse Glory

Australian native Pelargoniums

Viola hederacea and Ajuga australis, Acmena smithii ‘Cherry Surprise’ hedge

Anigozanthos 'Landscape Gold' Kangaroo Paw

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Anigozanthos rufus ‘Kings Park Federation Flame’ with a silver Leucophyta brownii, Eremophila Bev Rice form, some pops of yellow Xerochrysum viscosum, Isotoma axillaris, Brachyscome and then Grevillea Peaches and Cream in the background.

Flannel flowers with Dampiera Glasshouse Glory, a red Kangaroo Paw and Chrysocephalum apiculatum in the background

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, Eremophila nivea Beryl’s Blue

Brachyscome Augustifolia Fresco Candy stealing the show in this native cottage garden bed.


Brachyscome Augustifolia Fresco Candy, Dampiera teres 'Mallee Mauve', Orthosanthus multiflorus


Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Gold’ next to Grevillea bronwenae and our pug Maisie

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, Eremophila nivea Beryl’s Blue

Chorizema cordatum, Dampiera purpurea

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach

Acacia howittii ‘Honey Bun’ in pots, plus Chorizema cordatum and Lechenaultia biloba and Anigozanthos in foreground, Eremophila nivea Beryl’s Blue and more in my Australian native cottage garden.


Ajuga australis - South Australian form

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach

Anigozanthos hybrid 'Bush Inferno', Lechenaultia biloba ‘Big Blue’ with Eremophila nivea ‘Blue Velvet’

Anigozanthos 'Landscape Gold' Kangaroo Paw

Anigozanthos hybrid 'Bush Inferno', Lechenaultia biloba ‘Big Blue’ with Eremophila nivea ‘Blue Velvet’

Brachyscome Hot Candy and Xerochrysum bracteantha Diamond Head.

Blue Banded Bee

Acacia howitii ‘Green Wave’

Stylidium graminifolium

Pimelea ferruginea alba, Xerochrysum Kimberly Peach

Actinotus helianthii, Flannel Flower

Chorizema cordatum, Eremophila nivea in background with Xerochrysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach

Foliage of Grevillea plurijuga 'Purple Haze'

Blue Banded Bee

Isotoma axillaris Fizz n Pop Glowing Purple

Pimelea ferruginea ‘Bonnie Petite’, Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Brachyscome Fresco Purple, Anigozanthos rufus Kings Park Federation Flame, Pelargonium Applause and Actinotus helianthi Flannel flowers with Orthrosanthus polystachyus and Ajuga australis flowering in the background.

Xerochrysum viscosum surrounded by Brachyscome Augustifolia Fresco Candy, various Isotoma, grey leaved Eremophila and Grevillea peaches and Cream.

Anigozanthos Pink Beauty

Eremophila nivea Blue Velvet, Anigozanthos Bush Inferno, Lechenaultia biloba Big Blue and Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold and Boronia lutea with Ajuga australis in the background.

The bright yellows of Bulbine bulbosa and Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach

Eremophila nivea Blue Velvet, Anigozanthos Bush Inferno, Lechenaultia biloba Big Blue and Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold with Ajuga australis in the background.

Kangaroo Paw with Dampiera Glasshouse Glory

Viola hederacea and Ajuga australis, Acmena smithii ‘Cherry Surprise’

Kennedia coccinea with Hardenbergia comptoniana

Bulbine bulbosa with Blue Banded Bee

Pelargonium australe, Pelargonium ‘Applause’ and Pelargonium rodneyanum

Chorizema cordatum

Bulbine bulbosa with Xerochrysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach in the background.

Acmena smithii ‘Cherry Surprise’ hedge, Chorizema cordatum

Eremophila nivea Blue Velvet with a paper daisy and also Ajuga australis flowering in the background.

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold, with Ajuga australis flowering in the background.

Orthrosanthus polystachyus

An Acmena smithii minor hedge with native Violets, Dichondra, Libertia paniculata, and Myoporum parvifolium amongst others.


Australian native Pelargoniums

Brachyscome Hot Candy and Xerochrysum bracteantha Diamond Head flowering around the letterbox

Flannel flowers with Dampiera Glasshouse Glory, a red Kangaroo Paw and Chrysocephalum apiculatum in the background

Chorizema cordatum

Chief plant squisher Maisie the pug sitting in the Scaevola albida

Pimelea ferruginea ‘Bonnie Petite’, Brachyscome ‘Fresco Purple’, Chrysocephalum apiculatum and various Kangaroo paws.

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Rainbow Lorikeet on Grevillea Moonlight

Rainbow Lorikeet on Grevillea Moonlight

Plectranthus parviflorus 'Blue Spires'

Actinotus helianthii, Flannel Flower, Pimelea ferruginea ‘Bonnie Petite’, Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold

An Australian native cottage garden floral bed

Xerochysum bracteantha Dargan Hill Monach, Bulbine bulbosa, Xerochrysum Bracteantha Daisy Fields Gold.


Eremophila nivea Beryl’s Blue, Chorizema cordatum, Lechenaultia biloba Big Blue, with a silver Leucophyta brownii and Eremophila nivea Blue Velvet in background. Acacia howittii Honey Bun in the pot.

Dampiera stricta ‘Glasshouse Glory’ with Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Isotoma axillaris, Velleia foliosa, Xerochrysum viscosum, and Bulbine bulbosa with various Brachyscome.

Mixed Australian native Pelargoniums including Pelargonium australe

Isotoma axillaris Fizz n Pop Glowing Purple, Brachyscome Augustifolia Fresco Candy

Anigozanthos Pink Beauty

Tetratheca thymifolia 'Fairy Bells Pink' with Hardenbergia Mini Ha Ha


Pimelea ferruginea ‘Bonnie Petite’, Brachyscome 'Fresco Purple’, Chrysocephalum apiculatum and various Kangaroo paws.
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