Jack Hobbs initiated a #Hebe breeding programme at the #Auckland Botanic Gardens in 1982, producing the 'Wiri' series. This is #Veronica (aka Hebe) 'Wiri Mist' at Queens Park #native #garden in #Invercargill #Southland New Zealand. 14 November.
More info re Jack Hobbs and Hebes, including video, at.. https://www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz/science/research/plant-breeding/
#spring #flowers #white #nzplants #NewZealand #WiriMist #JackHobbs #BloomScrolling
Mānuka. Queens Park, in the native plant area #Invercargill Southland, New Zealand #Leptospermum scoparium. Various forms. 14 November. #Native NZ
#nzplants #NewZealand #BloomScrolling #manuka #teatree #spring #blossom
White flowers in the #native #garden at Queens Park. 14 November. #Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Three #Hebes (#Veronicas) and a #Chionochloa.
#Brachyglottis laxifolia I understand to be the preferred name for this plant (the old label had #Senecio laxifolius). Queens Park, #Invercargill Southland. New Zealand. 14 November. Naturally found in northern South Island.
#nzplants #NewZealand #BloomScrolling #daisy #yellow #spring #native
Linum monogynum, NZ linen flax. White flowers. This beauty was in the #native #garden at Queens Park, #Invercargill Southland. New Zealand. It had scrambled up into a Sophora prostrata. Photos taken 14 November.
Info re our Linum: https://o2landscapes.com/plants/linum/
#NewZealand #Linum #nzplants #BloomScrolling #spring #flowers #LinumMonogynum #white
#Native garden at Queens Park, #Invercargill Southland, New Zealand. 03 November. First 2 photos are native Linum (white flowers) scrambling through native broom, 3rd appears to be Brachyglottis species; 4th is various Corokia.. and @unearth
#nzplants #NewZealand #spring #flowers #blossom #BloomScrolling
Mānuka. Queens Park #Invercargill Southland, New Zealand. #Leptospermum scoparium. Various forms, the last is 'Gaiety Girl'. Top pics 14 November, bottom two 03 November.
#NewZealand #BloomScrolling #nzplants #pink #blossom #spring #teatree
@aligorith @zeborah I hadn't noticed the smell either. I'll need to get closer and try. Meanwhile, you can eat the roots and shoots.
"It is basically a cold climate sugar cane tree and it used to be tended in groves."
"Have a taste and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how delicious it is. Anyone who has gnawed on a hunk of sugar cane in the tropics will recognise the flavour."
https://thisnzlife.co.nz/3-secrets-getting-best-cabbage-trees/
The cabbage tree is the gift that keeps on giving, if you know its secrets. Words: Ben Gaia If you’ve got cabbage trees in your garden or orchard, you probably don’t think of them fondly. The leaves are always falling and they always seem to end up wound around your mower. 1. Turn windfall leaves into firelighters A little effort with the rake and a minute or two spent tying them into knots or bundles will give you a never-ending supply of firelighters for winter as the leaves are full of turpentine oil and easily burn. 2. They are hardy
Hebe /Veronica sp., a NZ native plant, Leonohebe cupressoides. We found this one growing in West Otago just outside a farm boundary fence, 29 Dec 2022. It was covered in flowers, attracting lots of insects!
#Hebe #Veronica #native #flora #NewZealand #WestOtago #plants #whipcord #WhipcordHebe #NZ #nzplants
For more info and good photos..
https://www.o2landscapes.com/plants/leonohebe/
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