Hypoestes sanguinolenta Description Belonging to the Acanthaceae family, Hypoestes sanguinolenta, or Freckle Face, is a plant highly valued for its foliage. Its flowers are insignificant, but the brilliantly colored leaves are the most noticeable aspect of this attractive indoor or outdoor plant. It grows to a height of 15 – 45 cm spreads from 15 [...]
Ajuga australis This little plant, which belongs to the mint family, Labiatae, has soft, furry, dark leaves and fleshy stems. The flowers grow in tiers up the erect stem. The flowers are purple and shaped like a tiny white angel with arms outstretched and wearing a long flowing gown. It has the appearance of a [...]
Macaranga tanarius Description This tree belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, which contains more than a thousand different varieties. All varieties have an unpleasant milky sap in common, which is usually poisonous. It has flower-like arrangements, which are not flowers at all, but bracts or modified leaves surrounding a group of tiny, simple flowers. Both male [...]
Lomandra Lomandra filiformis Description Creamy white flowers forming flower heads or clumps along a flowering stem, with spikes interspersed between the clumps. They are tufted plants with tough, narrow, linear leaves. The tiny flowers of cream and yellow, sometimes with brown markings, have six petals and are clustered into dense spikes or heads. The flowers [...]
Brachychiton discolor Description A large deciduous tree, it belongs to the Brachychiton family, which consists of the most noble and spectacular flowering trees native to the lush rainforests of the eastern coast. The family includes the dramatic Illawarra Flame Tree, which can grow to a height of 30 metres in its natural habitat, and provides [...]
Cordyline stricta Description Cordyline stricta is known as the Narrow-leaved Palm Lily. It is a member of the Asteliaceae family. In days gone by, it was included in the Agavaceae family. There are many species in the genus and eight of these are native to eastern Australia. Cordyline stricta is a tall shrub of about [...]
Omalanthus populifolius Description A fast-growing rainforest tree, belonging to the family, Euphorbiaceae, it grows to a height of 2–5m and 2–4m wide. It has leaves shaped like hearts. As they are dying, the leaves turn red, thus the name. They make a good shade tree and are tolerant of low light conditions. The minute, cream [...]
Solanum nigrum Description Found in wooded areas as well as disturbed habitats, Black Nightshade is an annual plant of the tomato and potato family, Solanaceae. Its genus is Solanum and it is a native to Eurasia and introduced to the Americas and Australiasia. It grows to a height of 30–120 cm with leaves 4–7 cm [...]
Cassia corymbosa Description Fast-growing shrubs from the old and new world, this particular variety is known as the Buttercup Tree and is characterised by butter- yellow clusters of 3.8 cm. (1.5 inches) flowers. It flowers around Easter and is considered a weed in the sense that it grows on the borders of the re-growth frontier [...]