Australian Bush Essences

Ian White, a fifth-generation Australian herbalist, developed a deep connection with nature while growing up in Australia. The rich biodiversity and diverse flora of his homeland nurtured his profound bond with the natural world, laying the foundation for his journey into natural healing and holistic remedies.

I truly believe that flower essences are a magical gift to us from the plant world that may help us maintain good health and wellbeing.

Read how the Australian Bush Essences harness the power from each single flower to support a specific emotional need.

How To Select an Essence...

Take a deep breath, centre yourself, look at the video or images and see which flower or tree image(s) you are drawn to for support right now – trust your instinct.

OR

Hover over each image, read the brief description for each flower or tree essence and see which resonates with you.

Flowers

Alpine Mint Bush

You are experiencing mental and emotional exhaustion (particularly in carers), lack of joy and weight of responsibility.

Angelsword

You have negatively held psychic energies to release and are experiencing interference with true spiritual connection to higher self.

Autumn Leaves

To ease the transition of the letting go and passing over from the physical plane to the spiritual world.

Banksia Robur

You feel disheartened, lethargic, frustrated and have a loss of drive and enthusiasm.

Bauhinia

You feel resistance to change, rigidity and reluctance.

Billy Goat Plum

You feel shame, inability to accept self and your physical body - physical loathing.

Black-eyed Susan

You are impatient, always ‘on the go’, over committed and constantly striving.

Bluebell

Your heart is closed to trust and abundance. You have a fear of lack, greed or rigidity.

Boab

You are experiencing enmeshment in negative family patterns and may have been the recipient of abuse and/or prejudice.

Boronia

You are having obsessive thoughts, pining or you are broken hearted.

Bottlebrush

You have unresolved ‘mother issues’ or you are feeling overwhelmed by major life changes such as old age, adolescence, parenthood, pregnancy, approaching death.

Bush Fuchsia

You feel ‘switched off’ and are ignoring your ‘gut’ feelings. You experience nervousness around public speaking.

Bush Gardenia

Your relationships have become stale. Your attention is on self-interests – busy in your own world.

Bush Iris

You have a deep-seated fear of death. There may also be materialism and/or atheism.

Calophyllum

You doubt your ability and leadership skills. Preferring to stay in one’s comfort zone, waiting for others to lead and act. This may result in a lack of commitment.

Christmas Bell

You have a sense of lack including lack of abundance and poor stewardship of one’s possessions.

Crowea

You continually worry and have a sense of being ‘not quite right’.

Dagger Hakea

You feel resentment and bitterness towards close family, friends or lovers.

Dog Rose of the Wild Forces

You fear losing control/hysteria because of intense emotions. You are experiencing inner pain/turmoil with no apparent cause.

Dog Rose

You feel shy, insecure and apprehensive with other people. Often experiencing niggling fears.

Five Corners

You have low self-esteem and dislike of self. Feeling crushed, held in personality – clothing may be drab and colourless.

Flannel Flower

You dislike being touched and may be uncomfortable with intimacy. Lack of sensitivity in males.

Freshwater Mangrove

Your heart is closed due to expectations or prejudices which have been taught, not personally experienced.

Fringed Violet

You have experienced damage to your aura from shock, grief or distress. You lack psychic protection.

Green Essence

You are suffering from skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis and fungal infections. Used to clean the system of yeast, mould and parasites.

Green Spider Orchid

You experience nightmares and phobias from past life experiences and/or intense negative reactions to the sight of blood.

Grey Spider Flower

You experience terror and have a fear of the supernatural and psychic attack.

Gymea Lily

You can appear arrogant, attention seeking, craving status/glamour with a dominating and over-riding personality.

Hibbertia

You are fanatical about self-improvement, driven to acquire knowledge and have excessive self-discipline.

Illawara Flame Tree

You feel an overwhelming sense of rejection and a fear of responsibility.

Isopogon

You have an inability to learn from past experience and can display a stubborn, controlling personality.

Jacaranda

You are often scattered, changeable, dithering and rushing.

Kangaroo Paw

You struggle to interact properly with other people: can be inept, insensitive and clumsy.

Kapok Bush

You have a tendency to give up very easily, you are easily discouraged and half hearted.

Lichen

You wish to transition into the light with ease when passing over.

Little Flannel Flower

You deny the child within and regard life as a serious experience. Useful for children who have grown up much too quickly and take on the troubles of the world at a young age.

