Gardening Australia

This article explains why invasive plants can harm your garden and some plants you can grow instead. It also has a number of links to other articles and references that you might find useful.

I'm growing lots of snow pea again this season. What will you be growing this coming winter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ECxa7FfsJo

It’s coming into the cooler months. You still have options for winter veg.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/30892893

https://npq.org.au/plants-markets/ First plant market for 2026 is in Samford in March.

There will be a huge range of native plants to suit any garden, plus many highly knowledgeable people to answer all your native plant questions.

Open to all (indoor event so no pets allowed). Details are as follows:

✅ Low prices direct from growers ✅ Tubestock to larger plants ✅ Fantastic range for all gardens (water-wise plants, bush foods, bird/bee/butterfly-attracting plants, PLUS rare and unusual plants) ✅ Food, drinks and snacks are available from the onsite cafe. ✅ Cash and EFTPOS available. Location: Samford Showgrounds, 38 Showgrounds Dr, Highvale Date: Saturday 28th March, 9am to 3pm Cost: Free entry & parking!!

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/30855171

This guide provides details of 80 species of native plants from SEQ suitable to grow indoors, on cool or hot balconies, in courtyards or cottage gardens. There is information for each species on how easy it is to grow, light and water requirements, colours of flowers and fruit, along with characteristics including size, optimal growing conditions, where the species occurs naturally and if rare or threatened. These plants can be sourced from Native Plants Queensland or other local community groups or nurseries. When purchasing plants, we need to keep in mind that the source is sustainable and plants were obtained ethically, particularly for rarer species, and we must not collect plants or seed from the wild. Further details regarding the species are often available online, as well as from the book Mangroves to Mountains.

https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0035/1778219/Native-plants-for-pots-and-gardens-booklet-Final-low-resolution.pdf)

We were doing everything wrong. But it’s not too late for you. You can learn from our mistakes.

Making compost is a cornerstone of sustainable gardening, yet few of us understand the great science behind it.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/30415889

Here in Qld we are experiencing a lot of flooding, some places worse than others. For people with gardens, here's some advice of what to do to help your garden after flooding.

Aussie planting and Climate resilient tips by region.

With the state of the world getting more challenging it is inevitable that food prices will continue to grow. Let that also be a challenge for you to grow some of your own food. It is possible, even if you don't have much space or money.

Our 2024 crop, spoiled. And not just the apricots. It wasn’t like this before global warming arrived in our back yard.

For the past two seasons, as rising temperatures lead to Australia’s agricultural pests creeping south, fruit fly has struck our apricot tree. Nearby is a venerable jonathan apple tree – a once common variety, now rarely seen – planted in the 1940s. When we moved here 44 years ago it bore huge crops of large, unblemished fruit. But for at least a decade the apples have been burnt by rising UV levels and infected with codling moth. I’ve thrown everything at these sneaky beasts short of toxic chemicals: attractant traps, trunk barriers and all the usual natural repellents like garlic, chilli, citronella, Neem. No luck. And that’s just the insects.

It’s projected to be really hot Thursday and Friday so

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So, a question to my fellow Australians: what flowers do you plant that don’t get instantly eaten by wildlife? As you can see in the photo, nasturtiums were a bad choice. (And if anyone knows what the non-eaten flowers are called, I’d appreciate it—I’ve misplaced the labels somewhere.)

Life comes at you fast. What’s happening for you plant wise?

Anyone have ideas as to what species this young palm tree is? It grew by itself and I'm considering transplanting it to a more open location, but ideally I'd know what it will turn out to look like long term before I do that. This is around Canberra which might help narrow it down (i.e. it has to be something fairly cold tolerant).

I find myself in an awkward spot where I’m not up to high maintenance pest prone things like potted heirloom vegetables anymore but also the annual flowers I planted are doing their own thing with no input needed. I’m also trying to conserve room.

I could search up the basics but could be wading through a lot of poor quality information and wanted to ask anyone more experienced.

Basically curious about how high/low the costs can be, whether it needs a lot of specialist stuff, and how beginner friendly it is. ie. How easy is it to stuff up or get into an overly complicated project.

My fears are accidentally killing it or snapping it while trying to gently bend a wire wrapped branch into shape.

Some nice sun and rain. Is there much happening in your garden?

This is a really good time for planting in Melbourne, lots of rain. And even house plants are probably enjoying the sun at the windows.

What’s going on in your garden?

I received this plant from an old man through a freecycle exchange around 15 years ago. When I took possession of it it was horribly root bound in a large pot of around 20L in size. His wife stood next to him and said "He's had this damn plant in this pot for around 50 years! I told him he needs to get rid of it!".

I have been told it's impossible to bonzai but my leaf is an average of 100mm long and I'm pretty happy with the form.

Hi all, I have this olive grown from seed in the ground. Several months ago I dug it up and cut the base of the roots off so it's only a few inches deep below the surface of the soil.

I'm wondering what I should do with the top, it seems a little long/high but I wanted to make use of the curve as deadwood on the tip.

Birdlife Australia, the Invasive Species Council, Farmers for Climate Action and the Ban Owl Poison Alliance to calling on the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), to end the over the counter sale of so called ‘second generation rat poison’, an easily available type of poison which is killing native owls, eagles and other wildlife.

G'day Green thumbs. I want to quote Jeff Goldblum right now, " life finds a way". In my last post I had assumed total failure due to a lack of germination of the seeds I had planted, not one had sprouted in the time frame it should of, and I had moved on content with the understanding that the seeds had simply passed there viability.

Then

A few days ago I'm walking past and pop here's this little beaut stickin outta the dirt with about 10 other friends of various species, looks like peas, kale, beans, carrots, cauliflower and cabbage.

Now I did test roughly 1/3 of the total seeds I planted for germination and about the same has come up in the dirt, so that's about right, Il be throwing the rest of the seeds in the next coming days just to get em in there and hope for the best.

"Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you sow"

The weather is definitely getting nicer and there’s been some rains. A good time to plant or sow, or even just let your cactus on the windowsill soak it up. What do you have in mind?