One of Australia’s most quietly tenacious natives, the Geraldton Wax is Named for the Western Australian coastal town where it grows most abundantly. It flowers reliably through the cooler months, producing clusters of small, waxy blooms in white, pink and deep rose that hold their shape and colour long after cutting. It is a flower that doesn’t make a fuss about the conditions. It just keeps flowering, season after season, in the wind and the cold and the salt air, without apology.

We chose it for this month because it is the bloom for the parent who keeps showing up. The Geraldton Wax doesn’t wait for perfect conditions to bloom. Neither should you.