Mangrove Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Golden Orb-weaving Spiders are well known for both their large size and the golden sheen of their strong, closely-meshed, aerial webs (40 - 80 cm diameter) that are suspended amongst shrubs and trees in open forest and woodland. Nephila: origin ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Shrubs, trees, conifers and groundcovers
Shape shrubs, trim conifers and other trees and give your groundcovers a 'haircut'. Go easy when pruning trees. An established tree usually only needs some dead wood removed, but you may want to thin out the branches so more light reaches the ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Pests - Psyllids and lerps
Psyllids are tiny sap-sucking winged insects that feed on many native trees and shrubs, especially eucalypts. Some build scale-like shelters or lerps to protect them while they feed. Others cause the plant to make gall-like structures for them. ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Pests - Borer
Borers are caterpillars that attack many types of shrubs and trees, often entering at points of injury. The grubs tunnel into the plant leaving a mass of sawdust. Sometimes gum oozes from the wound. Odd branches or whole trees may be ring-barked ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica)
A dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub 1 to 3m high, with a very upright growth habit. Leaves are very small (4-7mm), narrow and tightly rolled, arranged in whorls of 3 or 4 around the stem. Flowers are tiny white bells (may be pink in bud), ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Asparagus scandens
Relatively small scrambling plant with wiry stems, which tends to behave more as a groundcover, or climb a short distance into shrubs and small trees. Bridal creeper has glossy, thin, bright green leaves, to 7cm long by 3cm wide, with close ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Australian Climbing Plants
Climbers and scramblers are superb additions to the garden. They form excellent screen plants for walls and fences, provide shelter from the sun when grown on pergolas and add interest and variety when grown on trees or amongst shrubs. Many ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
Declared noxious in Eurobodalla, Shoalhaven and Illawarra LGA's in category W2 (must be continuously suppressed and destroyed). Boxthorn forms a large intricately branched shrub, which may sometimes climb into trees. The plant is covered in long ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Roldana (Roldana petasitis)
A dense bushy perennial but not very woody shrub 1.5 to 2m high with softly hairy stems. Leaves are alternate, very large (to 20 x 20cm) and almost circular, softly hairy, with bluntly lobed margins and a long leaf stalk. Flowers are daisies with ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus species aggregate)
Deciduous spreading shrub 1 to 2m high, with large triangular backward-pointing thorns on stems and leaves. Compound leaves with 3 or 5 wrinkled leaflets, which have a white underside. Flowers are large (2-3cm) and white petalled. Blackberry ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
African scurfpea (Psoralea pinnata)
An evergreen spreading shrub 1 to 3m high. Leaves are compound, with 5 to 11 very narrow pointed leaflets, dotted with tiny oil glands, bristly to the touch and sharp-pointed. The typical pea flowers are fragrant, a distinctive pale blue colour, ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Magnolia
This genus consists of about 120 species of usually fast growing, deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs from east Asia and North America. Many cultivars are available. The leaves are oval and smooth edged. The large, handsome flowers are ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
