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Forest and woodland plants

These plants are found in these landforms or conditions but can grow elsewhere:
Dry
The plants that are most capable of surviving very dry conditions
Woodland
trees are smaller, further apart and closer to plains
Forest
Trees are taller, closer together and closer to mountains
Upper forest
Above 350 m altitude
Alpine
Above 1500 m altitude

The plant categories correspond with the Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment landforms descriptions and new plant lists on their site:  SEARCH for ‘native plant list’ at www.dse.vic.gov.au"

Let the Aussies come home - put some local native plants in your garden!

Our plants are:

  • Sourced and grown locally
  • In pots with root trainers for denser and stronger root deveopment
  • In a range of containers designed for difficult revegetation situations
  • Available in large quantities
  • Available in advanced sizes
  • Price discounted for large quantities and advanced ordering
  • In square pots to prevent 'planting-out shock' caused by root disturbance and removal when roots have coiled around the base of a round pot

So don't tickle their roots because they don't need it!.... They are already giggling at the frost.

PRICE is from $5.00 per pot. Discount for Landcare and similar club/organisation members; house-lot; bulk buy. Phone Jill 0418 579 331.

Pot size is 70mm sq x 107mm high and weighs approx 250gm or 4 to the Kg.

Registered Post and Pack:
Parcels are sent by Registered Post which includes insurance cover for Victoria and NSW. 1 or 2 plants cost $10.00, 3 to 10 plants cost $20.00, 11 to 20 plants cost $25.00, for orders over 20 plants or for a state other than Victoria or NSW we will contact you with a quote when you place your order.

YES we can deliver locally. Contact us!

Want to visit our nursery?
Please phone Jill on 0418 579 331 to arrange a time. SOON we will open the Tawonga Nursery on Friday and Saturday afternoons.

Trees

Alpine Ash - Woolly Butt
(Eucalyptus delegatensis)

U Tall tree to 80 m. Bright red juvenile leaves.

Price: $5.00
Quantity

Candlebark Gum
(Eucalyptus rubida)

F U Height 20 to 30 m. Flowers betwenn Dec and April. Late summer pink streaks and red/orange patches of bark. Distinctive foliage fragrance,. Forms hollows for mammal shelter and bird nests.

Price: $5.00
Quantity

Mountain (Elderberry) Panax
(Polyscias sambucifoloia)

F U Height to 5m. Prune to suit. Flowers 5mm wide Nov to Jan. Berries 4mm wide have distinctive flavour. Leaves feed caterpillars of Gooding's Blue Butterfly.

Price: $5.00
Quantity

Mountain Hickory Wattle
(Acacia obliquinervia)

F U A Height to 5 m. Prune to suit. Flowers between Aug and Nov. Bark mottled blue-green.Seeds edible but not tested for taste.

Price: $5.00
Quantity

Red Stem Wattle
(Acacia rubida)

D W F U Height 2 to 7m. New growth has red stems. Flowers between Aug and Oct. Improves soil fertility. Pollen for insects, seeds for birds. Leaves shelter small birds. Seeds edible but not tested for taste

Price: $5.00
Quantity

Silky Lomatia
(Lomatia fraseri)

F U A Height to 8m. Prune to suit. Fragrant flowers to 1 cm wide between Dec & Feb.

Price: $5.00
Quantity

 

 

 

 

 
For enquiries about any of our services, please get in touch
Jill Dawson: 0418 579 331 email: jilldawson@alpineology.com.au