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bushwalker zane
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Wed 29 Aug, 2012 4:53 pm

Oooh. They'd look lovely around the home, jealous!
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Thu 30 Aug, 2012 7:54 pm

Lemon scented Boronia
http://www.apstas.com/boroniacitriodora.jpg
bushwalker zane
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Thu 30 Aug, 2012 9:20 pm

greyim wrote:Lemon scented Boronia
http://www.apstas.com/boroniacitriodora.jpg


Have you ever made tea out of it? Very nice :)
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Mon 14 Sep, 2015 10:59 am

Just found this topic while searching for Alpina boots - eggs favorite plant is Gleichenia alpina - which I agree is a beautiful fern. All the coral ferns and fan ferns (Sticherus Sp.) are among my favorites.

My favorite Tassie plant though is the pandani (Richea pandanifolia). I have a couple growing at home in pots. Extremely slow though. Some of my other favorites are the king billy pine, huon pine and strangely enough scoparia :?
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Mon 14 Sep, 2015 11:41 am

The scent of Huon pine is just magnificent.

When we put a pot of hot water on our rough cut, unfinished Huon pine pot stand, you can smell the timber.
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Mon 14 Sep, 2015 2:19 pm

MickyB wrote:... and strangely enough scoparia :?

I still think there's a fortune to be made developing a hybrid R. scoparia that will grow in gardens. Best. Hedge. Ever.
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Tue 15 Sep, 2015 6:52 pm

For me it has to be big beautiful man ferns, beautiful amazing things
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Re: Tasmanian Plants

Tue 15 Sep, 2015 8:14 pm

Arctic Camel wrote:For me it has to be big beautiful man ferns, beautiful amazing things


We get man fern/soft tree fern here in Victoria as well but IMO the Tassie ferns are more spectacular. I have seen some massive trunks (thick and tall) and lots of multi headed trunks (up to 25 heads). Lots of unusual shaped trunks as well.

I have read that each man fern can produce up to 800 million spore (fern 'seed') per year and if every spore was to grow there would be enough tree ferns to cover 900 planets the size of earth :shock:
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