City Farm Archive

Syzygium oleosum commonly known as ‘Blue lillypilly’
Plant of the Month: Blue Lillypilly: The Cooloola City Farm Plant of the Month is Syzygium oleosum (commonly
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Christmas bells - Blandfordia grandiflora - Image Mary Boyce
Christmas bells at City Farm: At this time of year, if you are on the lookout, you
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Plant of the Month: You may have noticed the tumbling seed heads of Beach spinifex (Spinifex sericeus) on the beach recently. Beach spinifex has leaves with a silvery upper surface that reflects light and helps prevent moisture loss. Long runners go under and over the sand and root at the nodes, quickly colonising an area and helping stabilise dunes. Thus it is a very important part of our foreshore ecosystem.
City Farm has your free plant!: Free local plants are available on your latest rates notice, so come
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Plant of the month is Melaleuca pachyphylla (Wallum bottlebrush) - previously known as Callistemon pachyphyllus - a shrub to 1.5 metres, flowering right now in its green or red form Image Mary Boyce
Free local plants!: Free local plants are available at Cooloola City Farm on your latest
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City Farm talks Hakea: Genus Hakea, a large group of small-to-medium woody shrubs or small trees,
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The lillypilly is plant of the month - this variety is Syzygium luehmannii Photograph: citizenj.edgeqld.org.au
Cooloola City Farm – Lillypillies: Cooloola City Farm, opposite the Community Centre, on Tin Can Bay Road,
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Plant of the month: Banksia oblongifolia (Dwarf banksia) is a multi-stemmed shrub, usually grows to 1 metre, is hardy and has cream-to-yellow flowers and oblong, serrated leaves. (The photograph by Mary Boyce shows green coloration prior to full flowering.)
Banksias: an iconic Aussie: by Cooloola City Farm Banksias are iconic Australian plants, named after Sir
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Plant of the month is Melaleuca saligna (formerly Callistemon salignus), a small tree to 9+ metres, with a dense habit and papery bark. It has cream flowers in spring and pink new foliage. (Photograph source: www.wetlandwalks.com.au)
Cooloola City Farm – December 2015: City Farm is opposite the Community Centre on Tin Can Bay Road.
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Plant of the month is Grevillea leiophylla, an open shrub to 1 metre. It likes moist soil and has long leaves and terminal pink flowers from spring to autumn, followed by egg-shaped fruit. Image Mary Boyce
Cooloola City Farm November 2015: City Farm, opposite the Community Centre, on Tin Can Bay Road, is
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Plant of the month is the cultivar, Grevillea 'Coastal Glow', a shrub to three metres with crimson toothbrush flowers that are loved by honeyeaters and occur most of the year. This rapidly-growing plant is hardy and happiest in moist, well-drained soil in full sun. As with many grevilleas, it can be rangy and a good prune will promote flowering and a denser habit. It is salt spray resistant and frost hardy.
Open Day at Cooloola City Farm: City Farm, opposite the Community Centre, on Tin Can Bay Road, is
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