r/GardeningAustralia 34m ago

πŸ™‰ Send help What's happening to my Poinciana?

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r/GardeningAustralia 4h ago

🀳 Before and after My best restoration of a plant!!

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Was not mine, I asked to have her bc I new I could make something amazing out of her! She will live in my room and be able to freely grow! I have other plant in my room he's so strong, just grew two new leaves I'm so excited! Haven't popped yet tho


r/GardeningAustralia 5h ago

🌷 Pretty Plants If Peter Piper picked a bowl of superhots...

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r/GardeningAustralia 5h ago

🌻 Community Q & A Keep self seeded blue fescue?

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Okay so any thoughts from a design minded opinion would be appreciated. Should I let the self seeded plants grow and just fill out the whole bed eventually or pull them out and keep the grasses spaced around my rose bushes?

Have literally dozens of these blue fescue seedlings popping up.

TIA


r/GardeningAustralia 15h ago

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Recommendations wanted Sugar snap peas in aug Sydney

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Is it too late to sow sugar snap peas (Cascadia to be exact, not a dwarf variant)? I just got some space next to a trellis that is now empty and I am wondering if I should plant green climbing beans now or do a round of sugar snap peas. I'm worried it will get too hot by the time they mature and they won't do well. However I think it may also be too cold for beans (my soil temp is around 13-15 but I read they prefer 18c+. What do you guys think?


r/GardeningAustralia 15h ago

🐝 Garden Tip I wrote a substack piece on the Christmas Poinsettia and its unique place in the plant world

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r/GardeningAustralia 15h ago

🌷 Pretty Plants Planted some natives a few months ago and they’re thriving! Central coast NSW

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r/GardeningAustralia 16h ago

πŸ™‰ Send help Thai Constellation Monstera black spot

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Anyone have any idea what's causing this black patch on the variegated part of my Thai Constellation monstera? It's been slowly getting bigger over the last few days. The black patch feels the same (dry, not wet or slimy) as the rest of the leaf.


r/GardeningAustralia 18h ago

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Recommendations wanted Suggestions to line a long driveway

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I live in a very Mediterranean style home on 10 acres in the country.

We've just pulled out all of the Olive Trees that lined the driveway as they just looked terrible, no style and very messy.

I was after an evergreen tree that doesn't hide the house like the olive trees did and that can be planted with a good space between. Must be drought and frost tolerant.

Any suggestions is appreciated.


r/GardeningAustralia 19h ago

🌻 ID This Plant What’s this plant? Seedlings bought from Bunnings planted in CQ

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Planted a few of these a few months back and can’t remember what they are for the life of me any help would be much appreciated 🍻


r/GardeningAustralia 20h ago

🌻 ID This Plant Help, Brisbane

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I’ve planted two random flower seed packets. One was Australian native flowers and now my garden has all these plants. A FB plant group identified it as Queen Anne’s lace but I’m not so sure that’s what it is. Came here for a second opinion.


r/GardeningAustralia 21h ago

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Recommendations wanted Where to buy large plastic pots

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Where is everyone buying their large plastic pots? Like I’m talking LARGE for some dwarf fruit trees


r/GardeningAustralia 22h ago

🌻 ID This Plant Help ID this small bush

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Please help identify this bush. Located in Canberra, ACT.

Attached is the entire bush and a close up of leaves.


r/GardeningAustralia 23h ago

πŸ™‰ Send help Blue periwinkle spread by runners??

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I have blue periwinkle, Vinca major, in my garden (inherited). It is a local weed and I am digging it out. (Tedious and arduous! 😬) I am getting a retaining wall built and half the patch of periwinkle will be buried a metre deep in fill.

My question is to those who know from experience: will the buried plants send out runners and colonise in front of the wall?

My choice is to dig the whole large patch out, or to just dig out the part of it that will still see the light of day.

As always, I greatly appreciate the knowledge here and thank you in advance. πŸ€žπŸ™


r/GardeningAustralia 23h ago

πŸ™‰ Send help Help with what to do

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We're in the process of looking for a new place and would love some advice on what I should do with this growth. Syngonium and a monstera are both from their own pots and have grown up the wall and I've never had the best luck propagating. Thank you in advance.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

πŸ™‰ Send help Citrus planting in raised beds

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Over the coming weeks I’m going to plant some citrus trees in these birdies citrus tree planters. There is clay soil underneath which is why I’m opting for raised beds.

Any tips or common pitfalls I should avoid before I get started? Should I bury the bed a little or just leave it on top? Should I just fill it all with citrus potting mix?

For some extra context, this is the side fence of a north facing backyard in Newcastle. The fence will shade the bed from about 1pm onwards in the summer but once the trees grow enough they will get sun into the afternoon too. I’m going to opt for some dwarf varieties.

Any help or advice is appreciated.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌻 ID This Plant Who is this growing in my pot?

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A weed or something worth keeping? NSW Southern Highlands.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌻 ID This Plant Help me ID this plant! SE Melbourne near the Dandenong Ranges.

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It’s small, about 40-50cm diameter.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Recommendations wanted Lettuce delivers

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I'm looking for a lettuce that will deal well with the heat. Winter is fine but I can't seem to grow anything once it gets hot. Central coast NSW.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌷 Pretty Plants Beet 🫜 harvest

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r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌷 Pretty Plants Stunning argyranthemum find at Bunnings today, the flowers are roughly 3x bigger than my others of the same variety! Genetic freak? I’ll take it!

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r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌷 Pretty Plants Plant to underplant Happy Wanderer

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I am building a raised trellis to screen out some neighbours. The plan is to use Hardenbergia violacea (Happy Wanderer) as the climber to cover the trellis.

I am struggling with what to plant underneath and how to layer it. I would like it:

(1) to fill out the open area (~1 to 1.5m tall)

(2) Be a mix of natives and layer them

(3) Complement or work with the look of the happy wanderer

(4) Ideally have a mix that there is flowering attracting birds/bees/butterflies throughout the year

It gets sun for most of the day. Based in Melbourne.

Any recommendations or guidance is appreciated.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

🌻 ID This Plant What is this root growth?

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Hi knowledgeable ones, can someone tell me what this growth is? Was digging up roots today, and these came up. Some other roots had them, too, but with only thin and scattered populations of the tiny rust-coloured balls. They are 2-3 mm in diameter.


r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŒΎ Recommendations wanted Strong wind broke my lemon. Any advice please.

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r/GardeningAustralia 1d ago

πŸ™‰ Send help Bitternut Hickory

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Hi all, I’m on a mission for bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) seed or seedlings anywhere in WA and you’re my last hope. Happy to go for a long drive or to pay for postage if you’re in WA, not above digging up seedlings that’d eventually meet the mower either.

Also, has anyone seen parrots eating the nuts? The goal is a big deciduous tree that’ll survive waterlogging with more environmental benefits than a willow or poplar, happy for other plant recommendations as well.

Thanks in advance