Archive for December, 2008

Kennedia prostrata is a dryland creeping plant which, given good conditions will become a dense, flat ground covering plant. In particularly dry areas it is a little sparse, but given more than 350 mm rainfall, the plant will cover an area quite well, up to 3 metres across. Ants will carry the seed around and [...]

Prostanthera aspalathoides, (Mint Bush) is another mallee heath plant found in western Victoria and in the mallee in dry areas of South Australia. It is a pretty shrub in flower and red and yellow forms are found in some areas.
This photo was taken in Little Desert National Park. It grows in the mallee sands and [...]

My son has been scanning our slides, and has burned them to a DVD for me for Christmas. I am going to feature some of the photos on the blog. Many of these were taken as my interest in Australian native plants increased and our holidays took us camping in National Parks.
Dampiera are suckering plants [...]