Pultenaea 'Flat As'
Norries Headland, Cabarita Beach
Pultenaea marítima in its natural habitat on Norries Headland
Why is Pultenaea ‘Flat As’ such a special little plant? Well, theres more than meets the eye with this great native ground cover and it’s a story that Grounded is proud to tell.
Cabarita Beach is situated on the Tweed Coast and is blessed with a magnificent natural environment. One of the highlights is Norrie’s Headland, an iconic piece of our local landscape, 400 million years in the making. Norrie’s is home to a serious diversity of native plants that survive and flourish amongst the harshest of conditions. One of these is Pultenaea maritima, officially listed as a vulnerable species and restricted to the grassland communities found on headlands along the coast of New South Wales, north of Newcastle.
In 2013, the owners and staff at the east coast's leading native wholesale nursery, Gondwana Nursery and Gardening Australia's Angus Stewart, came to Cabarita and were taken on a walking tour of some of our native bushland with Grounded's owner Christian Ellis. One visit was Norries Headland, where samples of Pultenea maritima were taken by the staff at Gondwana in the hope of ongoing propagation. The results were brilliant and Gondwana officially released Pultenea ‘Flat As’ in 2014 to the wider plant market, helping increase the species chances of survival. A fantastic result and a credit to Joy, Gahan and crew at Gondwana Nursery.
Pultenea ‘Flat As’ is your very own piece of Norries Headland that you can have in your home garden... which is pretty special!
For more information on Pultenaea maritime, go here: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10939
You can also visit the Gondwana Nursery on Facebook and Angus Stewart's fantastic native plant website.