Australian kangaroo paw flowers

[happypalms]

Besides growing palms my wife and myself also grow Australian native flowers in our garden kangaroo paw,Xmas bell,Waratah flowers look absolutely stunning in vases indoors I hope you all enjoy some of Australia’s most unique flowers with there stunning colours and shapes we love growing them peace ☮️ Richard and Jodie 

[flplantguy]

I love those little paws!  We cant grow them here but in san diego they were so cute.  The purple is amazing too.

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3 hours ago, flplantguy said:

I love those little paws!  We cant grow them here but in san diego they were so cute.  The purple is amazing too.

They are so beautiful the colours we have a white one called diamond it’s my favourite they take the cold and heat but not too much water especially in pot’s don’t overwater and super draining soil black sandy soil is the best also calcium nitrate in our soil in Australia 

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1 hour ago, happypalms said:

They are so beautiful the colours we have a white one called diamond it’s my favourite they take the cold and heat but not too much water especially in pot’s don’t overwater and super draining soil black sandy soil is the best also calcium nitrate in our soil in Australia 

Are they one to dislike hot nights or phosphorus soils?  I think its the nighttime temps in summer that does it, we cant grow new zealand flax either (darn).

[tropicbreeze]

A lot of SW WA plants are susceptible to fungus in wetter climates which is why they do better in drier climates in fast draining soils.

Fungus has also become a problem in that area because of being spread by the movement of people and machinery. They're getting a lot of die back in places, a major threat to native species.

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5 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

A lot of SW WA plants are susceptible to fungus in wetter climates which is why they do better in drier climates in fast draining soils.

Fungus has also become a problem in that area because of being spread by the movement of people and machinery. They're getting a lot of die back in places, a major threat to native species.

phytophthora cinnamoni threatens many native plant species 

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7 hours ago, flplantguy said:

Are they one to dislike hot nights or phosphorus soils?  I think its the nighttime temps in summer that does it, we cant grow new zealand flax either (darn).

Being Australian native plants they like a low phosphorus soil they don’t like to big a fluctuation in temperatures but that being said our ones seem to not mind 23 degrees in the day and lows at night down to 2 degrees 

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1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Being Australian native plants they like a low phosphorus soil they don’t like to big a fluctuation in temperatures but that being said our ones seem to not mind 23 degrees in the day and lows at night down to 2 degrees 

My Mum and Dad had good ones growing at Camden, NSW.  They do better in Med type climates ie cool wet winters and hot dryer summers.

[thyerr01]

Here are mine in Houston. I have them in raised beds with plenty of sand and on a drip system. They have been in the ground for 15 months now and did really well in our -8.3C/17f freeze last winter with just tubs filled with leaves over them. I think these are also one of the Aus natives that are more tolerant of P. They are hard to find locally; I picked these ones up during a work trip in California. Occasionally the big box stores here bring in the very small hybrids which tend to be short lived due to their parentage, and I once saw some large 3G pots of straight A. flavidus which I regret not buying. I say give them a try in Florida. Keep them in well draining sand and stick to the largest/tallest hybrids you can find - like Yellow Gem/Big Red/Harmony/Tequila Sunrise etc.

An afterthought for anyone interested  - that stump to the right of the Yellow Gem is what's left of my Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'. My two hybrid Grevilleas froze back to the roots during the freeze, but both started to grow back nicely. Then I made the mistake of cutting away all the dead branches to clean them up and let more light in to the new growth at the base. The next day all the new growth had wilted and the next day they were both dead. I'm definitely never pruning Grevilleas again.

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by thyerr01

[flplantguy]

As my yard is all super sharp draining beach sand that may just work.  Now to find one lol

[meridannight]

I love these. I had one years ago in a container, but it died at some point. I want to try to grow them from seed next time one of my seed sources has them in stock. Very interesting and sexy plants.

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On 7/28/2023 at 6:36 AM, thyerr01 said:

Here are mine in Houston. I have them in raised beds with plenty of sand and on a drip system. They have been in the ground for 15 months now and did really well in our -8.3C/17f freeze last winter with just tubs filled with leaves over them. I think these are also one of the Aus natives that are more tolerant of P. They are hard to find locally; I picked these ones up during a work trip in California. Occasionally the big box stores here bring in the very small hybrids which tend to be short lived due to their parentage, and I once saw some large 3G pots of straight A. flavidus which I regret not buying. I say give them a try in Florida. Keep them in well draining sand and stick to the largest/tallest hybrids you can find - like Yellow Gem/Big Red/Harmony/Tequila Sunrise etc.

An afterthought for anyone interested  - that stump to the right of the Yellow Gem is what's left of my Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream'. My two hybrid Grevilleas froze back to the roots during the freeze, but both started to grow back nicely. Then I made the mistake of cutting away all the dead branches to clean them up and let more light in to the new growth at the base. The next day all the new growth had wilted and the next day they were both dead. I'm definitely never pruning Grevilleas again.

 

Try growing protea plants if you can get away with growing paws protea plants are worth a try kangaroo paws are very common in our nurseries and with the wholesale trade suppliers that many available the biggest decision is location for planting