What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
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What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by raiz
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
It seems you put the seed in the ground, a little water and hey presto - Queensland is great for growing stuff :-))
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by raiz
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by kevinbloomfield
No pics but we have just planted a mango tree and a grape vine. We've also sown seeds for pumpkins (already shooting after 1 week), chillies and peaches.
It seems you put the seed in the ground, a little water and hey presto - Queensland is great for growing stuff :-))
It seems you put the seed in the ground, a little water and hey presto - Queensland is great for growing stuff :-))
Pumpkins grow really well and very fast - you'll need a recipe for pumpkins scones!
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by raiz
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by raiz
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Im a big advocate of cacti and succulents, and would always recommend people to try creating a cactus garden which is very low maintenance and watering.
Last edited by Rug13y; Dec 10th 2006 at 4:06 am.
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by Rug13y
I actually grew exotic/tropical plants in the UK (yes many palms, bananas and cacti can be grown outdoors check out this gallery for proof http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/members_gardens ) and have continued the trend here in WA, although i would say its more of a challenge with the low rainfall, strong sun and generally poor soils (in Perth anyway).
Im a big advocate of cacti and succulents, and would always recommend people to try creating a cactus garden which is very low maintenance and watering.
Im a big advocate of cacti and succulents, and would always recommend people to try creating a cactus garden which is very low maintenance and watering.
Gorgeous garden!
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by framac
Not growing but palm trees everywhere in Qld. Is this the same for all Aus or just tropics? Imagine being pissed off with palm trees. Folks back home think I'm winding them up but they shed skin and are murder to get rid off if you don't have a trailer. Never thought I could hate palm trees coz they look great but messy buggers
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
We were told by the BASIX computer that we had to plant only natives in order to get planning permission. So we started off planting about 1/16 of the garden with natives just to see how they went. The hares love them.................
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Aaround here, we've got tons of jacaranda trees just coming to their end, beautiful lilac flowers. The frangipanis are also about to come out too - they not only look beautiful, but smell divine too! I soooo love frangipanis.
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by lel_smiff
The frangipanis are also about to come out too - they not only look beautiful, but smell divine too! I soooo love frangipanis.
I'm sticking to cordiline and native plants, heck of lot less hassle than european plants that need so much watering. I used to have hanging baskets and tubs filled with annuals, what a nightmare trying to keep them alive and looking anything like
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by Rug13y
I actually grew exotic/tropical plants in the UK (yes many palms, bananas and cacti can be grown outdoors check out this gallery for proof http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/members_gardens ) and have continued the trend here in WA, although i would say its more of a challenge with the low rainfall, strong sun and generally poor soils (in Perth anyway).
Im a big advocate of cacti and succulents, and would always recommend people to try creating a cactus garden which is very low maintenance and watering.
Im a big advocate of cacti and succulents, and would always recommend people to try creating a cactus garden which is very low maintenance and watering.
Love alovera so have lots of them and do plan to get more cacti... have noticed a nice one trailing over from my neighbours which I'm sure will shoot.
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by raiz
Hi all and Merry christmas
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Just wanted to know what delights people from the uk are now growing in oz?
Im looking forward to being able to grow some fruits and exotic looking plants.
would be great see some pics if poss....
Regards
Raiz
Have been led to believe passion fruit grow well in UK so think they should do OK here. We also already have trees planted by previous owner loquat, coffee bean; grapefruit think I have a mango but only just fruiting and grapevines but not sure how many grapes we will get.
Bunnings are suprisingly cheap and I got the pomegranetes and passion fruit from little veggie place next to Aussie World.
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Originally Posted by annqldau
Had apple and pear trees in UK, here I have planted citrus, several formes of orange and tangerine, pomegranates, jack tree, custard apple and passion fruits. Planted before weather got hot hoping I can keep alive for the long haul.
Have been led to believe passion fruit grow well in UK so think they should do OK here. We also already have trees planted by previous owner loquat, coffee bean; grapefruit think I have a mango but only just fruiting and grapevines but not sure how many grapes we will get.
Bunnings are suprisingly cheap and I got the pomegranetes and passion fruit from little veggie place next to Aussie World.
Have been led to believe passion fruit grow well in UK so think they should do OK here. We also already have trees planted by previous owner loquat, coffee bean; grapefruit think I have a mango but only just fruiting and grapevines but not sure how many grapes we will get.
Bunnings are suprisingly cheap and I got the pomegranetes and passion fruit from little veggie place next to Aussie World.
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Re: What Plants And Trees You Now Have?
Yep, it's great
You can go to Bunnings or other garden centre and get loads of different types of orange, lemon, pommigranits, grape etc etc
Just having the room to plant them all is the problem!!
You can't get banana plants though :-((
You can go to Bunnings or other garden centre and get loads of different types of orange, lemon, pommigranits, grape etc etc
Just having the room to plant them all is the problem!!
You can't get banana plants though :-((
Originally Posted by pumpkin blossom
Wow, that sounds great. I love growing my own food here, and I'm really looking fowards to seeing all the fruits I will be able to grow in Oz.