Ross If you do go to Vaughan's, have a break on your way and drop into the Geelong Botanical Garden (you will be going right past it). I think it is...
Happy Easter Karlo, can you explain to me the process you use to successfully get the seedlings into pots please. The one remaining cotyledon of B. Audax from...
... Hi Darren, I can only add to what Cas has already told you and that is that like minded people sharing their knowledge ideas, seeds and perhaps plants for...
Hello all, A person by the name of John Maloney got in touch with me - he needs to photograph an inflorescence of Banksia aemula (note that this would have ...
Hi Cas, I've made a hobby of photographing banksias for the last couple of years. The pictures of B.aemula attached I'd taken previously at another garden...my...
Hi there, if anyone is out there. Some time ago I posted some info on my Waite Flame, which created some comments back then. Thought I'd let anyone who...
Growing well, I think Coccinea needs a spot that doesn't get the really hot sun in summer? Since I have one growing in the shade a bit next to a wall and it's...
Antony, It's actually sited fairly open at the top of my garden on the side of a gradual hill. Although here in Tassie our highs would be at least ten degrees...
Post a pic Anthony so we all get to see its situation and aspect etc. Where are you located in Melbourne? I'm in Vermont. regards Ross ... From: Antony...
Hi All, In preparation for a talk in a few weeks on "Growing WA flora in Sydney", I'd like to request from members a list of any Western banksias that have ...
Hi All! I was hoping someone could help me with an explanation for the drooping new growth on the Banksia baxteri pictured in the attachments. It is growing...
Hi Karlo, you seem well justified in thinking it was water stress that caused you to water the Baxteri, I would have done the same. KC said when I was there...
Thnx for your response.... my 5 year old baxteri is just about dead now. Got a Fungarid drench a few days ago all to no avail. I've got to learn to stop...
Hi, I'm in Templestowe. It's in a really sheltered area on the side of the house, on those extreme days it's in the shade, otherwise it's finished. It's a bit...
One thing to add to your watering issue Karlo is to never ever water banksia's on our side of the world during daylight, only at night I've read. Would you...
Hi Ross, I water at dusk or night...but the soil temp can still be very warm at night... I not going to water anymore in the warmer months full stop. It’s...
Hi All, I am a newbie here and would like to pick a few brains. My partner and I have moved to the Otways in Victoria and have about 15 different species of...
Propagation of Giant Candles by aerial layering seems reliable. Karlo From: banksias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:banksias@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of redjohanna3...
Hi and welcome to the group. I have some friends in Deans Marsh (near Colac) who have a lot of banksias on their land. I am very jealous :) Seed I have found...
yesterday's hot weather 30 C + has taken out two of our established banksias, they have gone all yellow and wrinkled in one day. B brownii & B Prionotes. They...
Makes me wonder whether phytophthora might have quietly compromised the root systems (which it can do) -were they both looking healthy beforehand? Cas ... ...
Interesting, I've been very worried during springtime in recent years down here in Tassie. I've lost so many mainly younger plants that had survived a harsh...
Yeah they always kill them, it's just those couple hot days that do the trick. I plant my banksia in sheltered postions and they are fine. My theory is that...
Further losses from the week now includes Rosserae, Quercifolia, Media & Lullfitzii, the heat just burns up the new groth even though they are wateterd at...
Just wondering if there's any way you could construct some sort of temporary shade, at least for during the afternoon's sun. At least for your most valuable...
I was surprised to hear that the lullfitzii had perished. Some of mine took 2 years or so to establish properly Cas _____ From: banksias@yahoogroups.com...
I mentioned that I have constructed some shade cloth type bags that I can hang over the troubled plants but its hard to go to work with nice plants growing...
Hi Ross, Sorry to hear of your losses. I’ve never had much luck in Sydney with Quercifolia – on more than one occasion, it has died in the pot within...
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