Almost all of those trees you featured here have grass-like leaves that can be used for coiled baskets. Most of the Australian native grasses like Cordyline, Liriope, Lomandra, and also lemon grass, can be harvested when green, dried in the shade, split down the centre if necessary, and sown into a coil with soft, wax-coated thread. It is such a pleasure to harvest your own grass from your own garden, sit out there with my friends, and share my (limited) knowledge and skills of coiled and stitched baskets. Of course, you don’t need a tree, small garden plants are perfect.
My front garden was a camellia and echeveria in the centre of a lawn . I have got rid of the lawn and planted euphorbia and geraniums. The birds have helped to bring in a nectarine and 6 Cherry Plums that provide a good privacy screen . The green flowers of the Euphorbia look very cheery on a Spring day.
Thinking of making a hot tub? 😄 Most likely they source them from a specialty plastics wholesaler. Worth asking your local nursery if they can get larger pot sizes in for you.
These trees can be great protective shelter for small birds once they have lots of dense leaves and branches. They also have fruit and flowers for a range of wildlife - Brachychiton might be the winner here with prolific flowers and seeds loved by many native birds.
There is a place for imported plants, as long as they have no weed status, or other issues (toxicity etc). But Gardening Australia should definitely be very active in promoting native plants, and environmentally friendly gardening. It would be great if more Australians focused on Australian plants, we have some of the most amazing plants on the planet.
Almost all of those trees you featured here have grass-like leaves that can be used for coiled baskets. Most of the Australian native grasses like Cordyline, Liriope, Lomandra, and also lemon grass, can be harvested when green, dried in the shade, split down the centre if necessary, and sown into a coil with soft, wax-coated thread. It is such a pleasure to harvest your own grass from your own garden, sit out there with my friends, and share my (limited) knowledge and skills of coiled and stitched baskets. Of course, you don’t need a tree, small garden plants are perfect.
That bottle tree!!!!❤
My front garden was a camellia and echeveria in the centre of a lawn .
I have got rid of the lawn and planted euphorbia and
geraniums.
The birds have helped to bring in a nectarine and 6 Cherry Plums that provide a good privacy screen .
The green flowers of the Euphorbia look very cheery on a Spring day.
Nice selection! 😍
I could have guessed your favourite feature tree was a bottle tree. I know a mate who relocates trees and his property is full of them.
Wow. Marvellous trees. I think you definitely have a type 😄
Where do they source the 1,000L pots from?
Thinking of making a hot tub? 😄 Most likely they source them from a specialty plastics wholesaler. Worth asking your local nursery if they can get larger pot sizes in for you.
Do any of these trees support native birds and insects? Those trees looked quite lifeless without birds.
These trees can be great protective shelter for small birds once they have lots of dense leaves and branches. They also have fruit and flowers for a range of wildlife - Brachychiton might be the winner here with prolific flowers and seeds loved by many native birds.
My neighbour put in a nice WA grass tree in her Sydney front yard. Within a year it was dead.what a waste of 11K. Plant native.
LIKE 👍 👍 👍👍👍 😻 💝 😻 💝 😻 💯💥 💯💥 💯💯
I'd like to get rid of all the stupid grass!
Sorry brother.
I dont like any of those trees you picked.
Apart from the QLD bottle tree
PLANT NATIVES ALWAYS
Why not? Theyre all great
@@introtwerp most become noxious weeds
@@Bernie5172 well modern cultivar don’t produce seed unlike old varieties
There is a place for imported plants, as long as they have no weed status, or other issues (toxicity etc). But Gardening Australia should definitely be very active in promoting native plants, and environmentally friendly gardening. It would be great if more Australians focused on Australian plants, we have some of the most amazing plants on the planet.
What a stupid statement.