How Do You Grow Australian Native Plants?
• Plant the Acmena Smithii variety minor if you feel that it’s necessary to acquire a great screening plant that that is not too tall, (10 feet or 3 meters) not too wide, (about 3 feet or one meter) grows in sun, grows in shade, is drought hardy when established and has colored, new growth. You should find it in your local nursery. They are psyllid resistant and have great cultivars such as ‘Hot Flush’, ‘Allyn Magis’, Hedgemaster’, ‘Minipilly’ and ‘Dusky’. • Choose Syzygium luehmannii and its cultivars such as ‘Royal Flame’ and ‘Little Lucy’, and the hybrid Syzygium ‘Cascade’ because they are (almost) psyllid resistant and quite beautiful. • Forget the Spring Flush. Design your garden so you have plants that flower at different times of the year and not only during spring. There are now better ways to beat the winter doldrums than to see a patch of colour on a cold day – try Croweas or Correas. • Try growing Dendrobium kingianum and D. delicatum. They can be grown in harsh conditions s
