AUSTRALIAN PLANTS

Fabulous Fungi

2008-10-17T10:15:00.004+11:00

Spring!! Glorious now with just the right amount of rain and sunshine. Bush Regeneration on Ash Island (check out the Kooragang Wetland Rehabilitation Project website) has been weeding Ehrharta sp. (African veldtgrass) and replacing it with the native Microlaena stipoides (Weeping grass). Quite a number of fungi along the Rainforest Walk from the old silos. At the foot of the Plum Pine

The woes and joys of propagation

2008-08-20T10:29:00.005+10:00

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

Never judge a fungus by it's skin

2008-08-09T17:08:00.004+10:00

The top of this fungi was almost level with the sandy soil in Tilligerry Peninsula and would not be noticed unless you were on your own personal Fungi Foray as I was. The outside was a creamy-white skin surrounding a layer of opaque "jelly". Even better was the highly folded interior which I an guessing contains the spore. It dropped no spore that I could see, and as I didn't have a microscope I

2008-08-06T15:38:00.009+10:00

Gum trees dominate the Australian Landscape like no other plant. They range in size from low spreading shrubs to tall forest giants reaching 100M. They have adapted to grow in almost every situation – dry gullies to dripping forests, sandy soils to deep volcanic earth, sun-blasted plains to snow-capped mountains.The term “gum tree” or “eucalypt” covers three very closely related genera - Corymbia

OPEN GARDEN TO VISIT IN EARLY SPRING

2008-08-03T18:33:00.003+10:00

Open Garden Hartley Hill Homestead, NewcastleSundays 21st & 28th September & 5th October 2008Hartley Hill Homestead has 1.5 hectares of native gardens surrounded by natural bushland. It is positioned within the Newcastle urban zone and is an important wildlife refuge.Hartley Hill Homestead is open on consecutive Sundays from the 21st

SPRING IS COMING SO GET READY!

2008-08-02T09:46:00.006+10:00

Maree is a dedicated conservationist and advocate for indigenous plants as the first and best choice for our gardens.The photo is of Corymbia "Summer Beauty" in her gardenMaree McCarthy B.Env.Sc, Hort. Cert.. AILDM MemberNature’s Magic Garden Design Phone: (02) 4943 0305 Mobile: 0410 405 815Email: mailto:naturemagic@optusnet.com.au ABN 46 151 843 544 Dates coming up…29th to 31st August: Gardening

Banksia robur

2008-07-30T20:08:00.002+10:00

This Banksia has large, leathery leaves and these green/brown flower cones. Sturdy stiff horizontal branches on an equally sturdy upright stem, this plant stands to attention and demands it. It grows to about 2 Metres tall on roots which demand very good drainage. On Tilligerry Peninsula in the gardens of Tilligerry Habitat they grow in deep sandy soil. Have clay in your garden? Dig in LOTS of