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Wed, May 9, 12 at 20:10
| Can anyone help with suggestions of what plants might survive in an area that is hot and dry six to eight months of the year, receives reasonable rainfall for around two months, heavy rains for another two months, and usually floods for at least a week or two. In the height of the wet season a shallow creek (ankle deep) forms and flows through this garden. So far only weed grasses and a small hardy ice plant seem to survive the annual inundation.
Plants need to be small, say no more than a metre in height, preferrably lower, and no trees as this area is close to the house and the direction from which cyclones strike with greatest force. I don't want to end up with a tree through the house. |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 19:51
| There's lots of natives that do well in those sorts of conditions. What part of Qld are you in? It makes a difference to which plants would be best. Is the flooding standing water or flowing? Are you on a slope or flat ground? And what sort of soil do you have? |
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| I'm in north queensland, near Ingham. The land is fairly flat, forming a barely noticeable slope that has been cut by the water. The water does flow but it is imperceptible to the naked eye until it reaches the paved roadway, where it appears as a steady but gentle flow in the height of rainfall. It soaks in quickly once rain events stop. Soils are shallow acid-sulphate clay. Summers are hot and humid. |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Wed, May 16, 12 at 7:16
| Ingham's close to that same dryishness that Townsville has. Keeping to plants that'll stay under a metre makes it a bit more difficult. I'll check and see what I can find. Where I am we have the shorter wet and longer dry (although officially it's the other way around - October to April wet season). Will you be watering during the dry season or leaving the plants to their own devices? |
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| Might go a bit over the height, but Cannas wouldn't mind the boggy periods, but can also do it hard in dryer conditions. There are a lot of varieties including variegated. Possibly some of the hardier aroids? Though some you may need to water Otherwise have you considered some changes to the landscape to mound up higher beds and divert the floodwater? |
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