'Scarlet Moon' is currently easily the most popular winter flowering grevillea in my garden with bees, butterflies and a myriad of smaller flying beasties enjoying the numerous red 'toothbrush' flowers.
'Scarlet Moon' was one of the first hybrids coming out of the Kings Park, WA breeding program led by Digby Growns to be widely available in SE NSW. Parentage is G. nivea x 'Crowning Glory' which has created a bushier, more spreading version of G. nivea with softer foliage and (more) larger flowers.
Pretty reliable on the east coast where it is often seen in nurseries now. Provides a great winter display - and is always popular with pollinators.
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Late autumn weather east of Bermagui, NSW. It's been pretty nice working outside when heading into winter feels more like heading into summer ... although I might not be so happy out in the garden(s) by the time we actually get to summer this year ;)
Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' is starting to flower in local gardens. This is a really nice hybrid hakea which came up in the Burrendong Arboretum and despite having WA parentage does well in SE NSW summer humidity if the drainage is pretty good. This one has been planted (client's garden - terraced beds) for almost a year now and has starting to fill out a little more this autumn. Will eventually be pruned slightly into a neater mound.
Not uncommon in east coast nurseries although usually only once or twice a year. Always an eye-catcher when in flower.
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Morning sunbaker in the Euphorbia Diamond Frosts - small Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota) on today's gardening job in Tilba Tilba, NSW.
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Grevillea 'Raspberry Dream' looking good in the nursery this morning after overnight rain. I wasn't that excited about this recent release from the Kings Park hybrid grevillea breeding program when I first saw it but after some extensive testing in the garden (and by 'testing I mean leaving a batch sitting in pots for six months at the back of the house before finally remembering I still had them - then cutting them back to nothing before planting!) they are actually pretty good.
They flower a lot and respond well to a hard prune - new foliage is finer and a lighter green than a lot of other red/orange/pink hybrids.
Parentage of this hybrid is pretty interesting. I've see it described as 'involving' Grevillea scortechinii (black flowers) and a hybrid of Grevillea 'Little Honey' (orange/yellow flowers) and Grevillea formosa (large yellow/green flowers). 'Little Honey' is thought to be 'Honey Gem' and G. banksii 'White Dwarf' ... 'Honey Gem' is G. banksiii red form and G. pteridifolia. So quite a lot going on in the mix there!
Our Daphne is blooming early this year (usually March/April). It's amazing how such tiny flowers emit a scent you can smell from several feet away. Luckily it's quite lovely!
Grevillea candelabroides (grafted) flowering in the garden at Corunna, NSW. This beautiful WA species features attractive foliage and large sprays of creamy white flowers (which are scented). Grafted plants are a good option in the east and can be long lived in areas with summer humidity. Unfortunately not often seen in general nurseries although does occasionally become available in small numbers.
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