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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 12/11/2008 : 07:11:24
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Backhousia myrtifolia aka Grey Myrtle
Has the most gorgeous flowers starts out like this.
Then bursts into this.
Good enough for any wedding bouquet:
I will add more pics later as I cannot find the entire shrub ones.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 07:18:15
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Would make a lovely wedding flower  and I dont really like natives that much 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 07:20:58
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Yes I agree. I have a little similar tree and must go and "inspect" it :-))
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 07:24:51
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The natives are often passed over when it comes to flowers but a closer look will change ones mind. Mention natives and most people think bottlebrush but there are so many more shapes and styles which are as good as if not better than many of the exotics. They are beautiful Mary-Anne.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2008 : 12:34:57
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Thanks girls it is a beautiful shrub.
I still have not found those other pics yet, they must be on the laptop..
Gail you are so right I used to be the same once, only with me it was wattle and gum trees.
The Lemon myrtle is in bud now another one with a similar flower just beautiful
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Kitty74
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 17:37:06
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2008 : 18:34:09
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In terms of beauty, the most sensational thing in my garden are my 300 odd or more callistemons in Pink Perth (back row) and Pink Alma (front row) which goes down for a lot of my property. I LOVE roses but for sheer extravagance of blooms and sheer beauty, then these callsitemons are in bloom it is STUNNING. This was a few weeks ago and I was sooooooo busy I did not take many pics.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2008 : 20:33:16
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Kitty my plant is only about 1 mt tall and 1.2 mt wide I planted it March 05 the label states it grows 4-6 mts tall and 2-4 mts wide I feel it will never get that size in my lifetime, it could be my soil, lack of rain, anything..
The flowers are cream not white like in the pics above.
Pamela I can imagine your callistemons looking fantastic maybe next Spring you will have the time to take photo's I bet they have grown a lot..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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otamot
head gardener
1013 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2008 : 08:52:50
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that's beautiful MA, such delicate looking flowers on that one  |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 13/11/2008 : 10:39:05
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Thanks Ota.. It is beautiful..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Amazing !!!