Planting Trees on Clarkson Sept 2019

Officially this is on the Clarkson block but as we have moved the fence line to give us more space.   Either way what we are planting will benefit both houses.

Jody came to visit for the weekend so I put her to work 

We planted :

1. 2 x Backhousia Citridora (Lemon ironwood or lemon scentered myrtle.   We called on Meryl and one Merve
2. 2 x Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Tuckeroo) We called on Lara and one Brooke on account of Jody's friends the Tuckers  These grow up to 12 metres high and 3-4 metres wide
3. A couple of days before Jody and I did our planting Garry planted a Hymenosporum (Australian Frangipani) High to 10 Metres and width to 6 m

Lemon Myrtle

Tuckeroo

Flame Tree

26 October 2019 We called into Wallu Nursery again today and got 2 Flame Trees
Brachychiton acerifolius or Illawarra Flame Tree

We planted one on the Road / Tree line at the dam and one on the Clarkson block (that we use)



BACKYARD BUDDIES HAVE A GOOD WRITE UP ABOUT THIS TREE

Creating a Front Garden

I've started a shrub garden across the front yard so that we can look out onto it from the deck and also the house and just to break up the large expanse of lawn and give the birds another place to forage. 

Day 1 of planting 4 October 2019

We got the bob cat to dig about 6 holes for the bigger plants and then filled those with our mix of top soil, mushroom compost and river sand.  Then we had a truck bring some Forrest mulch and we got the bob cat to spread it into the shape we wanted.  We didn't bother removing the grass I just hope we've put enough mulch on to choke out the grass.

I got the majority of the plants from the Wallu nursery but also have a few things I brought up from the city. 

On the first day (4 Oct 2019) I planted these:

1. Tulbaghia Violacea (silver lace) Height 30cm and sread 30cm
2. Leptospermuum Tickled Pink 1.5 - 2 metres tall  x 2 
3. Metrosideros Collina Little Ewan 1m x 1m
4. Euphorbia Ascot Rainbox (got this one from Bunnings) 50cm x 50 cm
5. Alternanthera dentatq Little Maroon
6. Metrosideros Collina Firecracker Height up to 3m
7. Lomandra Little Con
8. Euphorbia Pulchermia Poinsettia Winter Rose (bought from Bunnings)

First Few Plants

Added more plants on 26th Oct 2019

More planting on the 26th October

We went to Rainbow Beach for the morning so called back into Wallu nursery on the way home so I got a few more plants for the front garden.  I still can't plant out the whole garden as we have a fire set ready to burn and it's too big to move and we've been on a total fire ban for months.  I don't want to burn any new plants so I'm leaving that end free until we can have a fire. 

So today added:

1. Baeckea Mount Tozer Height to 1m
2. Coprosma Inferno 1.5 x 1.5m
3. PolyGala Spread 1m Height 1m

African Violets

Successfully growing African Violets has always been a goal for me.  My mum grows them beautifully and up until now I haven't had any success but things may be changing.

I've had these ones for 3 weeks now and it looks like I may have found the right spot for them. 

The plant name for the African Violet is Saintpaulia which sounds really pretty to me.  They are native to Tanzania and Kenya. 💜💜💜