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Spring wildflowers

As we crawl out from our blanket cocoons that shielded us against the winter chill, you’ll notice that the days are a little longer and the weather is a little warmer, which can only mean one thing: spring has arrived!

This seasonal shift signals a change in nature as well, with plants and animals producing new life. One of the more obvious and visually spectacular displays of spring’s arrival is the blooming wildflowers across the Parklands. 

Flowers attract pollinators—like bees, birds, and possums—that transfer pollen between individuals, enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds and fruit. For humans, wildflowers provide a beautiful spring display to admire and photograph. However, trying to touch or pick flowers can affect a plant’s ability to reproduce and may disturb feeding pollinators.

Here is a selection of wildflowers found across the Parklands:

Yellow flowers

Two types of yellow flowers: on the left, a dense cluster of small, fluffy yellow blooms with thin green stems; on the right, larger yellow flowers with red centers and elongated petals on a leafy green bush.
Left: Fringed Wattle (Acacia fimbriata); Right: Sieber’s Parrot-Pea (Dillwynia sieberi)

 

White flowers

Two types of white flowers: on the left, small delicate white blooms clustered along thin green stems; on the right, larger fluffy white flowers with some unopened buds among green leaves.
Left: Silky Hakea (Hakea sericea); Right: Narrow-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca linariifolia)

 

Pink and purple flowers

Collage of three types of purple flowers: top left shows small pinkish-purple flowers with yellow centers growing on the ground; bottom left features vibrant purple flowers with green foliage; right section displays pale purple flowers surrounded by elongated leaves.
Left top: Little Noon-Flower (Lampranthus tegens); Left bottom: Native Lilac (Hardenbergia violacea); Right: Rusty Pods (Hovea longifolia)

 

Red flowers

Two red flowers against green foliage: a cylindrical bottlebrush flower with long, thin stamens on the left, and a grevillea flower with curved red petals and yellow tips on the right.
Left: Narrow-leaved Bottlebrush (Callistemon linearis); Right: juniper-leaf grevillea (Grevillea juniperina)

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