Gardening with native plants in Canterbury

 

 

Birds of Canterbury

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What's growing in my garden:

Acacia baileyana

Acacia cardiophylla

Acacia floribunda

Acacia iteaphylla

Acacia longifolia

Acacia pubescens

Acacia suaveolens

Acmena smithii

Anigozanthus flavidus

Anigozanthus manglesii

Angophora costata

Angophora floribunda - every garden should have one!

Aphanopetalum resinosum

Austromyrtus sp.

Backhousia myrtifolia

Banksia aemula

Banksia ericifolia

Banksia integrifolia

Banksia marginata

Banksia paludosa

Banksia robur

Banksia spinulosa

Brachyciton acerifolius

Brachycome multifida

Brachysema lanceolatum

Buckinghamia celsissima (Ivory curl flower)

Callistemon citrinus "western glory"

Callistemon linearis

Callistemon pachyphyllus v. viridis

Callistemon salignus

Callitris rhomboidea

Ceratopetalum gummiferum "Albery's red" and "wildfire" (NSW Christmas bush)

Cordyline stricta

Correa backhousiana

Correa glabra

Darwinia citriodora

Doryanthes excelsa

Doryanthes gloriosa

Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Eremophila maculata aurea

 

Eucalyptus ficifolia

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Eucalyptus linearis

Eucalyptus saligna

Grevillea asplenifolia

Grevillea banksii

Grevillea biternata

Grevillea hookerana

Grevillea lanigera

Grevillea lavandulacea

Grevillea "Old gold" - very reliable

Grevillea "Orange marmalade" - one of my favourites, hardy, unusual and birds love it.

Grevillea sericea

Grevillea speciosa

Hakea macreana

Hakea salicifolia

Hakea sericea

Hardenbergia violacea

Helichrysum diosmifolium

Helmholtzia glaberrima

Hibbertia scandens

Hypocalymma angustifolia

Isopogon anemonifolius

Kennedia nigricans

Kennedia prostrata

Leptospermum nitidum

Lomandra longifolia

Macadamia integrifolia

Melicope elleryana

Nymphaea gigantea

Persoonia pinifolia

Petrophile fucifolia

Podocarpus elatus

Rulingia hermannifolia

Scaevola "mauve clusters"

Sollya heterophylla

Stenocarpus sinuatus

Syzygium moorei

Viola hederacea

Wollemi Pine

Xanthorrhea glauca/angustifolia

Xanthostemon chrysanthus (golden penda)

 

 

                                                                 

 

  

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Birds of Canterbury

All the following have been sighted in our garden (*) or near the Cook's River between Canterbury Racecourse and Ewen Park areaof Canterbury, NSW

 

 

Australian raven

 Black cormorant

Black-fronted dotterel

Black-faced cuckoo shrike*

Bulbul (intro)*

Chestnut teal

Cockatiel*

Crested pigeon*

Eastern rosella*

Eastern spinebill*

Eurasian coot

Figbird*

Galah

Grey butcherbird*

Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo (well we think it was!)*

Ibis

Indian mynah*

Koel*

Laughing kookaburra

Little cormorant

Little lorikeet*

Little Wattlebird*

New Holland honeyeater*

Nightjar

Noisy miner*

Pacific black duck

Peewee*

Pelican

 

Peregrine falcon

Pied cormorant

Pied currawong*

Powerful owl*

Rainbow lorikeet*

Red rumped parrot

Restless flycatcher

Rufous cuckoo*

Sea eagle

Silvereye*

Spoonbill

Spotted pardalote*

Spurwinged plover*

Sulphur-crested cockatoo*

Superb blue wren*

Superb parrot (really!)

Water hen

Red Wattlebird*

Welcome swallow*

White egret

White-faced heron

White headed pigeon

White plumed honeyeater*

Willie wagtail*

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo