Australian Native Plants in our gardens

[angie]

Philotheca myoporoides just starting to flower in the garden, in a pot

Very nice Ashley, the buds are also lovely 

Angie

[ashley]

Thanks Angie.  A bud forms in each leaf axil, then when the flowers open the tips of the petals remain pink. 

[angie]

Thanks Angie.  A bud forms in each leaf axil, then when the flowers open the tips of the petals remain pink. 

Sounds lovely, is it scented.

Angie

[ashley]

Unfortunately not.

[fermi de Sousa]

Nice to see the Philotheca, Ashley, especially as it will be a few weeks before they start to flower here.
It's the foliage which is scented, Angie!
Many Aussie native plants are coming into bloom as winter nears it's end, here are a few in our garden
The pink form of Dampiera rosmarinifolia



A low growing Hibbertia (label lost when the the bed was awash in January!)




One of the paper-daisies




cheers
fermi

[angie]

Fermi like the Hibberita 

Angie 

[ashley]

Can anyone give me advice on growing Epacris microphylla please?
Would it prefer gritty acid soil in an open sunny position, and with reasonable drainage how hardly is it likely to be?

[Paul T]

Ashley,

I struggle with Epacris, even in pots here.  I've never managed to keep an E. impressa going more than a couple of years, but E. longiflora seems to do well here both in the ground and in pots.  Not sure whether I've tried microphylla before.  Hopefully Fermi can help, many of this genus are from his neck of the woods, although I think the microphylla comes from the sandstone escarpments around Sydney from memory, so it may need entirely different conditions.   

[ashley]

Thanks Paul.  Sandstone here too, but very different otherwise. 
Maybe I should try it in a big pot with sandy/gritty humus and damp substrate beneath, then bring indoors for the winter. 
In the meantime if I can root cuttings then there would be more scope for experimentation.

[ashley]

A hybrid rather than a species, but flowering now: Correa 'Federation Belle'

Registered as Correa ' Marion's Marvel' x ? Correa reflexa var. speciosa
& named for the centenary of Australia’s federation in 2000.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for that Ashley, I must update my label