BushNo 66 Winter 2005 Telegraph

Welcome What’s News? Wattle I ? Last chance What better way to brighten up To see Kathy’s gorgeous garden your winter garden than to plant before she sells it! Inspiration for an Acacia or wattle as they are those poor souls struggling on more commonly known. With their Bassendean sands. cheery yellow flowers they add a Saturday June 11th, 9am to 3pm, splash of colour through winter and no charge! spring. Best of all, they don’t need 28 Abbott Way, Wilson. much water to keep them alive over Greetings, the hot dry months. With a record breaking wet start to (The wattle is our national emblem, winter, we have the opportunity to and September 1st is officially replant our gardens with waterwise Wattle Day.) species. Australian native are http://www.wattleday.asn.au/ amongst the world’s loveliest plants horticulture.html and lucky for us, most of the WA species we find in nurseries have very low water requirements. Several weeks ago, the new Zanthorrea website was launched. The online database is now available, complete with colour Kathy with dielsiana pictures of many of the plants. A PS: Help me put pressure on Alec huge project which is still to be to grow my favourite (in flower fine tuned, the database will give now until early summer) Grevillea detailed information about the dielsiana. – Kathy Kalbarri Wattle plants available at Zanthorrea. The new atrium is proving popular Wattle and Asthma – Fact or Myth? A growing hobby as is the coin operated coffee Wattle pollen often gets the blame Growing plants from seed is very machine. Use your voucher to when people have hayfever or rewarding. Join us and find out the sample real coffee when you visit. asthma. However, researchers who tricks of the trade. It’s easy and lots Shelter from the rain and enjoy the specialise in allergies say that, of fun. huge range of indoor and patio although some people are sensitive, plants, bird feeders, pots and allergic reactions to wattle are Saturday, July 16th, 10am garden art. uncommon! This view is supported RSVP. 94546260 We look forward to your visit, by the Asthma Foundation of NSW. Great Gardens – Jackie, Alec, (from www.bluemountains.org.au) and the team at Zanthorrea Free workshops in your suburb soon! Our New Website Would you like to find out how you can have a great garden, be more Visit the new Zanthorrea website at the following environmentally friendly, and have address: a great time? http://www.zanthorrea.com.au Go to the website, or watch your In particular, check out our new online plant local papers for dates. database with searchable information on over http://www.greatgardens.info 500 native plant species!

Zanthorrea Nursery 1 Bush Telegraph No 66 Winter 2005 Fabulous Flora Climbing through winter Kennedia beckxiana, from the south What’s flowering now? coast , is rare in its natural habitat but I don’t know why as it seeds and grows freely. This kennedia has the largest flower of all, over 40mm, of light red and green. It really goes like a train! We sell a lot of snakevine (Hibbertia scandens) because it is so reliable in so many positions. It’s fast if given good soil and Chamelauceum uncinatum some summer water, and will, at a slower rate, tolerate sands, rocks, • ‘Birthday Candles’ Hardenbergia comptoniana sun or shade, wet or dry. It even • Chamelaucium uncinatum Winter is here and the native makes a good ground cover under • Correa mannii trees where root competition stops wisteria (Hardenbergia comptoniana) • Chorizema cordatum is again taking over our display most plant growth. Large yellow gardens – with our blessings! Each buttercup flowers are a feature for year we let them climb through and most of the year. reach the top of many a nice shrub, there to show off racemes of purple- blue pea flowers. After flowering they can be cut off to give the shrubs air and sun. (If left for a few years they can smother some shrubs.) The wisteria may be cut off just above the ground if you Chorizema cordatum want strong control, and it will grow • Eucalyptus caesia back for next year’s flowering. From • Grevillea ‘Ellendale Pool’ the rootstock it can easily grow 3m • laurina in a year! Pandorea jasminoides • Kunzea baxteri Other good climbers we have in The pandoreas are long lived stock include the kennedias. • Hardenbergia comptoniana climbers with many colour forms. • Hypocalymma angustifolium Black coral pea (Kennedia nigricans) P. jasminoides can have white, • Thryptomene saxicola is faster and bushier than the native pale or dark pink trumpet shaped wisteria with 10cm leaflets and flowers throughout the warmer black / green flowers in spring. It months while P. pandorana has only lives about 10 years but does bunches of smaller white, mauve a lot of work in that time, plants to spotted or orange flowers in spring 10m across are quite common. and summer. Like the snakevine, Dusky coral pea (Kennedia pandoreas grow best if given soil rubicunda) may be even faster if improver and summer water, the soil is a bit heavier. Dark red but will survive with very harsh flowers in spring, also with large conditions. leaves and a maximum lifespan of (Look for Lady Di, Southern Belle, Thryptomene saxicola 15 years. Ruby Bells, Snow Bells) • Lechenaultia biloba – Alec • Astartea ‘Winter Pink’ and many more!

