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Grevillea Sarissa
''Grevillea sarissa'', commonly known as wheel grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is native to South Australia and Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub, usually with linear leaves, and more or less erect, wheel-like to more or less spherical clusters of red or yellow flowers. Description ''Grevillea sarissa'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are usually linear, long and wide, or rarely, divided with 2 or 3 linear lobes long. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, obscuring the lower surface, apart from the midvein. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches, in leaf axils, or often on the stems, in more or less erect, wheel-like to more or less spherical clusters on a rachis long with bracts long at the base. Flower colour varies with subspecies, the Gynoecium#Pistils, pistil long. Flowering time varies with subspecies and the fruit is an elliptic Follicle (fruit), follicle long. Taxonomy ''Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranoa Gardens
Maranoa Gardens began in the early 1890s, when Mr John Middleton Watson purchased 1.4 hectares in Balwyn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, for a private garden. He planted many Australian and New Zealand native trees and shrubs and the area was maintained purely as a garden. He named the gardens Maranoa after a river in Queensland, from native words meaning flowing, alive or running. The former City of Camberwell (since merged into the City of Boroondara) acquired the area in 1922 and continued the planting, gradually removing all non-native plants. In September 1926, Maranoa Gardens were formally opened to the public and Mr F Chapman was appointed Chairman of the Gardens' Consulting Committee. Mr Chapman's keen interest in the Gardens and that of many others helped to establish Maranoa Gardens as one of the largest displays of Australian plants in Victoria. Contributors to the Gardens' development were Ivo Hammet (a pioneer of Australian native plant growing), Mr Arthur S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
