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Name: Penny
Question: I have planted a Boronia - Purple Jared in my garden
two months ago. All of a sudden, it looks like it's dying. All the
leaves are starting to curl up. It looks really dry but we have
had plenty of rain so that can\'t be it unless it has had too much
rain. Please help.
Boronias are very sensitive to their environment and at present
we have had more rain than usual for this time of year. Boronias
prefer a very well drained site with dappled or morning sun. The
recent rain has seen a lot of fungal problems, especially Phytophora
(root rot) which infects the root hairs and rots fine roots. Phytophora
also causes branches to die back from the tips down. If the
plant is not too badly infected it can be saved by drenching the
area with a fungicide. I would also suggest cutting the plant back
to promote re-growth. If the plant looks like it has died then removing
the plant and either treating the soil or leaving it fallow for
a month or so should be done before anything else is planted in
the same position.
Name: Leah
Question: My mother used to have what she called a \'Christmas
Bush\'. Do you have any idea what the plant name is? Do you sell
them?
It depends on whether you were living in NSW or
Victoria or elsewhere because each state seems to have a Native
plant it calls "Christmas Bush". Our plant of the month
is the NSW Christmas Bush (Ceratopetalum gummiferum) which
flowers white early in December but which turns a beautiful red
colour around Christmas. You can prune it hard when in flower and
it keeps well as a cut flower. The Victorian Christmas Bush is a
white flowering Mint Bush, Prostanthr lasianthos.
Name: Bob
Question: Have a banksia fully grown, 15 - 20 yrs old, 3m
- 4m high which increasing number of dead branches but still lots
of healthy green growth. Also has some green moss - like growth
on the trunk. Any ideas as to what I should do?
Michele's answer: Cut off dead branches, give it
a light feed with a liquid fertiliser at half
strength or native osmocote.
Name: Terry Connolly
Question: What is your Phone No.
02-9548-2818
I want to order some Weatringis Flat White plant, about 6
Name: jean-baptiste, french landscaper
Question: do you sell tubes overseas ?
Answer: Very sorry, but we do not handle any export.
Name:Audre Engleman (Photo of plant for identification)
The photo you sent was not an indigenous plant. It looks as if it
was part of a floral arrangement, quite attractive. We think it
might have been Indian rattle bush but we don't have any reference
to be 100% sure.Sugges yout to send to Herbarium at the Sydney Botanic
Gardens or refer to a florist.
Unfortunately when you ask for a bouquet of native plants from a
florist, they seldom send many true native plants. There is a lot
of confusion here and most florists believe that Proteas are native
and include them when they are actually from South Africa.Other
plants in the photo were actually Proteas. Michele
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