2 Zanthorrea Nursery Bush Telegraph No 66 Winter 2005 The Australian Garden New plants for old Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’ What to do in the winter garden? Are your kangaroo paws looking (Hakea crassinervia) Conservation Wild Winter Weeds! too big for their boots? (Should that status “extinct”, this plant was last Heavy early rains and bright sunny be too big for their beds…) They seen in the wild near Perth the days have produced a bumper crop probably need dividing. It’s not 1960’s. The plants in the nursery of winter weeds. Hand pulling is difficult to do and will keep you originate from the Burrendong great exercise (the ultimate home warm and entertained for an hour Arboretum in NSW. gym!) but there are two easy ways or so. Fabulous in flower, ‘Burrendong to reduce this chore. Beauty’ grows to 1m high by 2m 1. Cover the ground with a mulch wide in around three years – perfect to 10cms. An ideal organic mulch for rockeries or as a ground cover. It has coarse particles of varying is drought hardy and will grow in all sizes to allow water to penetrate. but the heaviest of soils. Pea gravel from an accredited soil Hurry to plant one of these. They supplier, also quartz chips and other are selling fast! stone will also prevent weed seeds germinating. 2. Spray the weeds with glyphosate, sold as Zero, Glykill or Round-up. Alec dividing kangaroo paws Avoid waterways and if frogs live in Step by step: your garden, look for a frog friendly form of glyphosate. Avoid spraying 1. Wait until after flowering has precious garden plants as this spray finished, then cut down all spent kills all plant material on contact, flowers and foliage to around but fortunately is not residual in the 50mm. soil and very low toxicity. 2. Dig whole clump and prune roots and soil to 50mm. Winter pruning 3. Grasp mat of rhizomes in two For longer flowered , prune hands and twist back and forth to Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’ off the autumn flowers. Use clean find the natural breaking point. sharp secateurs to avoid damage. (With a large clump, you may need Big Red bonanza for Kanyana Plants which are regularly pruned or an axe to get you started.) trimmed respond by producing more Anigozanthos ‘Big Red’ has been 4. Pull off old and damaged leaves, leafy and floral growth. our best selling plant for the last leaving only a small number of year and should make lots of $1 Last chance to plant everlastings leaves per clump. donations to help Kanyana to help for a wonderful spring show. 5. Pot plantlets in good potting mix injured fauna. Simply mix the seed with a and water in with a Seasol solution. ‘Big Red’ is strong, disease free, fast spreading agent. (We use soil and flowers red to 1.5m in summer. improver.) Rake the bed and remove Our new batch of plants are selling weeds, then spread seed evenly. The at $7.95 and $9.95. $1 from each rains will do the rest. Apply foliage plant sold goes to Kanyana. fertiliser once the seed germinate You can always fit a few of these for strong stems, and watch out for into your garden, and be helping pesky snails. They find the seedlings birds and animals at the same time. very tasty. (Find out more about Kanyana at www.kanyanawildlife.org.au )

Anigozanthos ‘Big Red’

Zanthorrea Nursery 3 Bush Telegraph No 66 Winter 2005 Plants you’ve Winter in the Gift Shop Snail bait houses been waiting for From Garden Trend. Hide the snail bait in these attractive snail houses. Say goodbye to these garden pests, $38

Hand made scented candles. Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’ Shame we can’t scratch and sniff! and Banksia ‘Cherry Candles’ These lovely candles come in Two easy to grow dwarf banksia with realistic fragrances including large candle flowers in winter Grow chocolate, cappucino, cinnamon them in a pot to attract lots of attention. Multiguard and coconut. An iron compound, Multiguard is Snuggeze considered safe for animals. Keep it From the makers of sloggers come out of the rain in a snail house! $3.95 these top quality slippers. Your feet will thank you. $31.95

Black kangaroo paw (Macropedia fuliginosa) are now in stock looking fantastic and ready to Best-ever soft toys flower. For the young and young at heart. Look for Funnyfeet emus and the cuddliest kangaroo and joey Cheery daisy wall plaques ever. (Not too early to think about Christmas.) From Terracotta Works. Brighten a dull corner with these attractive plaques. $59

Callistemon ‘Little John’ Looks amazing in flower, and makes a hardy small hedge. We struggle to keep up with demand for this beauty but have a fresh batch just up for sale. Bri and friends

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