Winter is coming

I’ve just enjoyed a beautiful morning walk through the Dam bushland. My friend Leicia and I found many of the Hakea gibbosas in flower, plants I’m not usually overly fond of but with lots of new growth and their rather charming axial flowers and hairy leaves I’ll certainly be paying more attention to them. I’ve added a few onto the project. The Banksias have had a bumper flowering season with so many Banksia ericfolia and spinulosa around. Great news for all the small mammals, particularly our Eastern Pygmy Possums, possums in general and Flying foxes.
There have been lots of new plantings at the Mermaid Pools bush regeneration site. We have planted out Croweas, Hibbertia, Lambertia formosa (Mountain Devil) and even some Flannel flowers. It’s the perfect time to plant with the cooler weather allowing the tube stock time to establish before the heat of spring and summer hit. We’re aiming to improve the biodiversity at Mermaid Pools, it has been highly disturbed over many years and an awful lot of work has been put into the area by the community to clean it up and control the weeds. It’s a beautiful spot already but according to historical botanical records it is only a fraction of what it once was. If you head down to have a look please take care where you step and stick to the paths, most have protection but not all.
Enjoy the cooler months ahead.

Posted on May 27, 2021 04:09 AM by vicky_viking