Australian Native Plants for the Garden - 10 Colourful Flowering plants.

Flowering Australian Native Garden Plants - Part 2
If you are looking for more colourful plants to add color to the garden, the variety available in Australian Native Plants is amazing, Grevillia insignia with bright flowers and its holly like foliage is one example This is the second group of 10 in our series on Australia native plants.
Blandfordia grandiflora - Commonly called 'Christmas Bells' this small perennial flowers in early summer with colourful waxy flowers.
Conospermum stoechadis - One of a number of plants called the Smoke Bush, widely grown for the cut flower industry and popular in Japan
Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' A red flowering wattle tree with a weeping habit
Chorizema cordatum - The Flame Pea from western australia, red yellow and orange flowers in spring
Xerochrysum bracteatum - 'Golden Everlasting' Beautiful flowers over a long period and a good garden plant.
Olearia phlogopappa - Dusty Daisy Bush is a small to medium shrub with masses of flowers in spring.
Banksia ericifolia - Heath leafed Banksia is regarded as one of the most attractive
Daveisia horrida - Prickly Bitter Pea is a small shrub with bright flowers from winter well into spring.
Verticordia monadelpha - Pink Feather Flower Brilliant pink flowers on a branching shrub
Pandorea jasminoides - 'Bower of Beauty' A woody scrambling vine or climbing plant with pink to white flowers from spring through to late summer.
Coming soon in this series native orchids, ground cover plants, climbing native plants as well as the rare and unusual.
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[@igaudion973]

this is amazing. Im just starting to keep bees and IM going nuts on natives that flower

[@cameronhayes5012]

thanks john

[@trinasaussiegarden244]

Thanks again Johnny this inspires me, it’s Saturday which means time to get out and do some more weeding. I haven’t seen most of these plants, where can I find them? I haven’t seen these in our Melbourne garden centres.

[@johnnyAGardening]

Hello Trina, Kuranga Nursery in York Rd Mt Evelyn has a very good collection, Kawarra Nursery in Kalorama has a display garden and a small nursery with a good selection of plants. The best in Vigtoria is Vaughan's Native Nursery, however thats up in the Grampians at Pomonal. And yes we are also weeding today and also planting this native climber - www.nurseriesonline.com.au/plant-index/australian-native-plants/pandorea-pandorana-ruby-belle/

[@trinasaussiegarden244]

johnny A Thank you so much for the info. We will have to make a trip to one or two of these nurseries this summer. You have shown some beautiful plants which would be amazing to grow. Happy planting!