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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

Cool Country Natives

NSW

Burringbar Rainforest Nursery

Growing Friends Nursery

Harvest Seeds & Native Plants

Mullum Creek Native Nursery

Muswellbrook Forest Nursery

Randwick Community Nursery

Sustainable Natives

Sydney Wildflower Nursery

Wirin Wirra Nursery, Tomerong

QLD

Barung Native Plant Nursery

Bunya Nurseries

Brush Turkey Enterprises

CDTLI Bush Garden Nursery - Townsville

Coolum Community Native Nursery

Forest Heart

Kumbartcho Nursery

Paten Park Native Nursery

SA

Provenance Indigenous Plants

State Flora

TAS

Habitat Plants

Plants of Tasmania Nursery

VIC

Bili Nursery, Port Melbourne

Candlebark Community Nursery

Carrum Indigenous Nursery Inc.

CERES Nursery (Bushfoods)

Frankston Indigenous Nursery

Kuranga Native Nursery

La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary

Newport Lakes Native Nursery

Otways Indigenous Nursery

St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Co-operative

Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Co-operative

WA

Apace

Lullfitz Nursery

Zanthorrea Nursery

Related subs:

r/ausenviro

r/australianfish

r/australianbirds

r/australianplantswap

r/australianwildlife

r/botany

r/ecology

r/gardenwild

Useful links:

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Conservation Volunteers

Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains

Grow Me Instead

Native or indigenous: do you know the difference?

Nature Share

The flower in the top right hand corner is Chrysocephalum semipapposum, Clustered Everlasting.

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Well drained soil mix for natives

Wood Wide Web

My viewers on YouTube voted for this #livestream... trying for 2.30pm AEST if anyone here is interested.

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2024/05/05
04:10 UTC

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What is this evil weed

In Darwin, we have two of these horrible trees that just won’t die.

They have a big deep trunk with big nasty roots and milky sap in the leaves.

We are currently trying to dig one out but it’s a serious job. How do I murder this so it never comes back.

23 Comments
2024/05/03
08:09 UTC

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Thank you to those who responded to my earlier post... here's where I am at now

4 Comments
2024/04/30
22:50 UTC

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What Australian Native plants would be the easiest to grow inside from seed?

I'm in Canada. Would like to try to grow some species. I really australian legumes but I have a feel like they wouldn't be the easiest to grow.

23 Comments
2024/04/26
00:50 UTC

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Are there any current efforts like this being done in Australia?

22 Comments
2024/04/24
00:10 UTC

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Please help identify

Location Bunbury Western Australia

9 Comments
2024/04/22
05:16 UTC

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Complete newbie wanting to grow Cupressus Macrocarpa from cutting

Hi everyone!

There is a huge cupressus macrocarpa at my childhood primary school (I’m 35 now) that has been marked for removal. They’re building new rooms.

It’s been there for many decades, I have so many fond memories of playing imaginatively in its branches; the base is shaped somewhat like a motorbike. It’s lovely.

I live in a residential area in Tasmania. I just really want a piece of this tree to continue living 😔 any ideas or advice? I have literally never grown a cutting before. I don’t even know how to take one! Obviously I’ll do some Googling but would love to hear your advice too, thank you!

2 Comments
2024/04/21
07:58 UTC

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What is this shrub?

Hi all, just wondering what this shrub is? I have others that have grown quite big (3m in height) so it likes my garden, hence the interest in trying to get some more going.

https://preview.redd.it/ez5fa1sesivc1.jpg?width=2081&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa71c474a310accab8a5e278abf7fd67767df979

Thank you

6 Comments
2024/04/17
13:39 UTC

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Could this be a dwarf wattle? (Melb, VIC)

I repotted this from a garden bed which i filled with native wild flowers seeds. I gave up on the garden bed recently, as my cat kept digging everything up, but I noticed this guy looked different to all the other grasses and weeds.

19 Comments
2024/04/17
08:41 UTC

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Friend or Foe? One of a number of individuals currently taking residents on my Grevillea lanigera (Mt Tamboritha).

3 Comments
2024/04/17
00:34 UTC

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What is this plant? (Sydney)

I want to plant some of these in my garden since the combination of these white flowers, banksias and native grasses make birds very happy! I’ve tried looking it up but I can’t find what it is??

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2024/04/17
00:08 UTC

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Native plant profiles - what's your interest?

Hi there, I am passionate about Australian plants and I have a blog and youtube channel to explore and share my experiences in the garden. I have started a series of plant profiles '90 Second Natives" where I try to share everything I know about a specific plant in 90 seconds. The problem is that it's hard to choose which plants to prioritise featuring. This seems like the perfect community to ask... Which plants would grab your interest?

17 Comments
2024/04/16
12:56 UTC

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Fertiliser for grafted finger lime

I have a grafted finger lime (Judy’s Everbearing) and after a few years I need to repot it and I realised I am not entirely sure what food I should be giving it. Native specific food, or citrus fertiliser? I usually use Neutrog Bush Tucker for my natives or Neutrog citrus for my other citrus. I think they’re both made from a base of chook poo.

It gets worm castings / worm tea and a bit of seaweed/fish soil conditioner, but it’s finally starting to set some fruit so I want to make sure it gets the best chance (aka I get the best chance to eat the fruit ;) )

Would love some guidance!

6 Comments
2024/04/14
21:59 UTC

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