Having navigated their way through summer, many Australian natives at the Illawarra Grevillea Park Botanic Gardens are now showing signs of bursting into flower. Most notable are the banksias which are covered in hundreds of cones.

Visitors are always in awe of the mass planting of the Bush Candles, and this year they look better than ever.

A walk around the Park will reveal many different varieties of banksia. Flower colour ranges from golden yellow, to orange and red. There is even a gunmetal cone that belongs to Banksia plagiocarpa.

Elsewhere in the park, the grevilleas are budding up. Visitors will be able to see grevilleas from all over Australia. Look out for stand out hybrids such as ‘Bulli Envy’, ‘Crowning Glory’ and ‘Autumn Blaze’.

The Grevillea Park is at Grevillea Park Rd, Bulli and will be open on the first two weekends in May from 10am-4pm (May 6 and 7; May 13 and 14).

More info: Illawarragrevilleapark.com.au or Facebook “Illawarra Grevillea Park”