Australia has many wonderful and exotic native plants and trees, I hope I have captured the essence of this wonderful country's unique beauty.
TREES
GUM TREE'S are common all over Australia. Many different varieties, with many types of flowers and pods.
The "gum nuts" are used to make many unusual 'crafty' items. *Inspired May Gibbs to write and illustrate many children's books with a Gumnut theme!
See link below
'Some flowers of the gum tree'
WATTLE TREE'S are another common tree or bush in Australia. They are truly beautiful when blooming, although allergy sufferers may not agree.
BUSHES or SHRUBS
Below are some of my favourite plants, specially the different varieties of bottlebrush (aptly named), native birds just love to devour the pods, actually
they will strip them bare at times.
Grevillea HoneyGem Pink Bottlebrush White Anzac
Banksia Black Boy Hakea
NATIVE FLOWERS
You will find here a selection of some of the more unusual flowers in Australia (well, to me they are!) Can you smell them? Hope they make you smile.
Flannel Flower Boronia Kunzea
Geraldton Wax Mint bush Mountain Bell
Slender Rice flower Royal Bluebell Snow wood
Sturt Desert Pea Waratah Wedding bush
For more information on May Gibbs and her wonderful books and illustrations please click HERE. This link
will take you to an organization supported by May Gibbs and any donations would be greatly appreciated. Help Aussie kids!
For more information on May Gibbs and her wonderful books and illustrations please click HERE. This link
will take you to an organization supported by May Gibbs and any donations would be greatly appreciated. Help Aussie kids!
