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Big show of wattle in August
The Park has 12 species of wattle and the later-flowering ones are now spectacularly in bloom in the Park.
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A feast of peas
At least ten species of pea-flower shrubs are in bloom now (August), all of them growing in the three heath areas of the Park. Here they are:
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Up close and hairy
Hairs or trichomes are common to many locally indigenous plant species. Some are so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye so here we zoom in on some ‘hairy’ plants in the Park. You will see...
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Flowering now
Spring is the most spectacular time for flowering in the Park although many of our locally indigenous plants flower for most of the year. Some are tiny and inconspicuous, others showy and colourful and...
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Big ANZ effort
One of our biggest challenges is to progressively remove non-locally indigenous and invasive plant species put in over large areas of the Park two decades ago and to revegetate. We are doing this...
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Our orchids
According to The Orchids of Victoria by Gary Backhouse and Jeffrey Jeanes published MUP 1995, the orchid family [Orchidaceae] is: … one of the largest and most diverse plant families in the world. It...
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George’s Blog ‘Blue Stars’
With autumn rains (limited as they have been), the plants that retreated over summer to bulbs, corms, tubers etc are beginning to break the surface. It is always fascinating to see what emerges...
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George’s blog 25 Mar
Elatine gratioloides – Waterwort George Fotheringham – President FoWP Since I started at Westgate Park 16 years ago we have always thought about taking plants to the Herbarium to get a positive ID....
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