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Wildflower walk around Lake Leschenaultia – photo post

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South coast wildflowers – a walk to the beach on the Rainbow Coast, in photos

A walk to the beach on the Rainbow Coast near Albany in late September or early October picks up the early part of the wildflower season down here. The walk begins in well-established coastal bush, and grades through progressively more … Continue reading

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Friday photo: Rain dripping from Wirewood pods

One of the main structural features in Zone 1, the unirrigated native garden in my front yard, is an Acacia coriacea or Wirewood. It flowers in autumn and by now is developing long curly tangly seedpods, popular with the Australian … Continue reading

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A productive saline garden?

Recently I ran across a food plant new to me – Salsola soda, also known as agretti to Southern Italians. In reading about it, I noted that it was a plant from the edges of salt marshes, needing a somewhat … Continue reading

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