Blooming Happy

Albany Daisy aka Actinodium cunninghamii

A small shrub found only in SW Australia. Can be grown from cuttings. Thrives well in part shade and good drainage.

Mouse Ears aka Calothamnus rupestris

Found in SW Australia. Grows as a shrub, 1-4m high. Beautiful Pinky red flowers.

One-sided bottlebrush aka Calothamnus quadrifidus

This plant thrives in well drained soils and sunny spots. Beautiful impressive bright flowers. Found in SW Australia

Verticordia (Featherflower) Varieties

These particular flowers are all native of Western Australia. They bloom in both spring and summer and produce tiny beautiful flowers in great abundance.

These are a few varieties from my recent travels to Western Australia, in both Spring of 2007 and Summer of 2009.

Enjoy!

Verticordia albida aka White Feather Flower

Verticordia chrysostachys x muelleriana

Cooloomia Verticordia

Verticordia helichrysantha aka Barren's Featherflower

Verticordia insignis

Verticordia mitchelliana aka Rapier Featherflower

Verticordia plumosa aka Plumed Featherflower

Island Sunset

In February of this year, I visited Rottnest Island with my friend, Shaun. Only bikes are allowed on the island, apart from one bus, an ambulance, and a few service vehicles.

Shaun and I rode the entire distance around the island. We worked out the distance to be about 30kms because we also visited many of the coves around the island. We visited in summer, on the hottest day in over a year and I had already been badly sunburnt twice that week. The ride was fun but hard because it was hilly, awfully hot, and my shoulders were so burnt it was not funny. We had a ball though and I would do it again in a flash.

Towards the end of the day, we were lucky enough to enjoy the sunset. It was a very welcome treat after an exhausting day.