It is a very civilised thing to be able to go into a florist shop and buy fresh flowers on any day of the year, even in the midst of Winter!...

Cineraria is now generally treated as a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae , native to southern Africa....

Winter in Australia is generally milder and devoid of extreme weather as may be seen in Northern Hemisphere regions the closer one gets to t...

My solo art exhibition "Seasons in the Garden" opened today in the Northcote Public Library Exhibition Space, "LibArt Gallery...

Our weather, influenced by the La Niña cycle, has been warm and wet, which greatly benefits our garden flowers. Join me for Floral Friday Fo...

Nymphaea (water lily) is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae . There are about 50 species in the genus, ...

Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae . It is the largest genus in the family, containing between 525 and 60...

Telopea speciosissima or the “ waratah ” is a native Australian plant with spectacular flowers. Robert Brown (1773-1858) named the genus T...

Stenocarpus sinuatus , known as the Firewheel Tree is an Australian rainforest tree in the Proteaceae family. The range of natural distrib...

Autumn is advancing in Melbourne, but we have had relatively mild weather and not much rain. The garden is doing well and the chrysanthemum...

Eucalyptus leucoxylon , in the family Myrtaceae , commonly known as the Yellow Gum, (South Australian) Blue Gum or White Ironbark, is a sma...

Hakea bucculenta is a large shrub up to 4 metres high with linear leaves up to 150 mm long x 3 mm wide. The species is similar to H. franc...

Telopea speciosissima or the “waratah” is a native Australian plant with spectacular flowers. Robert Brown (1773-1858) named the genus Tel...

Acacia baileyana or Cootamundra wattle, is a shrub or tree in the genus Acacia, in the Fabaceae family. The scientific name of the species ...

Thysanotus tuberosus , known as the common fringe-lily is a perennial herb in the Asparagaceae family, which is endemic to Australia. The ...