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Australian wattle flowers in bloom
Sep 12, 2007 | 4:55 AM PST
Tags: wattle , hakea , protea , banksia , grevillia , kangaroo paw , callistemon , dedonia , Australia

This wattle flower in my driveway is blooming - it looks like it grew wild here. I like its 'gum leaves'. The yellow puffy flowers had to grow on me - I didn't appreciate natives when I was younger. Love this wattle lots now!



Our native Australian flowering garden also has a wattle plant but it isn't blooming - probably because the soil is so terrible. Our other native plants include grevillias, banksias, hakeas, kangaroo paws, callistemons, dedonias and a protea (not native, but often mistaken for it!)