r/GardeningAustralia

Hi all, Im not exactly into gardening unfortunately, I think I know just enough to be dangerous.... so I am appealing to you for help!

I have recently heard there are two different types of these bugs that look similar, but have widely different outcomes, and google isnt being particularly helpful for me to differentiate.

They were found in a large, self-contained pot that I wanted to try and plant some basil in. I went to pull out some weeds and prep the pot, but the whole top layer came back like a carpet revealing probably more than half a dozen. By the time I grabbed my camera and pulled the layer back again, these were all that were left that I could find from slightly disturbing the soil.

Do I leave them in the pot to do their own thing, do I need to make sure to keep them away from the lawn? do I offer them to someone with a compost? Do I put them out for the birds to snack on?

Thanks all!

What is going on with my lavender ? Bought and planted at the same time, same soil, same drainage, same sunlight, same everything but some is thriving and the rest below are struggling ???

Okay so any thoughts from a design minded opinion would be appreciated. Should I let the self seeded plants grow and just fill out the whole bed eventually or pull them out and keep the grasses spaced around my rose bushes?

Have literally dozens of these blue fescue seedlings popping up.

TIA

Planted a few of these a few months back and can’t remember what they are for the life of me any help would be much appreciated 🍻

I'm looking for a lettuce that will deal well with the heat. Winter is fine but I can't seem to grow anything once it gets hot. Central coast NSW.

A weed or something worth keeping? NSW Southern Highlands.

Please help identify this bush. Located in Canberra, ACT.

Attached is the entire bush and a close up of leaves.

I have blue periwinkle, Vinca major, in my garden (inherited). It is a local weed and I am digging it out. (Tedious and arduous! 😬) I am getting a retaining wall built and half the patch of periwinkle will be buried a metre deep in fill.

My question is to those who know from experience: will the buried plants send out runners and colonise in front of the wall?

My choice is to dig the whole large patch out, or to just dig out the part of it that will still see the light of day.

As always, I greatly appreciate the knowledge here and thank you in advance. 🤞🙏

I'm considering moving my strawberries to this kind of set up, as 80% of last year's harvest was enjoyed by slugs and snails, and I have some leftover guttering laying around. I wonder though how this small volume of soil would go during a heatwave? Would it get super roasted up and kill the plants? Curious if anyone has tried something like this and can share their experience, and/or any amendments to the system to protect them during an inevitable heat wave. I'd probably line each one with a drip watering line.

I’ve planted two random flower seed packets. One was Australian native flowers and now my garden has all these plants. A FB plant group identified it as Queen Anne’s lace but I’m not so sure that’s what it is. Came here for a second opinion.

Hey everyone, looking for some advice on this lemon tree. This is an old photo from right when I first planted it about 2 months ago heading into the winter.

At the time, the hole I dug was only a bit wider than the nursery pot. Now that it’s been sitting in the ground for a couple of months.. I'm second guessing myself and wondering if I should have gone much wider. I've since cleared the grass a bit and put down a mulch ring, but I'm worried the roots are going to get trapped or struggle against the hard surrounding soil once it warms up.

Do you think I need to dig around it and widen the hole now, or will it be fine to just let it do its thing? Appreciate any advice!

When we bought this house, the garden was all ornamental pear, pittosporum, and sir walter buffalo. So happy with the way it's turned out. Mostly indigenous plants (not the silver bells!), super low maintenance, and looking its best right now.

It’s small, about 40-50cm diameter.

Hi knowledgeable ones, can someone tell me what this growth is? Was digging up roots today, and these came up. Some other roots had them, too, but with only thin and scattered populations of the tiny rust-coloured balls. They are 2-3 mm in diameter.

Hi all,

I posted not long ago with some plans to update my internal courtyard. I'm happy with the result and looking forward to seeing the ground cover grow in, but open to any feedback/suggestions too.

My current issue is this concrete drain pit. I had to drench it in rust buster to pry the old grate off and clear the pit of all the rocks/junk that had fallen into it. However the result is that the concrete is now more stained.

Can anyone offer any suggestions for cleaning/concealing the oil stains? I tried cat litter and it didn't help much. I was thinking of trying some concrete degreaser but I am worried about damage to the surrounding plants/stones (which is why I've asked here first in a gardening subreddit).

Should I leave it and just wait for the ground cover to conceal it?

First two pics are current (note new oil stains on the drain pit), second two are before.