2012 ...an update.

An Update at Last!

After ages I am finally updating this Grass Tree Blog!

My many plants have been happily growing  in

 their pots and I have just now planted the two

 I bought  at a garage sale into my garden.

These 2  plants were the ones  which originally

  gave me the idea to try and grow some plants 

from the seeds of  the already established

Grass Tree  No.1 growing in my front garden.

The plants to the left and at rear are GT No 5 & 6 

the one in front is a seedling I grew.

Grass Tree No.6 

Some sugar cane mulch around the base to keep the soil moist!

Grass Tree No. 5  planted in close 
proximity to Gt No. 6
 It seemed  right to keep these two together!

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The Seedlings ... 
As you can see they are doing OK in their pots!

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Grass Tree  No.1

Unfortunately Grass Tree No. 1 died  last year - 2011. 

The plant become scraggly and started to 
brown off, why it died is a mystery to me, 

 I was really sorry to lose 

such a lovely plant from the garden.

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The Tally

In the long interim between the last post and this, 
some little plants have failed to grow well! 
All  are housed in the same location and given similar care!

I guess this is nature at work! 
Some plants thrive and others do not!

Last year 2011 I planted approx  3 new seeds into  1 pot... 
3 germinated = 1 died and 2 grew so my total plants remains  at:

1 plant in a large pot
102 plants in small pots (pictured above)
7 Grass Trees planted in my garden

Cheers Carol

Flowering Trees in the neighbourhood.

Delicate flowers on this flowering tree.
I think? it is an Acacia of some sort!
Lovely to see on a morning walk.

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This Lovely Tree is a Poinciana.

Planted many years ago in a nearby council park.
Not native to Australia and in fact now classed as a weed!!!
You can follow this link to read more about
these beautiful trees from Madagascar.


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My New Baby Grass Tree house!

My Man of Work (husband) made this fantastic
purpose built home for my numerous seedlings.
I have moved them to the side of the house so
they can experience more natural weather conditions.
ie. in Aus ...drought and flooding rain!!!
However they do have some shelter from the
worst nature can throw at them
with their own shade cloth covering.

Here they are all lined up, getting used to the elements!

The shade cloth goes across the top
and can be rolled up or down and fits
into metal slots in the front. (left side)

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New to the neighbourhood!
There is another Grass Tree lover in our area,
this handsome plant has recently been planted
in a local front yard.
A conservative estimate would put this
tree at approx 20-25 years old.

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The Tally.
I had a re-count and discovered that I have 103 seedlings.
I must have failed to count some of the new seedlings
which sprouted earlier in the year.
So...
103 seedlings it is.
6 Adults in the garden.
2 youngsters in large pots.
= 111 Grass Trees.

Cheers Carol