Plants

Sweet Wattle, Acacia suaveolens, is currently a colourful highlight of our heathlands. This open small shrub has fragrant creamy-yellow flower heads which cluster together along the branchlets, and brighten…

Some of our trees are putting on a great display at the moment. Along the clifftops Drooping Sheoaks, Allocasuarina verticillata, are providing an Australian version of autumn.…

Now is time to enjoy the delightful tubular flowers in bloom on some of our low-growing plants. Our local Correa, Correa sp.aff. reflexa (Anglesea) is at its…

The strangely named but delightful Monkey Flower, Thyridia repens, is on display at exposed mud flats such as at the Painkalac Creek estuary. I think that…

Our picturesque twisting Moonahs, Melaleuca lanceolata, have been putting on a wonderful snow-in-summer display along our coastal dunes and cliffs, with masses of highly perfumed, small…

During our tough summer conditions I am always amazed to see the vigorous flowering of some of our plants, especially in our coastal reserves. The…

Yellow plants have been catching my eye. Tall Black Wattles, Acacia mearnsii, are the last of our wattles to flower, with highly fragrant, pale-yellow, crowded globular flowerheads.…

Despite the dry conditions and late season some small gems are making an appearance at last! Deep mauve flowers of the Short Purple-flag, Patersonia fragilis, are emerging…

In this dry year it is great to see many of our plants still thriving. Large shrubs of Rusty Pomaderris, Pomaderris ferruginea, putting on a great show,…

The Surf Coast has front row seats for Wattle Day on 1 September with 21 species, and most are in flower. Top spot has to…