Macrocarpa

You feel drained, jaded and simply worn out.

Mint Bush

You are going through spiritual trials and tribulations, being tested to your limits before emerging at a new spiritual level.

Monga Waratah

You feel disempowered, overly needy (co-dependency), not feeling strong enough to do things alone but needing the support and strength of others. You may have an addictive personality.

Mountain Devil

You have feelings of hatred, anger and jealously and may be suspicious of others: all of which can be blocks to expressing love.

Mulla Mulla

You have fear or are uncomfortable around fire, heat, the sun or hot objects.

Old Man Banksia

You are feeling weary, frustrated and disheartened by setbacks. Life may feel heavy and slow moving.

Paw Paw

You feel overwhelmed, unable to resolve problems and burdened by decision.

Peach-flowered Tea Tree

You experience mood swings, lack of experience to follow through projects, become easily bored and may be a hypochondriac, often with a fear of getting old.

Philotheca

You have an inability to accept acknowledgement, praise, excessive generosity and to ‘let in’ love.

Pink Flannel Flower

You have a feeling of life being dull and flat, lacking joy and appreciation for the everyday aspects of life.

Pink Mulla Mulla

You appear guarded or prickly as you keep people at a distance to avoid getting hurt. You have experienced a deep spiritual wound leading to a deep scar on the soul and psyche.

Red Grevillea

You feel stuck and tend to be over reliant on others. Being oversensitive you are deeply affected by criticism and unpleasant people.

Red Helmet Orchid

You have unresolved father issues, which can manifest as a rebellious attitude to authority figures. You may sometimes be hot headed.

Red Lily

You feel scattered, disconnected, not whole, vague and split. You suffer from lack of focus and daydreaming.

Red Suva Frangipani

You feel grief, sadness and upset either over a relationship that has ended or is at rock bottom, or, the death of a loved one. You are experiencing emotional upheaval, turmoil and rawness.

Rough Bluebell

You are deliberately hurtful, manipulative, exploitive or malicious. Maybe playing the role of the martyr.

She Oak

You experience female imbalance which may include an inability to conceive for non-physical reasons.

Silver Princess

You feel flat, aimless and despondent. Experiencing lack of direction, possibly at a crossroads in your life.

Slender Rice Flower

You can be prejudice, racist, narrow minded and lack humility – comparing yourself with others.

Southern Cross

You have a tendency to feel you are a victim, have been hard done by. Often complaining, bitter, acting the martyr and with a poverty consciousness.

Spinifex

You have sense if bring a victim to and having no control over illness – especially if you have persistent and recurring symptoms.

Sturt Desert Pea

You feel emotional pain, deep hurt and sadness.

Sturt Desert Rose

You feel guilt, regret and remorse and have low self-esteem – often easily led.

Sundew

You are vague, indecisive and do not pay attention to detail. For those who appear ‘split’, daydreamers and who struggle to focus or are easily distracted.

Sunshine Wattle

You are stuck in the past when times may have been difficult. Expectation is for a grim struggle, bleakness, hard times and disappointment in the future.

Sydney Rose

You experience feelings of being separated, deserted, disconnected or unloved.

Tall Mulla Mulla

You feel uncomfortable being with or mixing with others. For people who enjoy being alone and will often go to any length to keep the peace, even it means agreeing to or saying things you don’t believe.

Tall Yellow Top

You have no feeling of connection or sense of belonging to a family, workplace, country, self etc. Alienation often results in the head or intellect taking over the heart.

Turkey Bush

You have disbelief in your own creative ability because of creative blocks and discouragement.

Waratah

You are experiencing a ‘dark night of the soul’ – despair, hopelessness or an inability to respond to a crisis.

Wedding Bush

You have difficulty in committing yourself to relationships, employment, the family or personal goals.

Wild Potato Bush

You feel heavy and need to step out of the old self, but feel it is difficult to do so. For people who feel burdened or frustrated by any physical restriction or limitation with their body.

Wisteria

You feel uncomfortable with your sexuality, unable to relax and enjoy sex or uncomfortable with physical intimacy and/or sensuality. For the ‘macho male’ to be more aware of his softer, feminine side.

Yellow Cowslip Orchid

You can have a tendency to be excessively critical, judgemental, bureaucratic or may ‘nit-pick’.