Flowering in May 2017

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

Swainsona formosa
Swainsona formosa
Swainsona formosa
Swainsona formosa
Goodia lotifolia var pubescens
Correa ‘Bemm River’?
Correa ‘Bemm River’?
Correa pulchella x ?
Correa ‘Coconut Ice’
Correa ‘Win’s Wonder’
Correa pulchella (low growing)
Veronica arenaria
Veronica arenaria
Thryptomene strongylophylla
Thryptomene strongylophylla
Grevillea ‘Wendy Sunshine’
Grevillea ‘Ivory Whip’
Crowea saligna
Crowea saligna
Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’
Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’
Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’
Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Eremophila garden visit to Riddells Creek in April

Russell guided us around a stunning garden of eremophilas, some verticordias, darwinias, homoranthus, grevilleas, acacias and more.  At Riddells Creek the soil is a rich clay which he has built up with imported local fill to around 0.5 – 1m high.  He has placed, and is still placing local rocks to the edge of the mounds.  There is no mulch and he lets the rain do the watering.  Some beds had been established for 4 years, others 2 and 1 only – astonishing growth everywhere.  The garden is on a large scale, and the property is fenced off from rabbits and emus.  The eremophilas were too numerous to list and ranged from large, through medium size shrubs, to some lovely smaller and prostrate species.  Russell, being a co-author of the book   Australia’s Eremophilas: changing gardens for a changing climate,  knew them all, and had some interesting stories about his collection.  We were thankful for his knowledge and generosity.
Report by M. Ford and revised for website.

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Growling Frog Golf Course – April 2017

A few of our members visited Growling Frog Golf Course Whittlesea gardens recently to view the additional plantings our group has donated, and the plaque erected to acknowledge our Community Project there.  The extensive plantings extend from within the carpark and around the clubhouse, and it is an ongoing project filling in the spaces.  It is a lovely collection of eucalypts, grevilleas, banksias, dryandras, eremophilas and others, and include many uncommon species. There are always lots of little birds enjoying these gardens, such as the Flame Robin, Eastern Spinebill, Thornbill and more.  These pictures show just a few of the plants in flower.

Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’
Eremophila latrobei
Eremophila abietina
Banksia prionotes
Banksia violacea
Grevillea bipinnatifida
Yarra Yarra members with plaque
Flame Robin
Xanthorrhoea sp. in flower
Grevillea ‘Lollypops’

Flowering in April 2017

Eremophila ‘Aurea’
Scaevola sp. (white)
Solanum simile
Beaufortia sparsa
Acacia jibberdingensis
Alyogyne huegelii
Phebalium nottii
Diplolaena grandiflora
Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’
Crowea ‘Festival’
Grevillea rhyolitica ‘Deua Flame’
Goodenia sp. (succulent leaves)
Veronica arenaria (was Derwentia arenaria)
Prostanthera cryptandroides
Crowea saligna

Flowering in March 2017

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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Flowering in February 2017

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.

Pseuderanthemum variabile
Persoonia pinifolia
Grevillea georgiana
Scaevola sp. ?
Ammobium alatum
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Scaevola albida
Syzygium luehmannii x?
Eremophila maculata
Grevillea ‘Pink Surprise’?
Eremophila ‘Big Poly’ (bignoniiflora x polyclada)
Rhododendron lochiae
Backhousia citriodora (close-up)
Correa glabra
Eremophila macdonnellii ?
Grevillea ‘Peaches and Cream’

 

Flowering in January 2017

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

Flowering in December 2016

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)

Flowering in November 2016

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

Flowering in October 2016

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)