Jeffrey Drive, Ringwood

Jeffrey Drive, Ringwood

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Posted 2021-02-18 by Neil Follettfollow
Jeffrey Drives meanders for one km from Oban Road to Mullum Mullum Road.


It's a well-established area so gardens are also well established and flourishing with verdant foliage interspersed with some very colourful flowering bushes and stand-alone flowers.


Some of the many flowering bushes are not seen much these days; Lasiandra and the Pandorea which is a climbing plant native to Eastern Australian forests.




An Abelia bush with its white flowers and red leaves against a background of green leaves looks spectacular. Although very common the white, Agapanthus can also look spectacular in good lighting conditions.




When you have densely vegetated old gardens, weeds tend to hide before springing forth. One such occasion was the appearance of a blackberry bush, complete with blackberries.


Always a pleasure to see and photograph is the red flowering gum, spectacular from both near and afar.


Some individual performers were several Kangaroo Paws and the strangely named Dusty Miller. The Kangaroo Paws were in a verge garden which was its main vegetation. A real mob of them.




On my street walks, I see very few dogs. Apart from ones taking their owners for walks. It was a surprise to see two just standing in a front yard looking like they were guarding something. They were. No barking, no growling as they were tin dogs. At their feet was a plaque reading "Treasured, Loved & Faithful. Friends at Rest." Those friends were probably under the plaque.


A man and a real dog taking a stroll were the only walkers seen.


The highlight of this walk was near the Mullum Mullum Road end. A landscaped verge garden was the first sight of what was to come.


The whole front yard was full of small trees, flowers in pots, shrubs and lots of garden ornaments.




Prominent among the items was a bird feeder which was home to a pot plant.


It seemed a delightful way of not having a lawn to mow. Several houses sported verge gardens, making for a pleasant walk.

Always on the lookout for avian activity, I was only rewarded with the introduced pest called an Indian Myna and the useful Wattle Bird.





For most of the distance, Jeffrey Drive parallels the Mullum Mullum Creek walking trail, which runs behind the south side houses. The trail can be accessed in two spots with bushy walkways between houses.

In densely vegetated gardens, climbing roses seem to thrive and always impress with their vibrant colours.


Non-flowering plants like the Aeonium succulent are becoming very popular. Maybe because they are low maintenance and almost a plant and forget plant.



This drive is quite steep at the Mullum Mullum Road end and not suitable for wheelchairs but a slow drive past would allow the verge gardens to be appreciated.

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