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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
this is the flower @Adge , @Former-Member
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Nice one @Shaz51 Spectacular flowers.
I found it! "Samanea saman"
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AdgeSenior Contributor
This is the Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) - with similar flowers to your Mum's Rain Tree @Shaz51
Different plant.
I grew several of these from seed - sadly they only reached a few feet high, & never made it to flowering.
They are so beautiful when flowering - apparently there are avenues of them in UWS in Sydney.
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Unknown userMember
Having a crisis proof garden has been back in my mind @Shaz51. Choosing plants I enjoy that don't need mollycodling.
Small jobs continuing in our garden. Planted out 2 lots of the gladioli which are now flowering, transplanted some veltheimia bulbs and did a bit more weeding.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Any plant (at my place) that required mollycoddling - has long since passed away @Former-Member
& has gone to the Garden in the Sky (or happy place for plants).
Sadly that included some long-term favourites (of mine).
What's left are the "Bullet-proof" varieties - or those that got their roots down far enough, to reach the water-table (groundwater).
Adge
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Plant placement can make the difference between some plants being aesthetically pleasing or not. I look at maintenance as things like whether or not regular hair cuts are needed, how often will plants need to be divided, do they self seed nicely or take over if left to their own devices @Adge
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SmcSenior Contributor
I love Wooly Bush @Adge, even without the flowers. The foliage is so deliciously tactile. 🙂 I have a young one in a pot, and am carefully protecting it after discovering the hard way with a previous plant that the wallabies also consider it "delicious". Grrr...
Our garden club went to a native plants nursery a year or two ago. One of their head nurserymen was giving us a talk about plant varieties, and specifically about growing local natives for revegetation. Early in the talk, he'd picked up a pot of Wooly Bush to show us... all through his talk he was standing behind the pot and running the stems through his hands... so when he got to the end and asked if we had any questions, I piped up with "Does it start purring if you stroke it for long enough?" and one of the others asked "How many hours per day do you need to pet it?" 😛 We're a cheeky lot...
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Well, funny that you mention it @Smc....
Stroking the Woolly Bush leaves (petting it) was exactly what I was doing earlier - before attaching that photo.
I just couldn't help myself, so soft & furry....
Yes, I've heard that kangaroos (& wallabies) do find Woolly Bushes delicious (irresistable)...
Adge
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AdgeSenior Contributor
I used to grown these Strawflowers (Xerochrysum bracteatum) in Pots, for years - when I had no backyard.
They produced lots of seed, & I re-planted the seeds every year (to grown new Strawflower plants).
They grow really tall (40cm heigh) - they're so tough (hardy) compared to other Everlasting Daisies (which usually died on me).
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@Adge a perfect example of the right plant for the conditions that one has to work with. I can see that they would go fabulously with your native shrubs and produce a wonderful display.
Mr Darcy filled our neighbours green bin today in readiness for collection tomorrow, that will be the end of the bamboo clippings but we still have a way to go before one green bin will last a fortnight here.
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