Australian Wildflower Crewneck Sweatshirts

Vintage artwork has been digitally enhanced to bring back the original beauty. Original art by Rosa Fiveash, 1937. Source: State Library of South Australia

Drawn and designed in Ballarat, Australia.

Lovely little Australian Everlasting Paper Daisies hand drawn and designed in Ballarat, Australia.

I love an everlasting Daisy. So many wonderful native varieties to be had in Australia. Enjoy this 80s inspired, colourful design, hand drawn then digitally reworked in Ballarat, Australia.

Taken at Coober Pedy on a South Australian Photography tour I hosted in 2019

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countryside wildflowers black and white

One of Australians much loved Everlasting Daisy's.

Australian Goodenia drawn and designed in Ballarat Australia.

Drawn and designed in Ballarat, Australia

Australian Goodenia drawn and designed in Ballarat Australia.

This is my entry for the local Wildflower Festival's annual art competition. I spent an entire weekend hunting for wildflowers, which may be hard to tell based on how I opted to use mostly leaves in this. What can I say? I'm a sucker for greenery.

This is a ripe Kangaroo Apple - Solanum spp. These are very common in Southern Australia, with gorgeous purple flowers, followed by yellow fruits, which turn red when ripe. I'm told the ripe berries are edible, but since they are related to Deadly Nightshade I'm not game to risk it!

these beautiful plants grow on the Coastal heath country of northern NSW Australia. flowering around December gave them their names.People used to collect them to decorate their homes for Christmas. These plants are now protected.

This is Burgan, a Summer flowering shrub from the woodlands of Southern Australia. It's long stamens are quite striking. I found this glorious example in the Baluk Willam Reserve in Belgrave South, Victoria, Australia.

I think Spotted Sun Orchids are one of the prettiest of our native orchids - and this is a really good specimen! Their botanical name is Thelymitra Ixioides and this one was found at Baluk Willam Reserve in Belgrave South, Victoria, Australia.

This beautiful little orchid has 2 common names - Wax Lips or Parson In The Pulpit - but its proper name is Glossodia Major, and yes it really is that vivid purple! Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

Trigger Plants are quite common in the woodlands of Southern Australia. This one is a Grass Trigger Plant (Stylidium Graminifolium), so called because it looks like a clump of grass until it flowers! The flowers are tiny and spread out along a tall stem so very difficult to photograph. They have a tiny trigger which flicks pollen onto any insect which comes close enough.

Early Nancy - Wurumbea Dioica - has a much easier to remember common name. These dainty little flowers come out in Spring and prove that beautiful things come in small packages - the flowers are around 8 - 10mm across. This one was on show at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

Casuarina Littoralis (Black Sheoke) is a common small tree in Southern Australia. It has male and female trees, so they only produce seed when they are near each other. This is a female tree with a flower. These flowers are tiny and easy to miss, but worth a close inspection.

Couldn't resist this beautiful little orchid. Brown spots on its petals show why its called a Leopard Orchid. Orchid season is definitely under way at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

This is one of Australia's favourite flowers - native to Western Australia - they can be seen in gardens, parks and nature strips all over Australia. Its popular name is Bottlebrush - for obvious reasons - proper name is Callistemon.

These Butterfly Flags (Diplarena Moraea) look quite familiar - they are part of the Iris family. This species is native to Australia - although not common.

this is from my reduction multi-coloured linocut "wattle"

This is called a Tall Greenhood - Pterostylis Longifolia. Because of the drought this lovely specimen was about half the size they usually grow to. Greenhood orchids are usually common in the woodlands of Victoria in Spring, but have become much harder to find in recent times.

Definitely a weed - but very common - and very pretty when in flower. This Milk Thistle - also known as Scotch Thistle - (Silybum spp) has attracted a honey bee for a feed of nectar.

Green Comb Spider orchids (Caladenia Dilatata) are one of the easier flowers to identify - the green comb along each side is unmistakable!

I could just see this Bougainvillea vine over the back of the tree outside my window last year. This year it's really grown and covers most of the tree - quite spectacular!

Ear Sundews are starting to appear at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve in Victoria, Australia - and this one has caught its supper already!

Ear Sundews ( Drosera Auriculata) have delicate pink flowers - only when the sun comes out. Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

There are several species of bird orchids in Victoria, and this is one of the less common ones - Chiloglottis Cornuta. A lady from a local walking group told me she had seen bird orchids in one spot in the reserve in previous years, so I went to check it out, and was delighted to find this species in flower! Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

Flowers are hard to find in Winter - so these Correas are a welcome sight in the woodlands of Victoria, Australia. The flowers can be either red or green - sometimes on bushes next to each other. The common name is Native Fuschia - for obvious reasons!

A common native shrub in Victoria, the tiny yellow flowers appear in Spring and keep going thru to Autumn. The flowers are only 7 to 8mm across so was a challenge to get a sharp photo. Taken at Shepherd's Bush, Victoria, Australia.

The Billardiera vine is common - and quite inconspicuous - in the woodlands of Victoria, Australia. It produces these pretty flowers in Spring, followed by the purple berries, from which it gets its name.

Christmas Bells Wildflower (Blandfordia grandiflora)

Designed in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Based on the iconic Australian desert flower which is found in central Australian deserts.