How to prune native grasses and clumping plants | Australian native plants | Gardening Australia
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Ornamental native grasses and clumping plants like Lomandras can start to look a little tired over time. A regular tidy up will rejuvenate them. Subscribe 🔔 ab.co/GA-subscribe
Many clumping natives will end up with dead thatch through the centre. Josh pulls out the dead material in the centre of his Lomandra by hand, and it already looks a whole lot better.
Josh’s Ficinia nodosa is looking far more daggy, so it’s time for a serious chop right at the base with a hedge trimmer. You can also use hand tools. Leave only a few centimetres at the base and have faith they will bounce back.
Clumping plants like a Lomandra can become congested as they grow, so Josh digs out pups from the side with a sharp spade to split it up and create ‘new’ plants. Cutting the foliage off will reduce moisture stress on the plants, and these separated plants can be potted up or planted straight into the garden.
Don’t be shy about getting stuck right in!
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Great video. Would love to see videos more about using our native edible plants in the garden. 💕
We'll keep that in mind! Thanks for watching and for the feedback Belinda.
Very nice video shared sir
Easy for a strong young man.
🤣ahhh, yes, i do not attempt this at 70yo.
i need to get some australian natives
didn't know grass got that big. :D
essas raizes sao perfeitas para deixar o solo bem forte.
Super👍👍👍👍
I'm just wondering can you do the same with Kangaroo paw plants? I have 4 growing along my driveway that are about 9 years old and have spread but are looking a little worse for wear, and would like to rejuvenate them if I can.
Very nice 🥰
Thanks for watching!
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People really should use more native stuff then we do it would also can you mentioned where in Australia your native stuff is native to because sometimes that can be worse than something not native to Australia in the wrong place
he is in western australia, Perth. I agree, most things that are invasive in the Eastern seaboard are harmless here in WA. We have extremely hot and dry summers unlike over east, wet, humid and warm to hot and that facilitates plants spreading.
Always wise to plant endemic
Native Plants : having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region. They fit the local weather/climate and avoids disappointment or failure or becoming local noxious weeds. Eg Cootamundra Wattle, Pittosporum undulatum etc
At what time of the year/ season can I cut back the second grass type as shown in the video? Wanting to give mine a clean up now but worried it might be too aggressive during summer…?
You are absolutely correct, summer is just for keeping plants alive. Splitting and replanting plants is good in autumn and chopping back all other seasons, just a little note if you are in very cold areas do not do it in winter. Australia is a big country so what I can do in Perth does not necessarily apply for Tassie.
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