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Greenery Guidebook for Little Hands & Beyond Safe, hardy, native plants Greenery Guidebook For Little Hands & Beyond Created by Sustainable Butterflies © 2020 Contents This Guidebook is designed for sound greenery practices whenever children are around and can be used in early childhood centres, schools and households around Australia. Indoor Plants page 2 Outdoor Plants & Trees page 6 Gardening Guide page 14 Seasonal Planting page 22 Seasonal Planting Guide pages 24 – 25 Plants to Avoid/Keep Out of Reach page 26 Resources Bottle Labels - page 29 Wormfarming Factsheet - pages 30–31 Wormfarming Poster - page 32 Composting Poster - page 33 Contents 1 Indoor Plants The below indoor plants are non-poisonous, shade loving, and air-purifying (some). Most are drought tolerant. Check the plant care requirements. Water only as required. Do not allow plants in pots to sit in water for extended periods. Check the ‘Plants to Avoid / Keep out of reach’ on p. 26 – 28 before acquiring indoor greenery. We acknowledge the traditional custodians and recommend planting natives as much as possible. We also recognize that planting natives does not automatically create meaningful connections with the 1st Nation’s cultures. Larger Indoor Plants Janet Craig Happy Plant Kentia Palm Rhapis palm Dracaena deremensis Dracaena fragrans Howea forsteriana Rhapis excelsa ‘Massangeana’ Drought semi-tolerant Drought tolerant Drought semi-tolerant Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Slow Growth Rate: Slow Air-purifying Air-purifying Water Water Water Water Water thoroughly, allowing the Ensure the soil is completely Ensure the soil is completely Don’t mind being continually top inch of the soil to dry out dry before watering (can take dry before watering (can take wet. Water every 3 weeks but between waterings. Use a pot up to 6 weeks). Approx. 1/2L up to 6 weeks). Approx. 1/2L check there is no residue water with a drainage hole to prevent per plant. Too much water will per plant. Too much water will on the bottom of the pot/trough. wet soil. Too much water will cause the plant to rot. cause the plant to rot. This water needs to dry out/ cause the plant to die. be emptied, otherwise will get Light Light stagnant and drown the roots. Light Plants grow best in low to Shaded position indoors or Plants grow best in low to indirect light. Too much direct outdoors. Light indirect light. Too much direct sun will cause leaf scorch. Will happily grow indoors sun will cause leaf scorch. Care under florescent lighting or Care Remove new shoots when pot other light sources. Care Keep leaves clean with a gets overcrowded. Remove old, dead leaves. gentle wipe-over. Care Feeding They grow slow so don’t remove Feeding Feeding Only feed two to three times the whole leaf. Black tips are Only feed two to three times Only feed two to three times a year with a weak solution not common and is usually a year with a weak solution a year with a weak solution of worm juice / general all- associated with some type of of worm juice / general all- of worm juice / general all- purpose liquid fertilizer. excess, such as fertilizer. purpose liquid fertilizer. purpose liquid fertilizer. Feeding Only feed two to three times a year with a weak solution of worm juice / general all- purpose liquid fertilizer. 2 Greenery Guidebook Created by Sustainable Butterflies © 2020 Indoor Plants Smaller Indoor Plants (e.g. desktops, shelves, some in hanging baskets) Ribbon/Spider Plant Birds Nest Fern Cast Iron Plant Mother-In-Law’s Tongue Chlorophytum comosum Asplenium sp. Aspidistra elatior Sansevieria Drought semi-tolerant Drought tolerant Growth Rate: Fast Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Medium Air-purifying Air-purifying Water Water Water Water Prefers a moist, but not wet, Prefers a moist, but not wet, Prefers moist (but not wet) well- Ensure the soil is completely soil. soil. Will tolerate if soil dries out drained soil. dry before watering (can take from time to time. up to 6 weeks). Approx. 1/2L Light Light per plant. Too much water will Can survive in shade both Light Shaded position indoors or cause the plants to rot. indoors and outdoors. Will Plants grow best in low to outdoors. grow more in dense shade. indirect light. Too much direct Light sun will cause leaf scorch. Care Will happily grow indoors Care Remove new shoots when pot under florescent lighting or Can remove offshoots and Care gets overcrowded. other light sources. plant directly into soil if they Remove old, dead leaves. have started to grow roots. If Feeding Care they haven’t got roots, put them Feeding Feed with a weak solution of Transplant once the plants get directly into water and the roots Only feed two to three times worm juice / general all- too big for its pot. (you may will grow over a few weeks’ a year with a weak solution purpose liquid fertilizer every notice roots pushing through time. Good in a hanging of worm juice / general all- 3-4 months. the