In my job, there are lots of plants that I see all the time and there are others that I rarely see. So far this week, I have come across a couple that I rarely, if ever, normally see.

First up is the cardboard palm, or Zamia furfuraceae. This is a cycad that I have never seen before. This native of Mexico looks fabulous where it sits on a rooftop garden. It gets some wind and sits in the sun all day, with the tough, leathery leaves making this the best looking plant in the whole garden!

This rather interesting looking fern is also a new one on me. The nest two photos are the leaves (with the underside and its spores in the second photo) of house holly fern, or Cyrtomium falcatum. I do find this a rather delightful fern, but it is considered a weed here in the state of New South Wales, Australia (which makes sense, as I found it peering out from under some philodendron yesterday).

This pretty daisy is an Osteospermum. I don’t see many white daisies about these days, so I thought that this was a rather nice one to see, even though white isn’t my favourite colour.

Working on a new site is always interesting, with the combinations of plants sometimes great and others leaving me scratching my head!