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Angophora costata - Smooth Barked Apple

Posted by Allgreen, 11 January 2012 - - - - - - · 49 views
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Botanical Name:  Angophora costata  
Common Name:  Smooth Barked Apple

A favourite Australian native tree of mine usually found on sandstone ridges and open forest is the Angophora costata. At this time of year it’s at its best when there is new bright green growth contrasting with its rusty pink freshly peeled trunk, best viewed with a beautifu...



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Jacaranda mimosifolia

Posted by Allgreen, 30 November 2011 - - - - - - · 87 views
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Botanical Name:   Jacaranda mimosifolia
Common Name: Jacaranda


This entry is about the beautiful bluish / purple flowering Jacaranda. At the moment in Australia they are currently flowering and looking great. They are a medium to large tree of 15m tall with a simlar spread. They flower during spring and early summer and flower for about 2 months. Jac...



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Trachelospermum jasminoides - Star Jasmine

Posted by Allgreen, 24 October 2011 - - - - - - · 76 views
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Botanical Name: Trachelospermum jasminoides  
Common Name: Star Jasmine

Variegated form: 'Tri-colour'

Star Jasmine is a useful and versitile climber and creeper. Its mass of white star shaped flowers during mid spring provide an impressive display. It can be mass planted or used as an edge to a garden bed and trimmed into a low hedge from 250 to 500m...



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Photinia glabra - Japanese Photinia

Posted by Allgreen, 20 September 2011 - * * * * - · 83 views
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Botanical Name: Photinia glabra
Common Name: Japanese Photinia

This is one of my favourite non - Australian native shrubs. Its very hardy, a quickish grower once established and a beautiful hedge if prunned regulary. On the Sydney water Plant selector site its rated as a 1 water drop plant which means it doesn't need additional irrigation once establish...



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Allocasuarina torulosa - Forest Oak

Posted by Allgreen, 29 August 2011 - - - - - - · 589 views
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Botanical Name: Allocasuarina torulosa

Common Name: Forest Oak

This has been one of my favourite trees for sometime. The fine detailed needle like foliage that changes from a deep green through to a rusty brown over the seasons help make this an attractive tree. The wind also brings this tree to life creating a howling wooshing sound as the air passe...



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Melaleuca armillaris - Bracelet Honey Myrtle

Posted by Allgreen, 22 August 2011 - - - - - - · 36 views
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Melaleuca armillaris  
Common Name: Bracelet Honey Myrtle  

A large shrub 4-5 metres tall with fine foliage and little bottle brush shaped cream flowers.  
The Bracelet Honey Myrtle are fairly fast growing and quite dense without pruning. Ours grew approx 2- 3 metres in height and 1.5 to 2.5 metres in width in 4-5 years. Shrub can be pruned and be us...



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Green / Black wattle - Acacia decurrens or parramattensis

Posted by Allgreen, 15 August 2011 - - - - - - · 158 views
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Green / Black wattle  
Acacia   decurrens    or   parramattensis  

This is a weird plant to start with but it has some useful features.  
The Green Wattle is a small tree or large open shrub to about 3-10 metres. It grows quickly approx 0.5 to 1m a year. It is a short lived tree usually succumbing to borers after a few years. In the wild it is a pione...



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