Taraxacum officinale A trailing or mat-forming evergreen shrub growing to a height of two to four metres, it bears heads of pink or orange posy-like flowers, each with a yellow eye. A native to the Americas, it is considered a noxious weed in northern Australia , while some species are cultivated in the southern regions. [...]
Phaseolus caracalla Description A decorative, evergreen, twining climber with soft green foliage and curiously twisted, pea-like flowers in shades of purple, white and yellow. The flowers have a delightful perfume and are produced from mid-summer to early autumn. Caracalla means that it comes from Caracas, in Venezuela. A fast-growing, twining perennial vine, it attracts butterflies [...]
Malotis phillipensus Description A tall tree belonging to the Euphorbia family, it grows to 17 metres. The branches are slender with pale bark, and the younger ones are covered with dense reddish-brown fine hair covering. The leaves are ovate, longer than broad, three-ribbed at the base, are glandular and also covered with a fine reddish-brown [...]
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 [...]
Taraxacum officinale This plant, despised as a weed, is one of nature’s greatest healing aids, and is a medicine chest in itself. It is a hardy perennial, and grows wild nearly everywhere. It has a fleshy root and a straight stem up to 20cm tall that rises precariously above the ground, and is topped by [...]