Periwinkle (Vinca major)
A spreading groundcover, which form extensive mats, but does not climb. Broad-oval, hairless, glossy dark green leaves, about 5cm long and in opposite pairs. There are cultivars with variegated foliage, which are also weedy. Flowers are mauve to ... [... more]
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Mickey Mouse Bush
This South African native was once a very popular ornamental plant, but it's now a serious bushland weed in some areas of Australia. An evergreen shrub to 2m (6') tall. Ochna has glossy green leaves with wavy, finely serrated edges and bronze new ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Cordyline indivisa
Native to the high-rainfall cool mountainous regions of New Zealand, Cordyline indivisa grows to 6 m (20 ft) in the wild. Strong arching leaves are produced on a single trunk. The clumps of heavily ribbed, bluish green leaves are up to 1.8 m (6 ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Alternanthera
This groundhugging and evergreen groundcover is usually grown for its brilliant foliage. Two colour variations are available - one form has brownish red and green leaves with shadings of pink; the other has green and yellow leaves. The flowers of ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Tolmeia menziesii
A bushy, evergreen foliage plant reaching about 35cm. It has a bushy, clump-forming, spreading habit and its long-stalked mid to light green leaves are soft, heart-shaped or rounded and covered with tiny white hairs, resulting in a velvety ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Ctenanthe lubbersiana
Commonly grown foliage plant, about 40-75 cm high with branching stems that spread laterally. The oblong green leaves are patterned in irregularly shaded bands of pale yellow-green, with pale green undersides. Small, white flowers on one-sided ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Ctenanthe setosa
This plant is up to 1.5m tall with oblong-lanceolate to oblong leaves with twisted tips. The green leaves sometimes have margins of cream coloured spots. [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana)
Listed as a Weed of National Significance (one of Australia's top 20 weeds). A tall grass about 1m high, with mid to dark green leaves up to 5mm wide, held either erect or spreading. Leaves usually flat, or partly in-rolled, and are slightly ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Fragrant Foliage
Glossy green leaves and perfectly shaped, pure white flowers with an exquisite perfume, could only be describing a gardenia. Gardenias are some of the most popular flowering shrubs but they never seem to flower as much as we would like them to. ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
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 |
Chinese mustard
Smallish dark green leaves with a peppery taste. Used mainly as a vegetable, but also for pickling, although other hotter flavoured types of mustard greens are used more often for pickling. Gai Choy, Kaai Tsoi Ha Karashina var. rugosa [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Prunus 'Okame'
Don looked at an attractive hybrid cherry. Prunus 'Okame' is a cross between P. campanulata and P. incisa. A hardy deciduous tree, growing to about 10m (30') tall. It has an upright growth habit, and finely textured dark green leaves which turn ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
