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Leaves/Spines
GT No7
This photo shows how dense the leaves are on a large plant, heaps of fantastic green leaves.
GT No. 1 Leaves growing out from the center.
These colours are a true indication of the actual leaf colour.
Cheers
Xanthorrhoea...(Grass Trees) A Blog about the Grass Trees in my garden and how grow plants from the seeds they produce. Thankfully not a hard task! Cheers!
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Leaves/Spines
GT No7
This photo shows how dense the leaves are on a large plant, heaps of fantastic green leaves.
GT No. 1 Leaves growing out from the center.
These colours are a true indication of the actual leaf colour.
Cheers
Grass Trees… Xanthorrhoea species only grow in
They are very slow growing, but mature trees are centuries old, the lifespan can be 600 years! Unfortunately they have been reduced due to careless land clearing and land development. Respect for this species is easy when one considers also the valuable use to humans.
Without destroying the tree, Aboriginals ate the white, tender sections of leaf bases and roots, and collected the seeds to grind into flour. The resin at the base waterproofed their canoes, fixed their axe heads and spears. They also fermented the nectar to have a celebratory brew!
Early Colonists were also inventive, using the resin for their dwellings on floorboards and walls, stove polish, soaps, perfumes, incense in church and later in the manufacture of early gramophone records! Plant this Australian landscape icon.
It is fire tolerant, frost hardy, and drought resistant.
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