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A tough, cormous, evergreen perennial for light shade. Fans of tall, strappy, mid green sword-like foliage rise from the Gladioli like corms. It bears in late summer spikes of bright, golden yellow, starry, lily-like flowers that light up any shady area. Quickly forms large open clumps which will flower for many months.
All crocosmias are wonderful plants and deserve to be more widely grown. They are particularly valued for their bright flowers that appear before the autumn flowers start and when many of the summer flowers are taking a bit of break.
A favourite for the autumn garden. Shortly after the first Autumn rains the massed flower buds burst through the soil and open to reveal 3cm wide, fluorescent yellow, trumpet shaped flowers. These are quickly followed by 10cm long, rabbit ear like leaves.
Coming from Namaqualand, this is an extremely drought hardy bulb.
Plant amongst Nerines for hurt your eyes colour.
A charming species that makes a verdant slowly spreading mound of serrated, five lobed, palmate leaves, studded with small citric yellow, five petalled, saucer shaped blooms.
For edges or even the middle of paths, where it will tolerate the occasionally stray footfall, or a simulated European meadow with a couple of Cranesbills (Geranium pratense and G. sanguineum), Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and some Spiked speedwell (Veronica spicata ‘Blue Sensation’) to round out the palette.
More moisture loving than most but also more amenable in our climate, often self sowing in any brightly lit soil.
An exuberant perennial from the American tall prairies at its very best in the dog days of summer when lesser plants are flagging. Lush mounds of deeply divided, dark green leaves steadily rise through the growing season to be finally topped at the end of summer by elegantly branched heads of long stemmed daisy-like flowers with a green central cone and down swept bright yellow petals. After several weeks of bloom, irreverent of dry heat so long as moisture is available, the petals fall and the attractive cone-like seed heads then remain on display until removed adding height and seasonal interest all winter if desired.
Evergreen in Perth but colder regions may find it less so.
Easily grown in any soil with lots of sun, unfazed by clay. Water availability during the growing period dictates height but considerable dryness is tolerated, more so after flowering.
Self seeds well in over irrigated sites and the seedlings are typically more vigorous than old congested clumps which are probably best divided or even discarded after several years.
A quick growing, evergreen, succulent groundcover. The slnouous, fleshy stems, densely clothed in soft, needle-like leaves, form a thick, bright yellow carpet over the ground. In spring branched stems of small yellow flowers are borne, after which the whole plant should be cut back hard.
An excellent plant for providing solid colour all year round
Appearing more like a succulent from exotic climes than a threatened native of the Perth hills. Vertical stems divide into many powdery blue tapering twigs that knit together to form a vase shaped shrub, studded in spring with small, yellow, spherical, powder puff flowers. As its common name suggests it is entirely without leaves though young seedlings briefly bear a few.
Easy and fast growing in well drained poor soil. Summer irrigation is unnecessary but tolerated. Try surrounding it with a sea of the orange coloured sedge Carex testacea and add a few brightly coloured succulents to imitate a coral reef.
Responds well to hard pruning when it accumulates too much old growth and starts to loose its charm.
A clump forming, evergreen perennial, with finely dissected, intense silver-white, fern-like foliage and flat heads of golden yellow flowers throughout the warmer months.
Best planted en masse.
Feed Well.
Cut spent stems to the ground.
The most drought hardy Achillea we've yet seen, easily surviving several months without water, once established.
The sunny two toned daisy flowers, the inner half of each petal is bright yellow and the outer half golden yellow, of this variety always remind me of the beach.
Nigh on indestructible perennials with a penchant for impoverished sand Arctotis tolerate anything but waterlogged soil.
Plant anywhere sunny and exposed for super powered spring colour.
Very good at stabilizing sand or weed suppressing ground cover.
Dead head annually after flowering, with a whipper snipper or mower set high.
A drought hardy groundcover for sunny exposed positions and poor sandy soils. Ideal for road verges, carparks, driveways and anywhere else normal plants struggle to survive. Large, 15cm, bright yellow, black centred, daisy-like flowers smother the silver, crinkled foliage until January or longer given water.
Mow after flowering.
The largest flowered and even more vigorous than most other varieties.
A butterfly attracting, hardy, upright, evergreen sub-shrub from South America. Small, golden yellow flowers, are borne from spring through to autumn, in flat clusters, atop the vertical stems, clothed in alternating pairs, of narrow, lance shaped leaves. These are followed by erect, bean-like seed pods, filled with tufts, of silky fibres, to which the seeds are attached.
A cheery plant for tucking into odd spots here and there, which it should do itself, by seeding.
Removal of dead stems is all the maintenance necessary.
Broken parts produce a toxic, milky sap, hence the common name of milkweed. Don't let this prevent you from growing such rewarding, easy care plants.
In the nursery we value our Asclepias as they play host to Yellow Aphids and their complimentary predators, Lacewings, Aphidius wasps and several species of Ladybird. They are also the larval food plant of the Monarch, and Lesser wanderer butterflies. We sell the plants with caterpillars, aphids and predators in attendance. Excess aphids are easily smooshed with fingers or all can be nuked with a shot of pyrethrum to the detriment of both your garden and karma.