Hi soakes,I can
tell you what grows well in our area and yours.
Red-fruited Saw-sedge (Gahnia Sieberina) It tolerates poor drainage and wet soil that becomes dry in summer.
Rosellas and King Parrots also love them. Also attrackts butterflies.
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M-L
Thanks, Araminta. They look quite nice. I'll see if I can find some and plant them.
I'm open to more suggestions!
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
You can see how much they love those sedges.
M-L
Terrific, Araminta. What a valuable, useful & beautiful plant.
Thanks Woko, I never planted any of them
, they simply grow everywhere , they spill over from the bush behind us. How lucky am I?
They grow rather tall too. Many of the little birds like Wrens and Thornbills nest in them if you let them intertwine with other native grasses and plants like Dusty Miller and Prickly Moses and the like.
M-L
Soakes, try these:
Kneed Wallaby Grass Austrodanthonia geniculata
Clustered Wallaby Grass Austrodanthonia racemosa
Bristly Wallaby Grass Austrodanthonia setacea
Weeping Rice Grass Microlaena stipoides
White Top Austrodanthonia caespitosa
Common Reed Bent Grass Deyeuxia quadriseta
Large Tussock Grass Poa labillardieri
Velvet Tussock Grass Poa morrisii
Fibrous Spear Grass Austrostipa semibarbata
Elegant Spear Grass Austrostipa elengantissima
Poa Grass or Tussock Grass Poa poiformis
I believe these are all indigenous to the Gippsland area. You may need to contact a Landcare group near you to find out where you might be able to buy plants or seed.
Good luck!
Oops! That should be Elegant Spear Grass Austrostipa elegantissima, not elengantissima.
Thanks, I will try to get some local grasses from somewhere and set up a local grass area! I might wait until after the hot weather :/
In the meantime, can anyone identify this plant? It is the only one I know of on my properrty, so is probably not indigenous, but it is better than the other weeds!
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Woko will know, we'll have to wait for him to have a look
Looks a bit like Tall Sedge, that grows in our area.Or some Tussock-grass? But I'm hopeless with grass ID.
M-L
Woko's not sure at all. It's possibly one of the CYPERACEAE family which includes the genera Gahnia, Lepidosperma & Eleocharis which are sedges or rushes. However, the buds/seed heads don't match anything I can see in my plant books. It may well be an exotic but because there's doubt, don't pull it out. Rather, take a sample of the leaves & flower or seed heads to an expert plant identifier. Your local council, agriculture office or Landcare group may be able to help or try a local nursery or two. Because it's the only one on your property it doesn't seem to be invasive so there's no rush to do anything about it other than have someone identify it.
Thanks Woko,
I'm certainly not planning to pull it out. It has grown slowly over the past 5 years, from about 40cm in height to about 1m, with a correspondingly mild spread at the base. It doesn't usually have seeds.
I'm more concerned with removing the $#@$@ wandering jew!
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
As Crocodile Dundee said: "Now that's a pest!"
Looks like a sedge of sorts to me too, but I'm not sure what.
I'll look it up in my books when I get home tonight.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane