The Joys of a Very Small Garden
Today I visited an urban residence where I had tea on the verandah overlooking a small front garden.
To one side was a fence with espaliered shrubs. The other side catered for two vehicles.
What’s Flowering Now
We hope you have been enjoying the quieter colours of autumn, washed clean by all the rain. Ferns and sedges are sparkling and growth is slowing down as our short winter approaches. Time to take stock and enjoy the season’s gifts.
Flowering Now – April Colour
There is a lot of activity in the garden with wildlife visiting fruiting plants. Bangalow Palms featured last month are now producing berries. The last of the fruit from the Midyim Berry has disappeared. Cordylines have flower spikes as well as fruit still hanging on.
Hibiscus Genus in Noosa
Plants of the Hibiscus genus are naturally found in many different localities across Noosa and can be very useful and decorative habitat plants for our urban gardens. They attract a wide variety of native birds and insects.
The Importance of Native Plants for Native Insects
When we think of wildlife in our gardens we tend to focus on the birds, reptiles and mammals that we see there. Insects often get overlooked as an important part of a garden habitat, or are seen as a nuisance because they eat plants, build nests in inconvenient places and can often bite or sting!
What’s Flowering Now
Here is a selection of local native plants that have caught our attention in March.