My lillypilly

What a sad case, I found this Lillypilly (Syzygium) dumped in a lane way and left for dead. What a horrible waste!

After two years it now looks great. Originally it would have cost someone a fortune it had simply run out of root space and seemed to be suffering from fertilizer burn.

It's now growing in the ground and doing well after two years, still a long way from full recovery but in a few years will look wonderful. Someday when we leave our rented house someone else will hopefully appreciate it.

Kennedia

My Kennedia rubicunda is currently in flower and growing in a hanging pot, it would prefer a trellis or pergola with more space to spread out. Another native from the South East coast of Australia and a member of the Fabaceae family.

Kennedia is a vigorous twining climber so it needs something to hang on to, also drought tolerant and easy to propagate from soft wood cuttings and seed.

I’ve not found any helpful cultivation notes as it is not very well known by Australian gardeners. Some leaves have been skeletonised in small sections but no culprit found. I'm not too worried it grows so well that these leaves are quickly replaced.