Eremophila debilis (Myoporum debile) Family: MYOPORACEAE This little plant suffers from having too many names! Johnny Apple is a name of ...

There are great plans afoot for National Tree Day at Peacehaven Botanic park, Highfields, next Sunday 1 August, from 8.30am to 1.15pm...

Roepera apiculata (Zygophyllum apiculatum) Family: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE One of the delights about living in this part of the world is that even...

Amyema cambagei Family: LORANTHACEAE Here’s a plant that hides itself well! I would have walked right past it on this...

Pyrrosia rupestris and Pyrrosia confluens Family: POLYPODIACEAE This is the “rock felt fern”, Pyrrosia rupestris . Despite its name, it i...

Deeringia amaranthoides Family: AMARANTHACEAE I wrote an article on this pretty little understorey plant when the berries first ripened t...

An acquaintance of my husband’s told him, not so long ago, about the problem he was having with lichen at his place. It was, he said, “gr...