Stuart Williams
@StuartWilliams_
Landscape architect and horticultural consultant. Here to share plant knowledge in the form of original photos, observations and research.
Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) from New South Wales, Queensland and New Guinea #Araucaria #Araucariaceae #WattlePark #ozplants
Grevillea 'Fireworks', cross of G. 'Scarlet Sprite' and G. alpina originating from Bywong Nursery #Proteaceae #ozplants
Bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii), an ancient tree species from Queensland #RBGMelbourne #Araucariaceae #ozplants
Durian (Durio sp.) fruit at Coles The fruit is noted for its strong odour. #Durian #Durio #Malvaceae #SupermarketBotany
Good grief! Not only do you have to spend hours assembling it, now you have to design it as well #Ikea
Luculia in flower in Canterbury Gardens #CanterburyGardens #Rubiaceae
Always handy for winter colour: Bergenia crassifolia at Canterbury Gardens (syn. Bergenia cordifolia) #Saxifragaceae
This orchid has finally flowered #onmybalcony after 9 years of doing absolutely nothing. Cymbidium Lunar Blaze 'Dural' . #Orchidaceae
Lepidozamia peroffskyana, a cycad from New South Wales and Queensland #Cycad #MaranoaBG #Lepidozamia #ozplants
A new one for me - the aptly-named Grevillea inconspicua (Cue grevillea), from Cue, Meekatharra, Sandstone, and the Weld Range in Western Australia #MaranoaBG #Proteaceae #Grevillea #ozplants
Grevillea 'Ivanhoe', a shrub to about 3 metres high. Thought to be a cross of G. longifolia and G. caleyi. The selected seedling originated in a garden in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe. #Proteaceae #MaranoaBG #ozplants
Grevillea maxwellii, an endangered species from an area near Pallinup in the south-west of Western Australia. #Proteaceae #MaranoaBG #ozplants
Isopogon cuneatus (coneflower), a shrub from the south-west of Western Australia #Isopogon #Proteaceae #MaranoaBG #ozplants
Epacris impressa - common heath #MaranoaBG #Epacris #Ericaceae #ozplants
Eucalyptus scoparia - Wallangarra white gum, a tree from granite outcrops in mountains on the border of New South Wales and Queensland.
A new one for me - Callistemon Icy Burst ('CNU01') Grows up to about 1.5 metres high and 800 mm wide #Callistemon #Ozbreed #ozplants
After it has been very windy like today here, it is a good time to identify tall Eucs from fallen branches. Don't go out too early though, or this will land on your head. Leaves, flower buds and fruits of swamp gum (Eucalyptus ovata) #MorningtonPeninsula #Eucalyptus #ozplants
