How about some Plants?
Waratah
Floral Emblem of New South Wales
Very beautiful in a variety of colours - including Red, Pink, Yellow and White
Red being the dominant colour because birds are more attracted to red than any other colour.
Grows mostly on the East Coast of Australia
Mostly without fragrance
Grevillea
Also known as the Spider Flower. Gardeners love them because of the long flowering season. Some flower all year round.
Fuchsia Grevillea is a 12 month flowering plant.
Great for attracting birds.
Grevillea flowers were a traditional favourite among the Aboriginal Peoples for their sweet nectar.
This could be shaken onto the hand to enjoy, or into a little water to make a sweet drink. They might be referred to as the original “bush lollies”.
Sturt’s Desert Pea
One of Australia’s most famous desert wildflowers, Sturt’s Desert Pea is found across inland arid regions of Australia.
It is the South Australian Floral Emblem.
One of the most recognised Australian native plants, Sturt’s Desert Pea thrives in red sandy soil and has vibrant red leaf-shaped flowers with a black centre, known as a ‘boss’.
The Sturt’s Desert Pea is a well-known Australian native flower that is the state floral emblem for South Australia. Although much admired these plants are notoriously hard to grow outside of their natural desert environment as they are prone to fungal diseases and root rots.
I tried to grow them and have had no success so far.
Pin Cushion Hakea
One of the most loved native plants of south-western Australia.
Pincushion Hakea flowers are round in shape and measure up to 2" in diameter. Protruding from the red ball are 120-190 spines.
The projecting spines - together with the cherry red colour of the flower ball — make up Mother Nature’s version of a pincushion.
Pincushion Hakeas are pollinator magnets. Butterflies, bees, and birds love Hakea plants for their faint, honey-scented blooms.
Depending on its environment, the Hakea can be a large shrub or small tree. A mature plant can reach up to 6m.
They make for a stunning hedge.
I planted one almost 12 months ago, growing well, no pin cushions as yet.
Queen of Sheba Orchid
With stunning shades of purple, blue and yellow the Queen of Sheba orchid, is one of the rarest plants on Earth.
The Queen of Sheba, which only grows wild in the southern parts of WA, is one of the state’s most protected species and can take between seven and 10 years to flower.
The Queen of Sheba belongs to a family of orchids commonly called sun orchids — a family that survives by deception.
Most plants are pollinated by insects, and they give a reward to the insect that pollinates it … it’s a good thing for the insect to visit the flower.
“The sun orchids don’t give the insects anything. They trick it. They look like other flowers so the insect’s thinking it’s going to get a reward, picks up the orchid’s pollen on its back and goes away disappointed.”
Firewood Banksia
Grows only in south west Western Australia. Mostly on the coastal plain (Perth is on the coastal Plain)
Plentiful in this area.
The plant varies in size, with shrubs growing to around 6 feet and trees getting to as tall as 20 feet in Banksia woodlands.
The flowers - called inflorescences, can grow to be as big as 3 1/2" diameter x 5" long. The most common two-tone colour combination is deep red and pink.
The flower stems average 1000 individual flowers.
Flowering occurs in autumn and winter.
Firewood Banksia has more flower colour variants than any other Banksia species, with flower spikes occurring in a wide range of pinks, as well as chocolate, bronze, yellow and white, and greenish variants.
I’m quite taken by The Sturt’s Desert Pea Bretrick. There’s almost something sci-fi about them.
They certainly are beautiful. Takes great preparation to grow them in the home garden.
They come up prolifically in the desert after rains.
They may be in the UK but I’ve never noticed them before I came here.
Flowering Quince.They flower in late Winter and the flowers come before the leaves.It’s just a bush of sticks with flowers on.We get red and white ones around here.
@Psmith Yes they do grow in UK , I had one in my last Garden , they produce a small fruit which a jelly can be made from , I never did .
@Bretrick they all seem to be Red flowering is that the norm for Plants growing in the Wild .
These are simply the ones I chose to post.
We have all the colours on display.
Native Wisteria.
Golden Wattle
Wonderful photos
Such beautiful striking colours!
We have lots of Golden Wattle here in the Spring.Apparently they are Acacia but were used to build wattle houses in the early days.