Dawn Aird of Hill Street has been collecting information about the plants in the street scape of the township of Glenrowan,
mostly illustrated with her own photos.
♥ Thank you!
- Editor

Indigofera australis,
goes by the common name: Austral Indigo

This is a small to medium shrub with a straggly growth habit, may grow to about 2 meter. In spring it flowers with pretty, peaflower shaped blossom, pink or purple. The photo above is taken in late August 2009. This shrub will grow in most soils and is very frost hardy. It responds well to pruning - as you can see in the photo. ♣

Xanthorrhoea australis,
goes by the common name:

Austral Grass Tree

Old specimens of this plant may be seen with their spear-like creamy white flower spike towering 4 and 5 meters high. The flowering is quite erratic, but often after fire.
The dark trunk grows very slowly - some say 10 mm in one year. So if a trunk is one meter long, the plant is 100 years! The thick trunk can withstand fires and may branch once or twice.
The stiff, long grass-like leaves which make up the characteristic skirt, may be up to 1 meter in length.
Austral Grass Trees are indigneous to our area and grow well in the Warby Ranges. ♣

Bracteantha viscosa,
goes by the common name: Sticky Everlasting

Sticky Everlasting is a perennial, bushy herb which will work well as a groundcover. The narrow, deep green leaves are sticky - hence the name.
A profusion of glossy, golden flowers are borne in late Winter and Spring. The main petals of the flowers are quite papery and will last a very long time - maybe forever? - if you pick the flowers and dry them in an airy, shaded space.

Sticky Everlasting will grow in most sun and soil conditions. ♣

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Cluster Everlasting

- Wendy Coote

Chrysocephalum semipapposum,
goes by the common name: Cluster Everlasting

This is a perennial that occurs naturally over a wide range of Victoria and other states. Found in coastal ranges, grasslands, woodlands and mallee communities, happily establishing itself on shallow stony hillsides or sandy red soils. Around Glenrowan there are several undisturbed sites where this plant grows naturally, one being Fosters lake.

This hardy species survives our tough summers, enjoying full sun and well-drained soils. Grows vigorously in spring to 30-60 cm and will maintain good presentation through summer if moisture persists. Can flower at any time of the year but optimum period is Spring and Summer.

Cluster everlasting is covered with masses of golden yellow heads at peak flowering - like in the photo, taken in October 2009, diminishing to fewer clusters through the season.

In harsh conditions the plant may die back during summer but don’t give up on it. That is what perennials do. Prune the stalks off in winter and it will reshoot with a flush of new growth in Spring. ♣

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Craspedia globosa,
goes by the common name: Billy Buttons

This robust, perennial herb has woolly, silvery leaves to about 30 cm in length, growing in dense tufts. The erect flower stems can be up to 80 cm long with one happy, yellow button flowerhead swaying at the end. You see them in blossom in Spring and Summer.

Billy Buttons like the sun, they are hardy and may thrive in most soils. ♣

Eucalyptus cadens,
goes by the common name:

Warby Range Swamp Gum

In 2003, 25 seedlings of this threatened local eucalyptus were planted on the island in Fosters Lake. They are doing well, just about all are still there and have grown to about 10 meters height - as seen in the photo here.

• Read more about the
Warby Range Swamp Gum. ♣