20. Atherton Tablelands - Tea House Gardens

Tuesday 23 September

The gardens surrounding the Lake Barrine Tea House are magnificant, with ferns, kauri, and brightly coloured tropical plants.

Tea House Ferns

A Shady Spot

Elkhorn

The Elkhorn fern is an epiphyte, growing on the trunks and branches of trees. Each plant is composed of a mass of plantlets. A plantlet consists of a nest leaf 12-30 cm wide, lying against the bark of the host tree. The nest leaves of neighbouring plantlets overlap one another.


Cordyline Rubra

I saw many of these bright red leafed plants in Queensland - they are hardy and drought restistant and can grow in either full sun or part shade.

Collage

This is a collage of some of the flowers in the garden.