Banksia serrata - Saw Banksia Cape York Lily - Curcuma australasica Midyen - Austromyrtus dulcis Powderpuff Lilly Pilly - Syzigium wilsonii subsp wilsomii River Lily - Crinum pedunculatum Paper Daisies = Strawflowers
I have been doing a little gardening lately - well as much as my shoulder will allow as digging seems to set it off. I did manage to get some new plants for my front garden planted though (my husband did the digging for me!). Grevillea 'New Blood' Leptospermum 'burgandy queen" Red Kangaroo Paw ... Continue Reading →
Davidson's Plum - Davidsonia jerseyana - is listed as an endangered species restricted to north-east NSW as far south as Wardell. I have two trees in my garden that have been flowering again recently along with one North Queensland Davidson's Plum - Davidsonia pruriens. The fruit has started to form along the trunk of the... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I do some drawings and leave them in my sketchbooks for later reference. Likewise with some linocut designs - for a number of reasons including not being fully happy with a particular design I will set them aside. In the case of two new designs this is what happened. I had worked up both... Continue Reading →
From Wardell on Sunday I went to Ballina in search of Coastal Banksia - Banksia integrifolia subsp integrifolia - flower photos. Most of these have finished flowering and moved onto the seed pod stage but I did manage to find a few. There was also one remaining flower on a Cottonwood Hibiscus - Hibiscus tiliaceus... Continue Reading →
This morning I went out to photograph the flannel flowers - Actinotus helianthi - in Wardell. This is a small town just south of Ballina - it has large sandy sections that get covered in flannel flowers.These are short- lived plants flowering mainly in Spring and are replaced each year by seedlings. I love these... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 