/r/australianplants
A place to appreciate, and share information about, Australian Native plants.
This reddit is about Native Australian Plants and Trees. For exotic plants and trees please go to /r/GardeningAustralia
A place to appreciate and share information about Australian flora.
This reddit is about Native Australian Plants and Trees. For exotic plants and trees please go to /r/GardeningAustralia
Questions are welcome here. Not just welcome, encouraged. A lot of us enjoy answering questions, especially when it comes to identifying plants, whether in your garden or in the bush. Please include your location and any other information you have.
Indigenous Nurseries:
ACT
Australian National Botanic Gardens
NSW
QLD
CDTLI Bush Garden Nursery - Townsville
Coolum Community Native Nursery
SA
TAS
VIC
Carrum Indigenous Nursery Inc.
St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Co-operative
Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Co-operative
WA
Related subs:
Useful links:
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains
Native or indigenous: do you know the difference?
The flower in the top right hand corner is Chrysocephalum semipapposum, Clustered Everlasting.
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NSW coast We just got a flowering gum and now a week later it’s curled? Will it die?
Hi all, looking to revegetate a property, is anyone aware of a good book for endemic species in the area? We have a lot of gum and acacia already, and looking to put in some callistemon for more bird activity.
Also what sort of plants can I use to encourage reptiles?
I live in Fremantle (near Perth)… and the leaves on my geranium has developed transparent patches
Hi! Finally got my own garden, so I’m a newly native gardener who would love to start collecting seeds and propagating to share with friends and neighbours. Be the change you want to see and all that.
Some plants like everlasting daisies and mulla mulla seem straightforward, but I’d welcome any resources/direction on what can and can’t be propagated and how to germinate when I do? For example, I know some plants need smoke?
Google was a bit overwhelming and unhelpful, I haven’t been able to locate any local gardening groups (might need to start one!) but maybe there’s some good starter resources I’m missing? :)
West of Melbourne, and with limited space but keen to maximize what I do with it.
Any direction appreciated.
My Apple berry plant (billardiera scandens) is fruiting prolifically now, and I’ve been harvesting the ripe berries morning and evening for the last few days.
I’ve got about half a cup stored in the fridge, as I thought about making some jam, but half a cup doesn’t really seem like enough to do much with. I could see myself having maybe up to 2 cups, given another week or so. But I’d be worried about the berries going off in the fridge that long.
Anyone got tips for what to do with them? Should I just start freezing them as I harvest them, until I’ve got enough to make a jam?
Also, if anyone has some neat jam recipes (or other recipes) for apple berries, I’d love to know! I haven’t been able to find much at all on Google, and CoPilot/Google seems to think I’m talking about some other plant entirely (or talking about mixing apples and berries together).
Located outer east Melbourne.
I planted a Correa in a space that is in shade until 12pm and then full sun for the rest of the day, along with some midgim berries, brachyscome multifida, and leptospermums. The Correa was about 15 cm high and a bit root bound. I didn’t tease out roots because I read that natives don’t like that, might have been a mistake idk. These were planted just before the last burst of rain in mid December (I know that’s not ideal don’t @ me lol)
Everything else is going gangbusters but the Correa is dying. What do you think, wrong place, wrong time, other factor? If I have made a mistake then it is what it is, but maybe I shouldn’t go for another Correa in this position. I haven’t planted them before.
I have a scant 30cm of excellent dirt that I put down over horrible clay.
Not a huge deal over a single plant but I would like to know how to garden better. Might just be don’t plant in summer 😜
Also, autocorrect keeps capitalising Correa because our Chilean friend’s name is Correa and I don’t want to edit it :)
Never seen this cross weave pattern under the bark of a tree before
This is a rescued seedling and I’m still trying to work out what this plant could be. Google image search suggests that it could be crabapple or some sort of plum?