Lomandra Love
Posted on 22 June, 2015 by Connecting Country
The Friends of Campbells Creek are holding an unusual event this Sunday to help establish more butterfly habitat.
“We’re challenging ourselves to our biggest plant out yet: over 1,700 butterfly plants in two hours” says spokesperson Ian Higgins. The Group is focusing on establishing Lomandras—plants that look like a bit like a grass, but have attractive nectar bearing flowers.
Ian says “Lomandras are one of the creek-side species that disappeared in the gold rush. We’re excited to be putting so many back as not only are Lomandras essential food plants for butterflies, we’ve discovered they’re easy to establish and are very tough, staying green all year without watering.”
To introduce more people to Lomandra love, the Group is offering free plants for helpers at the Sunday planting event. Ian says “the more indigenous plants there are in the district, the better for our local fauna. Lomandras are perfect for any garden as they don’t take up much space and look great all year round”.
Here’s an article on how you can support or attract butterflies in your own garden.
The event runs from 10:00 am until midday, Sunday the 28th of June starting at the footbridge over the creek. Here’s a link to a map. Get there by heading south from the parking area at the end of Lewis Drive, Castlemaine. Light refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Three of our local Lomandra species – how could you not love them!
On local lomandras – praps it worth adding that the lomandra with the delicate stem flowers which look like a dried flower arrangement paid me with flowers to put in vases – they still look great – love my lomandras