Plants

At Easter I was delighted to be in the Box/Ironbark forests near Nagambie, and see our mat-like Cranberry Heath, Astroloma humifusum, in flower. The delightful…

The dryness and lack of colour made me feel felt quite uninspired about writing the flora notes for this month. However I have been admiring…

Haven’t our iconic moonahs, Melaleuca lanceolata, been a wonderful sight? Their small, white, ‘bottle-brush’ flowers densely cover the trees and form swathes of white along…

In December I wrote about the ‘massed clusters of tiny, scented white flowers’ on the Tree Everlasting, Ozothamnus ferrugineus. Tree Everlasting Recently I noticed several…

To finish off the year I am again highlighting red, and also white as this is a common summer colour. First, the aptly named, widespread…

I have been really surprised to find how many red flowers there are to be seen in November. Who can resist the stunning prostrate Dwarf…

This month I am again highlighting red flowers. Red Parrot-pea, Dillwynia hispida, is a favourite of mine. It has an elegant growth habit and rich,…

I am just loving the eruption of colours in our bush and heathlands, and the wondrous scent of all those wattles. With so many choices…

I have recently been enjoying the showy summer flowers in the UK, Ireland and Holland, including three varieties of orchid, of which there are 216…

We are now in mid-winter, cold, wet and with grey skies, but the bushland has many and varied surprises for you when you go for…