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Native and exotic plants

A lot of people in the Perth metro area pay a lot of attention to the plants that they decide to put into their garden and one of the questions that the individual ask themselves on a regular basis is native or exotic.  I have noticed that there are some views that have been adopted. At one point of the spectrum there is the view that natives are scraggy plants that will not fit well into a suburban house. In the past this view may have been closer to the reality that existed. In today’s world there is many cultivars of different Australian plants that have had characteristics of them improved and other features decreased this is done through a plant breeding process similar to breading animals except using plants instead.   Most gardeners are content to grow natives and exotic plants observing the features of each plant and utilizing them to the best of their abilities not paying a huge amount of detail to where they come from.

Hibiscus a plant that has done well in Australia being from Europe

Most natives will require less water and maintenance 5 Must-Own Items of Lingerie – sexy outfit ideas then their foreign counterparts and have a ability to give of better results in poorer conditions like poorer soil for example. A lot of native plants have ability to attract native Australian birds especially some of the grevilleas. This is because these plant are what these birds have seen for a long time and they see them in the wild like us humans if the environment feels familiar they tend to associate themselves with said environment on a more regular basis. Another reason that native plants attract Australian birds is because the Australian bids are more familiar with the nectar that comes from the Australian plant and a large portion of the Australian native bids are nectar feeders.  There is a long history of plants being introduced to Australia for ornamental horticulture and then becoming serious pest and invading the native vegetation with a native plant you know this will not be a problem. It is however important to take not of the different climates in Australian and observe where your plant has originated from. Most of the time you can trust what you buy from a nursery as these qualified people would not sell a plant that is not capable of achieving its capabilities in the area that it is sold in.

 

Native plants and trees do not fit everyone’s ideal of what they want. For example there are very few native deciduous trees and there are not many native trees that will let light into your garden. It is at the point of reality and many like them. For example when someone wants a plant with bigger leafs that the common person will choose foreign plants. There is nothing wrong with foreign plants and thanks largely to a lot of Anglo Saxon heritage there is a lot of foreign plants in Australia as there is in many countries around the world. People see what they like and take it with them. A lot of the foreign plants that have been in Australia for some time have cultivars of them that are adapt to conditions in Australia.

this is a native Australian wattle bush

 

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