‘ Silver Streak’

Adenanthos are also known as ‘Woolly bush’ which describes this plant quite well, as the textural qualities of this plant which is soft and furry with amazing silvery highlights always attracts those who enjoy the tactile sensation of this plant, quite unique and hardy for well drained soils. Adenanthos tolerates coastal conditions, in full sun situations. it tolerates lime- being a species from Western Australia. This plant can be container grown and used as an alternative to the traditinal conifers and pines as Christmas Trees. Height up to 2m makes this plant great for rockeries, speciman plant or even a medium hedge as the foliage is dense. The little red flowers are inconspicuous. The plant width is 1m. This plant is bird attracting.

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plum pine is the common name and this tree belongs to its own family called podacarpaceae and belongs to the conifers group.

The Podacarpus family has been used in ornamental gardens, including Japanese gardens for over 1000 years.

The native Podacarpus elatus has natural stands in NSW including the Central Coast and Hunter Valley all the way up to Queensland.

The timber from this tree which can grow slowly up to 20-35 metres in height, if placed in a dark spot has been used in cabinet making and for houses. Due to the use of this timber, few stands of the original trees exist.

This plant has an extremely ancient history. The plant is dioecious, having both male and female plants, do I strongly advise that you buy more than 2 plants so you get some fruit, which is a 2cm diameter circular shape with the attached hard seed.

The shiny pointy leaves are lanceolate in shape and seed is attached to attractive purple fruit which is good for jams is ripe in May.

The plant can be heavily pruned and shaped and can also make a great bonsai or screen.

The history of the lawn is fascinating, especially the development of large tracks of land specifically planted with turf for the wealthy

to view all of their lands, and with large lawns meant large tracks of land requiring maintenance. So those who did have large estates

with lawn automatically meant that they had the finances to keep not just the lawn clipped, but could afford for no food production to

be required on this land. The advent of the lawnmower in 1830 changed the manual scything and cutting labour intensive work, for

the middle class to emerge with their own smaller version of the grand manor and or estate house.

The large English estates were very attractive to other countries and Holland was equally impressed by the aesthetic nature of the

space and vastness of the large lawn. In India, the English established large lawns to offer the garrison good visibility from possible

unwelcome visitors, and these vast lawns were eventually taken back by the local Indians due to a housing demand.

In Australia, the development of the lawn was well established and still popular, and extended its use to the USA, the rest of Europe

and Asia. Using standard garden designs from English sources always including a front yard with lawn.

Different types of grasses were used from various countries, including American bluegrass, fescues and ryegrass, Bermuda grass was

popular as well as buffalo grass.

Buffalo grass was very popular in Australia due to its warm climate and drought tolerant nature.

Alternatives

Alternatives for overseas grasses is native Australian grasses, and there is a number of good alternatives based on what your require.

I recommend that a path is designed for your garden so the grasses don’t get crushed, Myoporum parvifolium (creeping boobialla)

is one excellent range of grasses/ ground cover, as this plant is not a grass, but its matting capability and its climatic range makes

it ideal for most of NSW, South Australia and Queensland.

Myoporum has a small flower, varying in colour from white to purple, the leaf varies from thin to thick leaf, with the white flower

to be used for hotter, more exposed areas. No mower is required, and watering is required during the establishment phase. The

plant can be cut back using scissors or shears and is easily maintained.

General feriliser can be used, but not spread heavily and quickly watered in.

Time to think about your lawn!