Favourites: Hibbertia diffusa |
8 April 2007 8:15 PM
This is a plant that seems virtually 'unkillable'.It grows naturally in my area and I've had one in what I laughingly refer to as a lawn for about 20 years (a 'lawn', to me, is anything that is vaguely green and mowable).
Anyway, I try to avoid mowing over this plant but I usually forget at least once a season and as a result the plant is still no more than about 450 mm in diameter. But it won't give in!
Without its regular, unintentional prune it would be expected to spread to about 500-600 mm in diameter and grow to about 250 mm high - an ideal plant for a rockery or foreground planting. The yellow 'buttercup' flowers are bright yellow and about 25 mm in diameter. It grows readily from cuttings.
It's common name is 'wedge guinea flower' but, like many common names, it's not a name that's commonly used.....
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Favourites: Hibbertia diffusa
Comment posted by Jill at 8:48 PM, 21 April 2007
Where is 'my area' ? It is not clear in the article whether that is NSW, Qld, Vic, or wherever........
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Comment posted by asgap at 10:22 AM, 8 May 2007
Sorry...I usually get notified when comments are posted but I must have missed this one.
This plant is growing in western Sydney, New South Wales. It grows naturally from south east Queensland to eastern Victoria.
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