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What are people planting now ?
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Posted by agnes_wa WA Aust (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 05 at 6:20
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Have been on a plant buying frenzy (what's new?) and have planted the following -
blue smoke bush
grevillea nudiflora
prostrate woolly bush
yellow calothamnus called Starlight
20 lillypillies "elegance"
14 westringias "Wynabie Gem"
and sundry other more common natives and exotics.
My banksia hookerianas are flowering - extremely excited - and my banksia littoralis has got some promising new growth.
Hope everyone elses gardens are jumping about.
Aggie |
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RE: What are people planting now ?
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You have been busy, I got my three free trees from the council so I have planted
Xanhostemon chrysanthus ( Golden Penda)
Brakhousia myrtifolia ( Grey myrtle)
Stenocarpus ( Firewheel tree)
I have also grown over the Summer from seed lots of Caesalpinca ferrea trees (Leopardwood tree)I have planted three in my garden this week and the rest I have given away. Next week I will be getting some flowering gum tree seedlings so no more after that as the garden is full.
MM |
RE: What are people planting now ?
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- Posted by Popi NSW Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 24, 05 at 1:19
| Hi Aggie My garden is jumping about. We have had a lot of rain, here on the Central Coast, and the garden has grown so much over the summer. Today I was removing the dreaded Blackberry from amoungst my Grevillea "Poorinda Royal Mantle". A wonderful dense ground cover, that has covered a large bank in my garden. I gave up, after the ants beseiged me and out of the corner of my eye I spied a green tree snake hanging about in a nearby fern! I know they dont hurt buy it is a snake!! Blackberry is a menace, so spikey and invasive. over and out from this neck of the woods. Popi |
RE: What are people planting now ?
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| Hi Agnes. You are brave to plant now!! I am holding off until we get some rain - if it ever comes. What type of soil do you have? I have a philosophy of "3 strikes and you're out" - thus with Grev.nudiflora and I so love the plant. The Calothamnus sounds good - will give it a try. Cheers, Laurie |
RE: What are people planting now ?
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| Hi all - Mistymorn - the garden can never be full ;) Popi - yikes, a snake !! I think I would have screamed and ran ! Laurie - I am down near Burswood - near the river. Cruddy soil really - water repellant, poor quality. Am going up the Hills to the native nursery this weekend - one of my correas packed it in and I am buying a replacement. Didn't intend to plant during a 35 + heatwave - boy, was the 42 degree day a stinker !! I was thinking that as it was theoretically now autumn it was good to go. Anyway, my starter tubes are doing ok. Peversely, they seem to be responding to the heat and actually have grown over the last couple of days. The calothamnus is gorgeous and from Lulfitz. Aggie |
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