Hakea lissocarpha - Honey Bush (Photo DBBees)
Corymbia maculala- spotted gum SWAN is strong advocate for multipurpose use of trees. When we planted our Corymbia maculata - spotted gum - in 2009 we were "only" thinking about their use as a windbreak, screen and shelterbelt with the potential for sawlogs in the future.
Now we have bees we really appreciate their later flowering time - May to June - when compared to our native jarrah - (Nov - Dec) and marri (Jan - Mar).
Our Eucalyptus leucoxylon flowers between Mar and April and our Hakea Lissocarpha flowers from June to August, so we have trees and shrubs flowering all through autumn and winter.
There are many lists and databases around that talk about wood colour and hardness and plenty of detailed resources that describe the properties of individual species and their preferred habitat, but it is not easy to find a resource where you can easily compare species. SWAN is compiling a list that details tree height, bark colour, timber colour, flowering time, flowering colour, preferred habitat, growing form and if suitable for fodder.
See our page on Species Selection.
Now we have bees we really appreciate their later flowering time - May to June - when compared to our native jarrah - (Nov - Dec) and marri (Jan - Mar).
Our Eucalyptus leucoxylon flowers between Mar and April and our Hakea Lissocarpha flowers from June to August, so we have trees and shrubs flowering all through autumn and winter.
There are many lists and databases around that talk about wood colour and hardness and plenty of detailed resources that describe the properties of individual species and their preferred habitat, but it is not easy to find a resource where you can easily compare species. SWAN is compiling a list that details tree height, bark colour, timber colour, flowering time, flowering colour, preferred habitat, growing form and if suitable for fodder.
See our page on Species Selection.
Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea
