Monday, July 13, 2009

Plants of the day

Two winter-flowering plant on the verge today. In the foreground is the groovy Hakea francisiana, which is now a small tree, and in the background is Acacia shuttleworthii, which is a waist-high shrub with an inverted pyramid shape.

The Acacia came from the Kings Park plant sale, and is supposed to have cream flowers and grow in lateritic soils. Not sure what happened there, but its practically fluorescent with so many flowers.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Verge gardens of note part 1.

Native verge gardens are springing up all around. Here are some before and after shots of Rick and Kiely's verge in Fremantle, which was one year old last weekend. With a bit of help from family & friends it was planted in one day, and one year on it looks great!

Digging in - July 08




Nothing left to do but enjoy it - July 09

Eremophila glabra (Kalbarri carpet) flowering in the foreground.