Palmwoods
District News April 1,
1999
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Nursery
News
by Carolyn Pomroy (Silvan Park Nursery)
WITH the few months of extreme rainfall, and the chance of
more to come, many of us have wet areas on our properties that we were unaware of, plus
all the ones we did know of. I have had many people coming into the Nursery who have lost
plants and dont know what to replace them with, and dont know what to do to
help save others. There are many plants that have root systems that will tolerate wet
conditions comfortably and stay healthy. These include bangalow palms, banksia robur,
crinum lily , tree ferns, euodia elleryana , tulipwood, leptospermums , matt grass ,
melaleucas, weeping lily pilly, native gardenia and the leichhardt tree to name a few.
To help save existing plants, I suggest trying to drain the area by digging a trench
and/or laying agi pipe. Weakened plants attract mealy bug and aphids, so spray with
pestoil.
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