Archive for the 'Plants of South Australia' Category

Olearia passerinoides is a mallee daisy and is quite a large bush with bright green leaves, different to many mallee daisies which often have grey green leaves. Although this is a shrub, to me it behaves as a perennial shrub, in that new growth appears along the older wood. The bush has a tendency to [...]

This lovely shrub is very hardy and well worth a place in a shrubbery. It can grow to 2m high and 3 m wide although I have never seen this size in garden conditions. It can be pruned and this will keep it to a reasonable size. There are large, red pea shaped flowers very [...]

I was working in the Nursery this morning and could hear what I thought was the neighbour’s air conditioner. It was there in the background but I could not track the other noise that was there. When I looked up above my head I saw it. There were hundreds of bees in the canopy of [...]

Husband took this photo. It shows the masses of little flowers that make up this marvellous spike. The insects and native bees were working over the flowers when he took me to see it. I downloaded his photos to my computer as they were really good shots. I found my small plant of this Grass [...]

What a find today! Husband found this on his morning walk today. I knew that they grew up the hill but I thought it was too early for ripe fruit. It is a wonder they are still there with the number of people who drive past. At a Christmas break up a couple of years [...]