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What's Flowering in our patch in Kambarang (October/November 2019)

The third 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, as these are the true season of this land. We are currently around the middle of the Kambarang, traditionally know as the season of birth - which is apt as this is the time of year when many native bees species emerge for the new season.


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 Kambarang and some are flowering throughout the whole season:)

Chorizema Cordatum flowers with a tiny Trichocolletes species native bee

Native Trees (only some endemic)

  • Tuart - Eucalyptus gomphocephala

  • Gungurru - Eucalyptus caesia ssp caesia

  • Silver Princess - Eucalyptus caesia ssp magna

  • Tea Tree - Melaleuca alternifolia

  • Eucalyptus preissiana

  • Spotted gum - Corymbia maculata

  • Karri - Eucalyptus diversicolor

  • York gum - Eucalyptus loxophleba

  • WA Flooded Gum - Eucalyptus rudis

  • Mahogany Gum (Woollybutt) - Eucalyptus botryoides

  • Lemon scented gum - Corymbia citriodora

  • Blue Mallee Eucalyptus

  • Silky Oak Grevillea - Grevillea robusta

  • Showy Honey Myrtle - Melaleuca nesophila

  • Golden Gum - Corymbia eximia

Golden Gum - one of the flowers included in my Bee Priestess Flower Essence range

Native Shrubs (only some endemic)

  • Emu Tree - Hakea francisiana

  • Green Honey Myrtle - Melaleuca diosmifolia

  • Thryptomene

  • Verticordia plumosa

  • Banksia ashbyii

  • Blue leschenaultia

  • Chamelaucium spp

  • Claw Flower - Melaleuca pulchella

  • Rose Cone Flower - Isopogon formosus

  • Melaleuca lanceolata

  • Ruby Glow - Leptospermum scoparium

  • Pink Lady - Leptospermum scoparium

  • Grevillea olivacea - orange, yellow, red

  • Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'

  • Native Rosemary - Westringia fruiticosa

  • Cut leaf banksia - Banksia praemorsa

  • Grevillea carramar

  • Grevillea Supreme

  • Native Hibiscus - alyogyne huegelii

  • Hakea lissocarpha

  • Wedding Bush - Ricinocarpos pinifolius

  • Grass Trees

  • Brown Boronia - Boronia megastigma

  • Pink Boronia

Claw Flower - Melaleuca pulchella

Native Groundcovers & Climbers (only some endemic)

  • Boobialla - Myoporum parvifolium

  • Leptospermum scoparium

  • Hibbertia grossulariifolia - Guinea Flower

  • Brachycombe daisy

  • Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem'

  • Scaevola purple fanfare

  • Banksia blechnifolia

  • Chorizema cordatum - Heart Leaf Flame Pea (low shrub)

  • Native Wisteria - Hardenbergia violacea

  • Native Wisteria - Hardenbergia violacea - Alba

  • Grevillea - Poorinda Royal Mantle

Scaevola ground cover

Medicinal/Edible/Weeds

(This list varies each year to what annual edibles we are growing)

  • California Poppy

  • Elder flower - just beginning

  • Calendula officinalis

  • Borage

  • Lime

  • Mandarin

  • Lemon

  • Apricot

  • Kumquat

  • Navel Orange

  • Almond

  • White & Yellow flesh nectarine

  • Peach

  • Apples - 7 varieties

  • Pears - 5 varieties

  • Cherry

  • Olives

  • Mulberry

  • Plums - 3 varieties

  • Figs - 2 varieties

  • Cape weed

  • Cats Ear

  • Overwintered brassicas and asian greens

  • Mustard

  • Violets

  • Rosemary

  • Thyme groundcover

  • Thyme and lemon thyme

  • Cape Gooseberry

  • Raspberry, Boysenberry, Loganberry,

  • Globe Artichoke

  • Society Garlic

  • Clary sage

  • Lavender

  • Sage

  • Yarrow

  • Parsley

Granny Smith apple flowers

Ornamental (or non-native) Shrubs/Trees/Groundcovers

  • Leucaspermum cordifolium - orange and yellow

  • Echium - Pride of Madeira

  • California Lilac

  • Viburnum tinus

  • Tree aeonium

  • Buddlejia yellow, purple, pink

  • Osteospermum White Daisy With Purple Center

  • Protea 'Pink Ice'

  • Tibouchina 'Jazzie'

  • Pink diosma

  • Mexican marigold

  • 'Hot Lips' Salvia

  • 'Wendy's Wish' Salvia

  • Ornamental Plum

  • Bradley Pear

  • Manchurian Pear

  • Irises

  • Purple and white trailing lantana

  • Convolvulus sabatius purple ground cover

  • Convolvulus alba

  • Pelargoniums

  • Geraniums

And that's a wrap from our patch for October/November 2019.



Garden Blessings

Trac x

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