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 