New pictures from 20011122
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A picture leading up the garden path. |
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A blue and purple variety of Themedia triandra(syn Themidia australis). This grass was thought to be a distinct species from its african relative, but later research has shown them to be the same species. |
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Poa Fawcettiae - Horny snow grass is another blue and purple grass, this time from the snow fields. I had planned to use these through out my front lawn, but was unable to find a supplier. Lynne and I went to the Kuranga nursery, where I had asked if they had any of this species available cheaply. They rang back to say that they didn't. I gave up that plan and combined with the disappointing yeild from colin's wallaby grass ended up with only poa morrisii(velvet tussock grass). Then, in a stroke of pure luck, lynne and I dropped into kuranga on the way back from a trip and there was a sale. I cleaned their entire set out at $3 each(and these were 20cm pot). So far I haven't had a single casualty!(Oct: ok, there is one that is a little sad looking) |
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A small swan river daisy, or maybe a rodanthe. |
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Brachyscombe "Victoriana". |
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Brachyscombe "White delight". |
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Carex Albula - frosted curls provide the backdrop for the bracteanthas and small grasses. |
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I was very pleased to discover that we have numerous (i.e. hundreds) of orchids growing through the lawn. I scattered seed around in early summer from several plants I grew in pots and despite the snail's efforts, I have a bumper crop this year. Unfortunately, they tend to be eaten by blackbirds and snails. There are only a few left now in oct. |
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No idea. Came in Colin Arnold's Combo flower deal.(Do now - it's a Schoenia filifolia ssp. subulifolia) |
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Here is a picture of the ground before planting (taken in early march). We built the soil up from its original imported topsoil and local clay by piling on a layer of about 30cm deep 'tip mulch' (from knox city tip for $5 a trailer load). Also added was 2 bags of Blood 'n' Bone, a litre of Charlie Carp fish fertiliser, two dead rats and a possum tail. The icy looking pile in the middle is actually 'water crystals', made from sodium silicate. These absorb lots of water when they get very wet (you really need rain, hosing the stuff does not make them get wet) and slowly dry up give the plants water. The problem I've had is that these encourage root rot. |
