An Australian Bush Garden

Plants and Animals

24 September 2007. Version 2

Famous yellow Wattle or Acacia

Hibbertia climber

Cymbidium orchids

Cymbidium and bracken fern

Cymbidium first blooms

Small but colourful tree orchids

Tree Orchid – tiny pink

Tree Orchid – tiny, spider, white

Rock Lily orchids

Tall red Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo Paw, Lomandra and Kidney Weed groundcover

Plants that are water-friendly

Kangaroo Paw from Western Australia has large green velvety paws

Kangaroo Paw crowd the space

Geraldton Wax – waxy pink & white

They usually come as a family …

Kookaburra in a wattle

Tawny Owls in a Casuarina

Koala in a tree at Gunnedah

A friend’s house in the country, right near the front door

Koala with baby in that same tree

Animals living locally

Kookaburra families visit daily White cockatoos and many parrots

enjoy the flowers and cat-free yard Lots of lizards and even a blue-tongue A bower bird has his family nearby Possums skitter across the roof

Garden Features

The backyard is quite large with lots of eucalypts and natural bush

Only Australian plants are grown Once established they need less water than

many imported plants Australian ground covers are used to reduce

need for water-guzzling lawn Mulch of leaves and chipped wood from the

yard also reduce water requirements