The mid-west of WA is famous for its wildflowers, with the centres of Geraldton and Kalbarri considered the go-to places for wildflower enthusiasts.
The region bursts with colour and variety every year.
It’s predicted that this year’s season will be the biggest that the region’s seen in more than a decade. The Geraldton Visitor Centre and Australia’s Coral Coast have spotted the following blooms so far this year.
Green Head and Leeman:
- Templetonia Rretusa (Cockies Tongue)
- Scarlet feather flowers
Visit Stockyard Gully Reserve, Beekeepers Nature Reserve and Lake Logue Nature Reserve for blooming wildflowers between July and October.
Canna
- Spider orchid
- Donkey orchid
- Ant orchid
- Pink Candy orchid
- Snail orchid
- Vanilla Sun orchid
Cue
- Eremophilas
- Bush tomato
- Eremophila rostrata Chinnock subs rostrata
Wildflowers are appearing along roadside verges between Paynes Find and Cue.
Geraldton
Walk along Chapman River to view flowers and wildlife, or join a volunteer on the weekend for a guided walking tour.
Kalbarri
Kalbarri town
- Flannel Bush
- Wattle
- Round Leaf Grevillea
Kalbarri Coastal Cliffs
- Flowers blooming on Mushroom Valley walk trail between Rainbow Valley and Mushroom Rock
- Spider Orchids (Caladenia)
- Eight Nancy (Wurmbea tenella)
- Murchison Rose (Diplolaena grandiflora)
- Grevillea (Grevillea commuata)
- Coastal Ray flower
- Guinea flower (hibbertia scandens)
- Claw Flower
Kalbarri National Park Inland Gorges
Flowers are blooming at Ross Graham and Hawks Head along the road and carpark.
Keep an eye out for these flowers at Nature’s Window, Z-Bend, and the Loop walking trail:
- Golden Wattle
- Native Yam
- Purple Starflower (Patersonia accidentalis)
- Leschenaultia Grevillea
Lesueur National Park
- Banksia prionotes
- Hibbertia hypericoides
- Drosera micrantha
- Astroloma macrocalyx (Native Cranberry)
- Leucopogon parviflorus (Coast Beard-Heath)
- Acacia lasiocarpa
- Acacia rostellifera
- Bossiaea eriocarpa
- Anigozanthos humilis (Catspaw)
- Conostylis candicans (Grey Cottonheads)
- Melaleuca radula (Graceful Honey Myrtle)
- Yellow Hakea Eneabba
- Thryptomene
- Fan Flowers
- Winter Bells
Orchids now blooming:
- Pterostylis sanguinea
- Caladenia flava subsp. flava Cowslip
- Diuris recurva
- Caladenia longicauda subsp. borealis
- Pheladenia deformis
- Prasophyllum gracile
- Thelymitra antennifera (Vanilla Orchid)
- Thelymitra apiculata
- Thelymitra variegata (Queen of Sheba)
Mingenew
Coalseam Conservation Park
- Yellow everlastings
Depot Hill
- Pink everlastings
- Orchids (Snail, Donkey, Spider, Cowslips, Purple Tassels)
Mullewa
- Purple Fairy orchid
- Snail orchids
- Sundew
- Acacia
- Eremophilas
- Everlastings
- Wreath flowers 30km east of Mullewa
Take Old Mingenew Road for Wilson's Grevillea, Pom Poms and Acacias.
Pindar
- Turn left on the Pindar-Berringarra road and drive for 10km to see Wreath Flowers.
Tenendiwa
- Everlastings
Three Springs
- Visit Wilson Nature Reserve and the Arrowsmith area for orchids
Last updated September 2018
