Archive for the 'Eremophila' Category

The Eremophila Study Group News Letter arrived and we are being encouraged to spread the good word about Eremophilas as hardy plants. Plant hardiness is a relative term, I think. On the gardening programme Gardening Australia on ABC TV, the term is used by presenters in the Eastern States. A plant is described as hardy [...]

We were driving along the Konardin track near Hattah-Kulkyne National Park and came across this lovely orange flowered Eremophila glabra. Eremophilas are such drought hardy plants that they are proving to be very popular with gardeners at the moment. Drought has taken its toll on many otherwise hardy plants. Generally speaking Eremophilas are arid land [...]

The post brought my new reference book on Eremophilas. This book by Bob Chinnock is a very new publication and people have been waiting for years for its arrival. There has been great interest in eremophilas because of their drought hardiness. Many have been described in other publications but some name changes have occurred and [...]

Most books on plants and birds state that in order to attract birds to the garden one needs to plant red flowering plants. There is no doubt that red flowering plants may well attract honeyeaters but Eremophila veneta (which used to be called Eremophila metallica) is always being investigated by the Honeyeaters. This plant has [...]

I have been feeling really angry about statements made by our politicians about the water restrictions. On one hand we have someone saying that water use has actually increased since the Level 2 water restrictions were put in place. Then someone else says that the situation is so bad that we may have to go [...]