Gardens and Growing Stuff

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I now have four wattle trees. The one on the left is barely more than a twig with a few leaves and roots. If they can all survive and thrive I hope it will be a nice informal screen for the edge of my property. I am half expecting some or all of them to die, but if they live I will always value them.

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The wattle tree experiment is not going so well. I think two of them are dead, but I'm going to wait and see if they can revive themselves. Another big failure was my replanting of some very jolly daisies I found in the bush, which I thought might be the native brachycome. I have now discovered they are African daisies and one of the nastiest introduced species choking natives in this area. They will have to die. I have some actual brachycome seeds which I will sow in their place.

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Another experiment is to attempt propagation of this impressive plant I saw growing on sand dunes at Tuross Head. It appears to be coast wattle. I took some cuttings and I'm trying to follow precise instructions for getting them to take root.

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I'm pleased that the easiest plant to propagate - pigface - is already flowering just days after I transplanted it from a different beach where it is thriving. I also bought three different coloured varieties ($4 each), one of which is also flowering. This is the beach one, it's about a metre long.

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My grass tree seeds have sprouted. This could be a challenge, they are very slow growers and lots can go wrong, but if they end up looking like the picture on the seed pack I'll be happy and so will the birds and the bees. They'll probably all die but it will be fun trying.

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