base). basket. purpose liquid fertilizer. Feeding Feeding Fertilise once in spring with a Don’t feed new offshoots. Feed weak solution of worm juice with a weak solution of worm / general all-purpose liquid juice / general all-purpose fertilizer. liquid fertilizer bi-monthly. Tip Move out of reach as the leaves - if snapped off - don’t grow back from the top (unsightly). Created by Sustainable Butterflies © 2020 Indoor Plants 3 Smaller Indoor Plants (cont.) Coleus Swedish Ivy Boston / Sword Fern Chinese Money Plant Plectranthus amboinicus Plectranthus verticillatus Nephrolepis exalta Pilea peperomioides Growth Rate: Fast Growth Rate: Fast Growth Rate: Fast Growth Rate: Fast Air-purifying Water Water Water Water Water regularly, prefers a moist, Prefers a moist, but not wet, Prefers a moist well-drained soil. Prefers a moist, but not wet, but not wet, soil. soil. Will tolerate if soil dries soil. Will tolerate if soil dries out from time to time. Light out from time to time. Light Shaded position indoors or Plenty of sun in winter, but Light outdoors. Winter sun is fine. Light indirect or morning only sun Plenty of sun in winter, but Plenty of sun in winter, but in summer. indirect or morning only sun Care indirect light in summer. in summer. Spray leaves with water once a Care week, in addition to watering. Care Take cuttings during the Care Good in a hanging basket. Take cuttings during growing growing season, will grow Take cuttings after flowering season. Good in a hanging roots in water. season, will grow roots in Feeding basket. water. Good in a hanging Only feed once per year with Feeding basket. a weak solution of worm juice Feeding Only feed two to three times / general all-purpose liquid Only feed two to three times a year with a weak solution Feeding fertilizer. a year with a weak solution of worm juice / general all- Only feed two to three times of worm juice / general all- purpose liquid fertilizer. a year with a weak solution purpose liquid fertilizer. of worm juice / general all- purpose liquid fertilizer. Other useful safe indoor plants – small / large Chamaedorea species Dracaena sanderiana braunii Either large, or small “Lucky Bamboo” (grows in water) D. sanderiana Ch. cataractarum Ch. elegans Ch. seifrizii D. sanderiana braunii Lucky Bamboo’ Rhipsalis capilliformis Phalaenopsis amabilis See also: Good for hanging baskets, Hardy orchid for desktops indoor cascading effect • Pest management / Plant disease – p.17 – 19 • Plants to Avoid / Keep Out of Reach – p.26 – 28 4 Greenery Guidebook Created by Sustainable Butterflies © 2020 Created by Sustainable Butterflies © 2020 Indoor Plants 5 Outdoor Plants Shrubs & Trees These outdoor plants are a mix of Australian natives (NAT) and introduced plants (INT). Many natives don’t need too much care, water and fertilizing when established, but always check their specific needs before selecting, to ensure they are suitable to your conditions. Check your geographical location and the ‘Plants to Avoid / Keep Out of Reach’ section before acquiring outdoor greenery. For easier establishment, when planting seedlings, plant smaller specimens (tube stock or small containers), water regularly and protect from being walked on until established. Other outdoor greenery tips: • Frost, drought tolerant: usually when established • Natives: use native fertilizer low in phosphorus • It is useful to know the timing and frequency of your irrigation, if you have one • Rainwater is preferred (e.g. from a rainwater tank) Larger Outdoor Plants / Shrubs Melaleuca ‘Little Red’ Creek Lilly Pilly Crimson Bottlebrush Orange Jessamine Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Little Syzygium australe Callistemon citrinus Murraya paniculata Red’ NAT NAT NAT INT Drought tolerant Drought semi-tolerant Drought tolerant Growth Rate: Fast Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Medium Growth Rate: Medium Water Water Water Water Tolerates poor drainage (all Needs to be moderately well- Most species can tolerate (or Needs to be moderately Melaleuca spp), but drought watered. thrive in) damp conditions incl. well-watered. tolerant. poor drainage, yet most are Light hardy and will tolerate drought. Light Light Semi-shade to full sun, protected Full sun to semi-shade. Full sun to semi-shade position. Light Plants grown in full sun produce Care Care Care the best flowers. Easy to maintain. Remove old, Easy to maintain. Remove old, Easy to maintain. Remove old, dead branches and leaves dead branches when necessary. dead branches and leaves Care when necessary. Tolerates when necessary. Easy to maintain. Remove old, a hard prune. Feeding dead branches when necessary. Feeding Feeding A low-phosphorous fertiliser Feeding should be applied in spring A low-phosphorous fertiliser General all-purpose fertiliser A low-phosphorous fertiliser and summer. should be applied in spring. in summer. should be applied in spring • Frost tolerant • Attracts birdlife and autumn.
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