Flower table – March

Just a few flowers brought to our meeting from members’ gardens in March to show some Autumn flowering plants.

Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Pink Lace’

Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Pink Lace’

Eremophila maculata ‘Thundercloud’

Ceratopetalum gummiferum (NSW Christmas Bush)

Prostanthera cryptandroides

Corinidium scorpioides (Button Everlasting)

Corinidium scorpioides (Button Everlasting)

Correa reflexa ‘Emperor’

Correa alba pink

Melaleuca lateritia (Robin Redbreast)

Correa alba

Visit to Sally’s Garden in North Warrandyte

This garden in North Warrandyte on a large bush block, best suited to mountain goats is still a work-in-progress, after 25 years. Sally, who has a liking for English gardens has retained a number of pines and exotics, but landscaper Peter Smith has been able to plant an eclectic variety of natives on beds clinging to rock sloping about 60 degrees – even vertical in places – a masterly piece of landscaping.

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Visit to Marion and Peter’s Garden in Warrandyte.

This is a  normal sized house block, sloping down to street level with indigenous plantings on the nature strip and mainly native plants both front and back of the house.  These were enhanced by clever use of stepping stones and other larger rocks.  The front garden is cottage style , whereas the terraced back garden is accessed by large steps leading to a shady pergola.  The back garden receives a lot of afternoon sun, so the plants have to be tough.  Peter Smith was our guide for the day, and played a large part in creating the gardens.

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Here are some great examples of native plants sculpted as hedges, and growing happily underneath eucalypts.  Seen at a winery in Arthurs Creek. We think they are Rhagodia spinescens, Westringia fruticosa, Grevillea rosmarinifolia, and Correa alba.

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More summer flowers from a visit to Maranoa Gardens in Balwyn.

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Just a few flowers brought to our meeting from members’ gardens in February to show some more Summer flowering plants.

Eremophila macdonnellii ?

Eremophila ‘Big Poly’ (bignoniiflora x polyclada)

Eremophila maculata

Grevillea ‘Pink Surprise’?

Ammobium alatum

Correa glabra

Grevillea georgiana

Syzygium luehmannii x?

Rhododendron lochiae

Pseuderanthemum variabile

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Persoonia pinifolia

Scaevola albida

Backhousia citriodora (close-up)

Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’

Scaevola sp. ?

Just a few flowers from one of our gardens in January to show some Summer flowering plants. (Growing in Watsonia)

Baeckia virgata – compact form

Baeckia virgata

Brachychiton ‘Jerilderi Red’

Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong)

Brachychiton populneus

Calytrix tetragona (Rocky Cape Tas)

Calytrix tetragona (flower Rocky Cape Tas)

Eremophila ‘Big Poly’ (bignoniiflora x polyclada)

Eremophila maculata-2

Eremophila maculata

Eremophila maculata (cerise)

Eremophila maculata ‘Thundercloud’

Eremophila maculata ssp brevifolia

Eremophila maculata

Grevillea georgeana

Grevillea georgii

Grevillea plurijuga-grafted

Melaleuca coccinea

Melaleuca macronychia

Melaleuca thymifolia

Just a few of the flowers members brought in to our December meeting from their gardens.  Since this meeting was more of a social occasion, we have added a few more photos taken in our gardens during December.

Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash)

Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Blueberry Ash)

Cassinia aculeata (Dogwood)

Calamphoreus inflatus (formerly Eremophila inflata)

Melaleuca coccinea

Calothamnus quadrifidus

Melaleuca linariifolia (Snow in Summer)

Backhousia anisata

Backhousia anisata

Hibbertia scandens

Hibbertia scandens

Veronica perfoliata

Oxylobium ellipticum

Oxylobium ellipticum

Oxylobium ellipticum

Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong) seed pods

Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong)

These are just some of the flowers brought in to our November meeting from members’ gardens.

Cassinia leptocephala ?

Correa ‘Point Hicks form’

Eremophila hygrophana (possibly)

Eremophila maculata x alternifolia

Grevillea ‘Caloundra Gem’

Grevillea eriostachya (Flame grevillea)

Grevillea georgeana

Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’

Isopogon anethifolius (Drumsticks)

Leptospermum turbinatum (Shiny Tea-tree)

Melaleuca coccinea (Goldfields bottlebrush)

Melaleuca nematophylla (Wiry honey myrtle)

Melaleuca nematophylla (Wiry honey myrtle)

Quintinia verdonii (Grey Possumwood)

Sarcochilus hybrid – ‘Rachel Princess’ x ‘Hot Ice Richport’ ?

Sarcochilus hybrid – ‘Rachel Princess’ x ‘Hot Ice Richport’ ?

Telopea speciosissima (White Waratah)

Thomasia macrocarpa

Attached are just some of the flowers brought in to our monthly meeting, or found flowering in our local gardens in October.

Boronia ‘Purple Jared’ (Boronia heterophylla X megastigma)

Thomasia purpurea x solanacea (floriferous, very hairy)

Asterolasia hexapetala (6 petals, Warrumbungles NSW)

Acacia glaucoptera (WA, Clay Wattle, small leaf form, flowers in leaf axils)

Acacia littorea (WA, triangular phyllodes, 2.5m)

Lasiopetalum discolor (WA, SA, <1mx1m, small flowers)

Grevillea iaspicula (Wee Jasper grevillea)

Grevillea ‘Evelyn’s Coronet’ (hybrid G. buxifolia x G. lavandulacea)

Grevillea ‘Pink Ice’

Eriostemon australasius (NSW coastal, pink, white, & red forms)

Cassinia leptocephala (northern NSW, showy, large yellow head of flowers)

Phebalium bullatum (SA, warty glands typical of Rutaceae family)

Melaleuca leptospermoides ((<1mx2m, disturbed sites, south west WA)

Eutaxia obovata (WA, Bacon & Egg Plant, yellow and orange forms, hardy)

Olearia teretifolia (Vic, SA, <1m, compact pine-like fine foliage, dense covering of small white daisy flowers)

Darwinia meeboldii ? (WA)

Callistemon ‘Adina’ (Apr, June, Sept flowerings)