The woes and joys of propagation

This Grevillea - unsure of the name as it has no label and so many are hybrids these days- is growing in the garden outside the propagation shed at the Community Greening Centre, March Street, Kotara. It is a low-growing shrub, to about 1 Metre high and spreading wide, carrying these lovely red/pink groups of flowers. The leaf is long, toothed and flat and the stems have a beautiful yellow-orange fuzz. It is a low-key and subtly lovely plant.
Yesterday we had the pleasure of potting on some Scaevola aemula and Themeda australis (Kangaroo grass). Some of the scaevola had clearly NEVER made roots after the cuttings were originally potted, some were in the early stages of making roots, and others had already made strong plants with long roots and flowers blooming. Themeda makes a clump when it matures, with tall straggly seed heads and fine foliage which curves and bends attractively. It makes a great soil stabiliser and if treated as a garden plant can be trimmed and clipped to make green-grey-cream backdrops to colourful flowering specimens. Go to http://asgap.org.au and type "grass" into the search box to find pictures and articles about Australian native grasses in the ecology of Australia and your own home garden.