... it came to me via a round about way, and i will also be interested to know if it behaves and stays low, i have been told that they come from a population...
hi, i have some seedlings of B.spinulosa var.neoanglica(seeds from a garden somewhere in Canberra)coming along.Question is,is anyone else growing this species...
hi my name is brian i live in bargo nsw im in a wheel chair . and i wonted to ask you if you sell your seeds and the price please ... Yahoo! Greetings Send...
Brian-i am in Canada and my seeds came via Australia.Sorry i can't help-Jason brian N <oldshep73@...> wrote:hi my name is brian i live in bargo nsw im...
...but Nindethana seed service can, at $1 a packet plus postage... http://members.iinet.net.au/~nindseed/ ... Brian-i am in Canada and my seeds came via ... ...
Dear all, those of you that have been around a while will have been bored witless by my constant whining about the depredations of roos. :) At last one of my...
Hi Jason, This species naturally occurs in one of the coldest parts of Australia, in the New England Tablelands of NSW. This area is quite high by Australian ...
That's fantastic, Marg. I have a B. grandis that's around 6-7 years old, but it's never looked like flowering. How old is yours? And how old is your B....
Thanks Phil. The grandis is a 3 year old, had buds last year but the you-know-whats ate them. The occidentalis [es] are 4 and 9 years old. They started...
thanks Phil, That info confirms to me that,this species has a chance in my climate. Although borderline(we just had low temps of -12 to-15c,rare but something...
I am not sure of it's complete distribution, Jason, but I know it occurs in the Cathedral Rock National Park, near a tiny village called Ebor. Ebor is located...
Perfect,thats great,thanks Phil. Does anyone else feel the need to be connected with their plants origin, or is it just me?!! I think that for some of us in...
Jason, This Banksia also occurs in New England National Park also near Ebor. I have some entries in my web site referring to both Parks and B. spinulosa var...
Hi all, So far I've been using 'Osmocote for Australian Natives' for all my Oz plants, including Banksias. It worked quite well for me although I noticed that...
Marg., I have just checked my B. occidentalis and it also appears to be budding up. When does your B. occidentalis flower? I'm not sure if the cones on mine...
Dear Marg, What a beautiful sight it is, this bud! The picture is great to have, thanks. BTW, what's the size of this plant? The leaves look very pointed (more...
Phil, occidentalis seems to flower through summer into autumn here, which is in its natural range. It occurs some 20 k south of here, across the south west...
I wouldn't bother with the effort, Liesbeth. I have heard from growers of proteaceae that when given fertilizer from the start, they are very tolerant of it,...
Thanks Marg, It's just that I heard someone complain in this group that Osmocote could lose its entire nutrient content at once under certain conditions which...
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hello group have just uploaded a photo of my grafted B speciosa budinto the files section for you to check out, I will add anther as the bud matures Mark...
That sounds fair enough to me, Liesbeth. I know a few propagating nurseries that use Osmocote, so surely you can't go too far wrong. I like the sound of that...
Dear all, this document is now on the NPWS website: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/PDFs/recoveryplan_draft_esbanksia_scrub. pdf the document is about 1...
Dear all, we had a native plants as bonsai talk at the NSW Society meeting a couple of weeks ago, and had a bonsai expert talk of how to keep bonsaied banksias...
Cas, I have two B. menziesii dwarf forms, one in a pot and one in a dry position in the ground. They were planted at the same time, but the one in the pot...
Doesn't surprise me. IME they can't have too much water in pots, and don't take kindly to drying out. I lost 3 when the retic to the propg'n area played up for...
i just recieved some of these plants and i am very egar to plant them in however i would like some information about their needs first. Question one: If i...
Adrian, I can't answer all of your questions on B. plagiocarpa as I'm not growing B. canei or other species along with it and I'm uncertain how it would...
Dear Adrian - I had one grow very quickly until some vandal pulled it out of the front yard. I think 2 plants may promote more seeding, as this is a phenomenon...
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