Kangaroo paws belong to the genus Anigozanthos, which are native to south western Western Australia. This area of Australia is dryer, slightly warmer and the soil is sandy...very sandy. A little different to Ipswich's climate and soil.

Some inspiration to get you out in the garden this September

Sweet Peas are a fragrant spring flowering annual, native to Italy. They have one of the most enchanting flowers, delicate and fragrant, perfect in garden or admired in a vase. Learn how to grow Sweet Peas in Ipswich.

Clivias have woven their magic around me – a love affair with vibrant clusters of trumpet flowers, ranging from sunny yellows to warm oranges and soothing salmon shades. Their blooms rise gracefully above deep green leaves, creating a symphony of colors that's hard to resist.

These adaptable plants thrive in shade and even embrace sunlight, making them perfect for borders and beneath tree canopies. From August to November, they join the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers in a breathtaking dance of colors.

No fragrant garden is complete without the popular Port wine Magnolia, Magnolia figo, and it’s sister Magnolia Coco.

Scaevolas are a hardy, low growing plant with lush green foliage all year long. They have striking fan-shaped flowers that cover the bush for most of the year. You can get them in a range of colours - blue, pink, white and yellow.

The true beauty of Brunfelsia latifolia is in its flowers. Sweetly perfumed, they appear from September to late November. When they first open they are a violet colour, fading to lavender blue and then white, with the three colours present on the bush at the same time. How extraordinary that a plant can be covered in three different coloured flowers at once!

Spring Flowering Bulbs in South East Queensland seem like a waste of time, don’t despair though we can still plant some beautiful bulbs, corms, and tubers, we just need to change what we plant!

Spring is Here. Some inspiring plants that thrive in the spring

The Alloxylon flammeum, Queensland tree waratah, would have to be one of our favourite Australian native plants.