Author: Lyn

Dense foliage, grey shrub, 0.5-1.5mt H X 1.5-4mt W. Hardy, fast-growing shrub, suitable for container growing, tolerates all well-drained soil types, full sun to light shade, excellent windbreak or informal hedging, fire retardant.

To 15M. Fast-growing upright small tree with rough greyish bark. Perfumed cream ball-shaped flowerheads Dec-Mar. Pods very twisted. Adaptable plant tolerating moist and dry well-drained clay soil.

To 30M. Fast-growing open tree 6-30m. Downy, bluish-green bi-pinnate (twice divided) leaves. Profuse flowering, lemon to bright yellow ball-shaped flowerheads Jul-Oct. Easily grown, prefers deep moist soil.

Small spreading to semi-prostrate shrub. Profuse yellow ball-shaped flowerheads Jul-Nov. Requires light, gravelly soils, tolerates dry once established. An excellent garden plant

To 2.5M. Open spreading shrub, bright yellow ball-shaped flowerheads Aug-Nov, spirally coiled to twisted pods adapted to well-drained soils.

Perennial herb, mat-forming with hairy stems, leaves toothed at margins, greenish-white flowerheads on stalks, Oct-Jan. Tolerates wet and dry conditions.

Join us for an exciting Walk and Talk Bird Tour, meeting at the Westgate Park BBQ Shelter, Todd Road, Port Melbourne 9am-11am. Get ready to explore the beautiful park, discover the birds that nest in hollows and how our 20 nest boxes might encourage breedi...

The Wildlife Conservation Society at Melbourne Uni came to the Park in force on Saturday. Their tasks were to finish microbat box numbering, record the facing direction, and measure the heights of the nest boxes erected for microbats. We do this to see what di...

Some birds in Westgate Park like the Sacred Kingfisher and the Southern Boobook (owl) prefer to nest in tree hollows but these hollows take many years to form so we have erected special nest boxes where it will be safe to lay eggs and raise chicks. Come with u...