TM BushNo 127 Spring 2020 Telegraph

Welcome News What’s On We are back to giving talks at Zanthorrea! As we are still in phase 4 of restrictions easing, we still have to keep to the 1.5m distancing rule. Numbers are limited to 30.

Baby New Holland Honeyeaters We were privileged to have the New Holland Honeyeaters nesting in our tubestock area this spring. What a wonderful season of It was very cute to see the young wildflowers this spring. A trip to babies hatch out. These birds are Grow your own Terrariums Kings Park Botanic Gardens is very common and getting more rewarded with inspiration and Join Janine to learn how you can used to living close to humans. entices the enthusiast to venture make your very own beautiful Provide for food and shelter out to explore wildflower country. terrarium for your outdoor table. and you will be sure to have them Many of the wildflowers you find Saturday, 17th of October at 10am. zooming around your garden. can also be grown at home, and we Gold coin donation to Kanyana. have some terrific plants growing RSVP: 08 9454 6260 on in our production area that will be ready soon. This month we will release a new to our range: ‘Little Jean’ (pg 2). We think it is a beauty. Whether out in wildflower country or at home in the garden, we hope you find plenty of joy this spring. Ross, Alec, Jackie and the team at A young Honeyeater, fluffed up to stay Zanthorrea. warm. PS: Thank you everyone for using hand sanitiser, washing hands and Growing Plants in Ponds and physical distancing. Water Bowls. Water Bowls and ponds can add a special element to a garden. By Verigrow Liqiud Fertiliser introducing water plants we can New to our fertiliser range is the attract frogs to the garden and filter Verigrow liquid fertiliser. Made the water for fish. Join Janine for from the waste wool of the sheep a look at how to set up your first industry, it is rich in nitrogen water garden. and amino acids for strong leafy Saturday, 14th of November at growth. Great for your leafy green 10am. We are pleased to welcome a new vegetables and herbs. For more info: addition to the Hooper family, baby Gold coin donation to Kanyana. Sonja. www.veratin.com.au RSVP: 08 9454 6260

Zanthorrea Nursery 1 Bush Telegraph No 127 Spring 2020 Plants of Interest

Youlk - Platysace deflexa Grevillea ‘Red Hedger’ What a reward it was to harvest the A select form of the variable tubers from our display Youlk. I was Grevillea ‘Little Jean’ Grevillea thelemanniana, which surprised how many we collected makes an excellent hardy native This cute little hybrid of Grevillea after just one year! As a bonus you hedge. It has a lush green foliage humifusa was developed at don’t have to sacrifice the plant and with a dense nature. Grows 1m Zanthorrea and named after the it will grow more, year on year. The high by 1.5m wide, but can easily late Jean Hooper. ‘Little Jean’ is a Ravensthorpe radish truly is a useful be hedged smaller if required. We very useful and hardy plant only bush tucker plant and easy to grow find the Grevillea thelemanniana is growing to about 40cm high. Bright in a well drained soil. red flowers on a soft blue-green a strong performer in both sun and foliage. You can even use it for a shady spots, and great for bringing low hedge. We have a limited first in the birds to the garden. release of 200mm pots with more 140mm potted plants available later this spring.

Tubers collected from around the root-ball. You can eat the tubers raw, but they are also perfect for salads, in San Thomasia macrocarpa Choy Bau or roasted as you would carrots. The large fruited thomasia has lovely soft foliage and grows to We have a nice range available about 1.5m high. A hardy local for sale now in 140mm pots, and plant for shady positions, tolerating plenty more growing on. periods of drought.

Anigozanthos ‘Frosty Red’ Stylidium bulbiferum Formerly called Anigozanthos ‘Clear Red’, this is a lovely form of The flowers on these trigger plants the Anigozanthos rufus. It has strong are very sweet. Local to our hills upright blue-green foliage and deep soil, and looking bright and cheerful Youlk San Choy Bau recipe red flowers in spring. Flowers can this time of year. Perfect for mini available at Zanthorrea. Pop in to reach up to 80cm high. gardens. collect yours.

