Grevillea
It is the year of the Grevillea – everywhere you look they a busting out with colors. Natives have loved our wet winter.
Weigela Rosea ‘Pink’ – Strawberries and Cream – a favorite
Weigela rosea ‘Pink’ is a very hardy, deciduous shrub that produces stunning pink trumpet shaped flowers in the spring through to summer. It is called Strawberries and Cream and along with Granny’s Bonnet, Forget Me Nots, straw flowers are my favorite flower! One of the best all round shrubs for the garden. Pretty pink flowers…
Birch Forest has an upgrade – now there are 21!
We decided that a rabbit proof fence had to be put around the Birch Forest as last year they demolished the Granny’s Bonnets in 1 sitting. See below the “before” picture. So we put the fence up and decided to mass plant Birches – keep viburnum in the middle storey and the azalea at the…
Crab Apples – and Pomegranites
Crab Apples were a favorited of Edna Walling’s and Paul Bangay has them in his white garden at Stonefields – he calls them “2 week wonders” but for those two weeks they are amazing to look at. They line the Woodland along ” Crab Apple Walk” – not all blossom at the same time which…
Firewheel Tree – Stenocarpus sinuatus
Stenocarpus sinuatus, known as the firewheel tree, is an Australian rainforest tree in the family Proteaceae. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland in tropical Queensland. It is slow growing and after 12 years since we planted it at Uccello…
Crepe Mytle
A deciduous, vase-shaped tree about 6-8m (18-25′) tall. It is often severely pruned and grown as a shrub 3-4m (10-12′) tall. Trusses of white, pink, mauve or purple blooms appear in late summer. The petals are ruffled, with a crepe-like texture. In autumn the mid-green leaves turn yellow, orange or red (depending on the variety)…
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