Some Australian Natives

[Lesley Cox]

In September, my friends and I visited a Victorian nursery specializing in only Australian native plants. A selection follows. If I lived in Australia I'd spend a lot of time and more money at this wonderful place. I wish I'd taken more pictures and had the gumption to record names. I'm relying on Paul, Fermi and Otto to help me out here.




I think this one is a Phebelium species


And another one. There were many more and most had cultivar names


One of very many Boronia species. The wonderful brown and greeny-gold B. megastigma has the best scent of all though.

[Lesley Cox]

This gum tree may be Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea




Leschenaultia biloba

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A Banksia cone which is actually the receptacle which contains the seeds


And when dried it is still very attractive and interesting

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An Hibiscus species

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I think this is Dampiera diversifolia


A Darwinia species


A selection of plants arranged for mass display


And some more

[Lesley Cox]

Finally, a beautiful Pimelea species, whose flowers are so large compared to those of our New Zealand species. I didn't see this as nursery plants, only in display beds and I got the impression it is a difficult plant. Its genus is only evident in the foliage, not the huge flowers.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Some IDs.........

First post.....  I think you're right on the white one, but the yellow wasn't a Phebalium I think.  if it was the one that they had a lot of there, I thought the same thing until I read the name of it.  Very, very nice plant.  The Boronia looks like Boronia megastigma 'Harlequin' I think.  Can't see the first pic well enough to know what it is.

Second post..... 1st one if Chorizema cordata, third pic is a Conostylis species.

Third post...... The Banksia is Banksia blechnifolia, and that is buds I think, not a cone after flowering.  Will check on the ones here at the ANBG and confirm that for you, but the basal foliage looks too fresh for it to be a cone.  can't recall what a cone on them actually looks like!?    The other in that post are Crowea, probably C. exalata or similar.

Fourth post..... last is Alyogene 'West Coast Gem', not a Hibiscus species.  Looks VERY similar, and I am assuming is very closely related.  We do have some Hibiscus species here in Aus as well though, and I always used to think it was a Hibiscus too.

I am open to correction on any of these IDs if anyone wants to make them.  Just a rough guess from the pics.  I hope it's a help.

[Lvandelft]

Very interesting series, Lesley.
Most plants never seen before and that is so good of this Forum!
Thanks a lot!

[Gerdk]

Very interesting series, Lesley.
Most plants never seen before and that is so good of this Forum!
Thanks a lot!

Lesley, from me the same. I believe there are a lot of good plants from AUS which are unknown here but of an excellent ornamental value.
An exception is Alyogyne huegeli - the Blue Hibiscus - maybe not happy today in never ending rain.

Gerd

[WimB]

Lesley,

these are really nice plants. I don't know anything about the native flora of Australia but after seeing these photos I think I'm going to immerse myself in some literature about Aussie flora.

[Brian Ellis]

Lesley I am glad I don't live there, my pockets would be permanently empty!  I have grown the Alyogyne but sadly it is not easy to overwinter.   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

The flora of Down under will never cease to amaze me ! 
A great selection you've shown us here Lesley - unfortunately few of them seem to be aquatic and that's what plants will need to be pretty soon if they want to survive in our persisting monsoonlike weather...

The pink pots do seem a little odd though... 

[Paul T]

Gerd,

Thanks for the correction to my spelling of Alyogyne.  I was obviously having a senior moment at the time when I wrote the name. 

For those interested in the Aussie Natives..... I'm in the process of preparing some more pics from the ANBG for posting in the "Australian Native Plants at the ANBG" topic.

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Paul, the names help. I'm pretty sure the Alyogyne was actually labelled as Hibiscus, but might be wrong there.

[Armin]

Lesley,
thanks for introducing this outlandish flora.