What's Flowering in our patch in Djilba (August / September 2019)
The second in a series of blogs where I share what's flowering in our patch. With a deep respect for the traditional custodians of this land, I'm sharing what's flowering during each of the 6 Indigenous seasons. We are currently around the middle of the Djilba, traditionally known as the season of conception and associated with weather that is a mixture of wet days with increasing number of clear, cold nights and pleasant warm days .
Our aim here is to give a majority of our land back to nature and one way we do this is by having an abundance of food in the form of flowers for all endemic fauna - from the tiniest native bees to the largest foraging mammals and birds and everything in between. From trees to groundcovers, natives to edibles, here's our list of plants that are in flower. We hope you find some inspiration from this list for what you could plant in your own garden. (Note: some are only flowering for parts of Djilba and some are flowering throughout the whole season:)
Banksia menziesii - dwarf
Native Trees (only some endemic)
Tuart - Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Long flowering Marlock - Eucalyptus macrandra
Gungurru - Eucalyptus caesia ssp caesia
Silver Princess - Eucalyptus caesia ssp magna
Fushcia Gum - Eucalyptus forrestiana
Tea Tree - Melaleuca alternifolia
Eucalyptus preissiana
Spotted gum - Corymbia maculata
Karri - Eucalyptus diversicolor
York gum - Eucalyptus loxophleba
Rottnest Pine
Black Wattle (weedy)
Blue Mallee Eucalyptus
Marri (out of season)
Blackwood wattle - Acacia melanoxylon
Eucalyptus preissiana
Native Shrubs (only some endemic)
Ruby Glow - Leptospermum scoparium
Pink Lady - Leptospermum scoparium
Grevillea Spider Flower - Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Grevillea olivacea - orange, yellow, red
Banksia menziesii dwarf
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'
Native Rosemary - Westringia fruiticosa
Cut leaf banksia - Banksia praemorsa
Grevillea carramar
Grevillea Bonnie Prince Charles
Grevillea Supreme
Native Hibiscus - alyogyne huegelii
Kunzea baxteri
Hakea lissocarpha
Wedding Bush - Ricinocarpos pinifolius
Hypocalymma angustifolium
Grass Trees - emerging flower stalks
Spearwood - Kunzea glabrescens
Brown Boronia - Boronia megastigma
Templetonia retusa - Cockies Tongue
Wedding Bush
Native Groundcovers & Climbers (only some endemic)
Hibbertia grossulariifolia - Guinea Flower
Brachycombe daisy
Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem'
Scaevola purple fanfare
Banksia blechnifolia
Banksia Birthday Candles
Chorizema cordatum - Heart Leaf Flame Pea (low shrub)
Native Wisteria - Hardenbergia violacea
Native Wisteria - Hardenbergia violacea - Alba
Native Clematis
Black Coral Pea vine
Grevillea - Poorinda Royal Mantle
Chorizema Cordatum with a tiny Trichocolletes species native bee
Medicinal/Edible/Weeds
California Poppy
Elder flower - just beginning
Calendula officinalis
Borage
Lime
Mandarin
Lemon
Apricot
Kumquat
Navel Orange
Almond
White & Yellow flesh nectarine
Peach
Onion grass
Oxalis - soursob
Cape weed
Dandelion
Overwintered brassicas and asian greens
Violets
Rosemary
Thyme groundcover
Globe Artichoke heads emerging
Society Garlic
Clary sage
Pineapple sage
My staple... always in flower! Calendula officinalis
Ornamental Shrubs/Trees/Groundcovers
Echium - Pride of Madeira
Viburnum tinus
Tree aeonium
Giant Jade
Buddlejia yellow
Osteospermum White Daisy With Purple Center
Protea 'Pink Ice'
Tibouchina 'Jazzie'
Pink diosma
Pineapple sage
Mexican marigold
'Hot Lips' Salvia
'Wendy's Wish' Salvia
Yellow Daisy - Euryops chrysanthemoides
Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' (Wallflower)
Ornamental Plum
Bradley Pear
Manchurian Pear
Golden diosma
Irises
Purple and white trailing lantana
Convolvulus sabatius purple ground cover
Blue bacopa
A tiny Reed bee visiting Pink Diosma flowers
And that's a wrap from our patch for August/September 2019.
Bee Blessings
Trac x