2 Zanthorrea Nursery Bush Telegraph No 127 Spring 2020 Spring Gardening Sorry, we don’t have that! • At last, after 13 months, this The horticulture industry has eremophila is rooted down but experienced a large upswing still a bit small for sale, and the during the Covid restrictions with eremohilas are among the quickest many people staying home and growers in propagation. putting time into their garden. It So unless we started it a year ago, has probably helped the mental or one of the wholesale growers has wellbeing of quite a few people. it, we often can’t help with requests One downside is that none of us in for particular plants. Luckily, the the plant growing business could nursery is starting to look fairly full predict this and so supply could not again and we can usually come up Big Pots! keep up with demand. It often takes with a suitable alternative. a year to get even a small plant I hope you have a great spring! We have sourced some large ready for its time in the garden! terracotta pots that would be - Alec Here is the time frame of ‘life of a suitable for growing a small tree, or plant in production’: feature plant. They would normally be around $600 for this size pot, but we have them in at $405.95 as a once off. Call the nursery for availability. Too big to move? We do have delivery options to the Perth metro • The little seeds were area, so give us a call for pricing. planted 5 weeks ago and now they are ready to go into their own 50mm starter pot. Time to Propagate If you are finding it hard to source a particular plant you have in the garden. Why not try propagating it yourself. We sell mini green houses and rooting hormone, and now is a great time to create some new Controlling Fungus Gnats for cutting clones! ~ Ross Indoor Plants • These acacia cuttings are now These little bugs can be a problem ready for potting - 8 months from with indoor plants, especially in starting. Of course others are faster, damp conditions. They lay their scaevola can be ready in eight eggs in the top of the potting mix weeks in summer, these are the and can lead to root rot. ones to try at home if you want to have a play at cuttings. Three low toxic ways of control are: • Diatomacious Earth mixed in the top of the soil. It sticks to the gnats and dehydrates and immobilises them. Mini Greenhouse. • Use a neem oil solution soil TIP: Make sure you keep your little drench and re-apply as needed. cuttings humid but not soggy. A • Use sticky yellow traps to remove daily misting spray with some water adults. Also helps with ID’ing them. Eremophila ‘Pink Passion’ will be plenty.

Zanthorrea Nursery 3 Bush Telegraph No 127 Spring 2020 New to our Shop Roogenic Bush Tucker Herbs and Herbal Teas ‘Roogenic’ is a Fremantle based company that specialises in Australian native culinary herbs and blended herbal teas. They embrace the idea of spreading Australian culture through tasty authentic, organically grown and wild harvested ingredients, often Alperstein Designs with amazing health benefits. They We are now stocking a beautiful work with indigenous communities range of ceramics by Alperstein and small farmers across Australia. designs including mugs, teapots, Beautifully packaged for gift giving, Feature Books: Wild Eyed Press plates and bowls as well as other why not try some dried Quandongs, ‘Wild Eyed Press’ is a publishing kitchen items like melamine salad Native Basil, Saltbush, or “Native company based in Nannup. Their servers and metal teaspoon sets. Happiness” Herbal Tea. Prices from $16.95. aim is to publish Australian authors Items are decorated with and artists with a focus on children’s Indigenous artwork by Artisans from books which raise public awareness the Northern Territory and Eastern and concern for Australian fauna States of Australia. Royalties from and the sustainability of their fragile the products directly benefit the habitats. artists and their communities. Zanthorrea has been stocking their We are currently stocking work by books for many years. Popular titles Alma Granites and Judy Napangardi include: Watson from the Warlukurlangu “William the Wild”, “William the Artists group as well as work by Wild goes camping”, “A Possum’s Sheryl J Burchill and Mick Harding. Nest”, and “Mama and Hug”. Warlukurlangu means “Belonging “William the Wild goes camping” to Fire”. Prices start from $15.95. Lucky Socks features lovely illustrations of local Need some good luck? Why not get fauna in their natural environments, a pack of Men’s lucky socks. $39.95 by WA Artist Leanne White. The for a pack of 6 pairs. - Rose text is easy to read with melodic rhyming rhythm. $14.95 each.

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