This is just a small selection of flowering specimens brought to our March meeting from members’ gardens – in late Summer.
Thanks to Joanne, Jill and Mike for images.
Acacia jibberdingensis
Verticordia monadelpha (Woolly Featherflower)
Verticordia monadelpha (Woolly Featherflower)
Anigozanthos flavidus ‘Pink Joey’
Verticordia sp.
Callistemon ‘Tangerine Dream’
Callistemon citrinus hybrid
Callistemon citrinus hybrid
Thryptomene denticulata
Hypocalymma robustum (Swan River Myrtle)
Baeckea linifolia
Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Bridgewater Bay)
Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Rice flower)
Marianthus bicolor
Veronica arenaria
Scaevola aemula (pink form)
Scaevola aemula (pink form)
Hemiandra pungens (Snake Bush)
Eremophila malacoides (Frontage Poverty Bush)
Eremophila malacoides (Frontage Poverty Bush)
Diplolaena grandiflora (Wild Rose
Diplolaena grandiflora (Wild Rose)
Correa pulchella ‘Catie Bec’
Correa ‘Portland Frost and Lime’
Verticordia chrysostachys
Verticordia chrysostachys
Grevillea ‘Peaches & Cream’
Homoranthus porteri
Spyridium coactilifolium? (Butterfly Spyridium)
Spyridium coactilifolium? (Butterfly Spyridium)
Eremophila maculata form
Syzygium anisatum (Ringwood tree)
Australian Plants Society Yarra Yarra Inc. 
Someone recently informed me of the two prominent philosophies about plant selection in Australia. There are those who like the exotics that are popular everywhere; and there are those who appreciate the native flora more. It is funny that so many outside of Australia also appreciate many of the specie from there. Such philosophies are not as prominent in California, although everyone seems to like redwoods. Some of our plants are not so adaptable to home gardening. Many of the eucalyptus happen to work very well here, although the blue gum has given them all a bad reputation.
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