Native Bee Collection

Preminghama Buttons - Craspedia preminghama

Rosette forming perennial.
Growth rate fast.
Mass plantings, rockeries, pots, borders, bush gardens.
Most soils except very wet.
Full sun to part shade. Moderately frost hardy.
Extremely drought tolerant.
Flowers in Spring. Long flowering.
Will self seed in native plantings.
Preserved flowers are great in flower arrangements.
Bee attracting.

Showy Podolepis - Podolepis jaceoides

Rosette forming perennial; 0.5 m.
Growth rate fast.
Use for mass plantings, rockeries, pots, borders, bush gardens.
Most soils except very wet.
Full sun to part shade. Very frost hardy.
Extremely drought tolerant. Flowers in spring.
Pruning not required but remove spent flowers.
Long flowering.
Will self seed in native plantings.
Fantastic mass planting species.
Bee attracting.

Guitar Plant - Lomatia tinctoria

Small evergreen shrub 1.0-1.2 m
Growth rate medium. Use for shrubberies.
Most soils but best on heavy types.
Full sun to part shade. Extremely frost hardy.
Very drought resistant (once established).
Very wind firm.
Flowers in spring & summer (cream).
Bird attracting (honeyeaters).
Bee attracting.

Native Geranium - Pelargonium australe

Low evergreen shrub 0.3-0.5m
Growth rate fast.
Use for mass plantings, rockeries, pots, borders.
Most soils except very wet.
Full sun to part shade. Very frost hardy.
Extremely drought tolerant.
Flowers in spring & summer.
Prune hard in winter or after flowering.
Long flowering. Very good in sand.
Very good coastal species.
Bee attracting.