Author: Maria Bell

Salvinia molesta

This South American perennial free floating aquatic fern with slender stems, floating leaves and a root-like structure forms dense mats with multi-branched horizontal stems. Individual plants are 5-30cm long and invade still or slow-moving water bodies. Salvinia has the potential to spread to much of Australia and is regarded as a very serious threat to […]

June Outing – Korora, Diggers Beach and Sapphire

The 30th June ‘Jaunt’ is a triple header. Make sure to plan your driving route because we start in Korora, head south to Diggers Beach then, back north to Sapphire for garden number three and lunch. 10:00am meet at Deanna’s home at 5 Breakers Way, Korora. BYO morning tea and chair. Deanna is a past […]

Miconia calvescens

Doesn’t this plant look gorgeous? This is Miconia, the velvet tree or bush currant and is a species of flowering plant from the Melastomataceae family. It is native to Mexico and Central and South America and it has become one of the world’s most invasive species. Miconia is a serious weed that has the potential […]

Japanese Sunflower

Currently (late May) there are abundant yellow flowers growing up the steep slopes where banana plantations at Korora and other places along the Coffs Coast. This intrigued me when we first moved up here to Coffs Harbour – just what were these plants? This question led me to ask the Coffs Harbour Landcare group about […]

June 2022 – Brugmansia

Commonly known as angel’s trumpet, Brugmansia has the tick of approval for our warm subtropical growing conditions on the Coffs Coast. It’s loved for its spectacularly beautiful, trumpet-like, fragrant flowers which hand down elegantly from branches. ORDER:  Solanales FAMILY:  Solanaceae TRIBE:  Datureae GENUS:  Brugmansia Brugmansia is native to South America, particularly the Andean countries from […]

Next Meeting 21 May 2022

A busy day for everyone on the next meeting day (21 May) with the election and the Coffs Garden Club meeting. The meeting kicks off at 1:30pm but please arrive earlier if you would like to have a social catch up before the meeting or if you have exhibits for the competition table. To see […]