Australian Tamarind Diploglottis Australis

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A great Australian rainforest tree to grow is the large leaf tamarind is a slender palm like when young gully tree if you want a rainforest tree to complement your tropical palm garden slow growing at first but given the right conditions in ten years you should have a decent tree beginning to become part of your rainforest garden a suitable shade tree creates shade and great for container growing bird attracting and bees can be grown in full sun helping to create a microclimate or part shade the fruits can be made into jams jellies sauces candies and drinks a must have Australian tree for your garden.

[Jonathan]

They are beautiful trees. I don't have this species but have several Small Leaved Tamarind, D campbellii which grow really well down here. Richard, you'd be surprised how well a lot of Australian sub tropical RF trees grow here in the far south! The following species are all doing really well:

Ficus watkinsiana, rubiginosa, macrophylla (+ columnaris), coronata, virens (borderline!)

Argyrodendron actinophyllum - black booyong

Cryptocarya obovata

Media azederach - white cedar, though possums love them

Castanospermum australe - black bean

Doryphora sassafras

Dysoxylon fraserianum - rose wood

Planchonella australis - black apple 

Syzigium paniculata, smithii, australe, 

Diospyros australis, etc, etc!

All of the above can take considerable cold and most of them light frost, though protection when young is sensible.  Anything that gets to a metre seems to survive and thrive.  Have been very surprised by the growth rate of some species, particularly the booyongs and rose wood. These trees should be more commonly grown in temperate climates in my opinion. 

 

 

 

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36 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

They are beautiful trees. I don't have this species but have several Small Leaved Tamarind, D campbellii which grow really well down here. Richard, you'd be surprised how well a lot of Australian sub tropical RF trees grow here in the far south! The following species are all doing really well:

Ficus watkinsiana, rubiginosa, macrophylla (+ columnaris), coronata, virens (borderline!)

Argyrodendron actinophyllum - black booyong

Cryptocarya obovata

Media azederach - white cedar, though possums love them

Castanospermum australe - black bean

Doryphora sassafras

Dysoxylon fraserianum - rose wood

Planchonella australis - black apple 

Syzigium paniculata, smithii, australe, 

Diospyros australis, etc, etc!

All of the above can take considerable cold and most of them light frost, though protection when young is sensible.  Anything that gets to a metre seems to survive and thrive.  Have been very surprised by the growth rate of some species, particularly the booyongs and rose wood. These trees should be more commonly grown in temperate climates in my opinion. 

 

 

 

I love how you can grow things most people wouldn’t even try to consider I suppose it’s a lot of trial and error that makes a true gardener have plants that are not thought of or most people wouldn’t even try that’s quite a list have you tried the Davidson plum the import restrictions you have would be the biggest problem you have with being able to get plants not being game enough to plant them and kill them takes a lot of trial out of the question with such restrictions on imports you have to keep on trying.

[Jonathan]

I had one Davison's plum years ago but it died...I don't think I was very careful with it! Would like to try again, preferably from seed from a more southern population, ie NSW, rather than Qld. Also, I think I read somewhere that D jerseyana might be slightly more cold tolerant??

The restrictions on bringing plants in is a bummer, but seeds are generally allowed, with a few exceptions - Myrtaceae, due to myrtle rust any declared weeds and some vegetables I think. So if you like propagating from seed, which I do, it's not too onerous.

I might have to get you to source some local seed for me, could be a good little business!

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2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I had one Davison's plum years ago but it died...I don't think I was very careful with it! Would like to try again, preferably from seed from a more southern population, ie NSW, rather than Qld. Also, I think I read somewhere that D jerseyana might be slightly more cold tolerant??

The restrictions on bringing plants in is a bummer, but seeds are generally allowed, with a few exceptions - Myrtaceae, due to myrtle rust any declared weeds and some vegetables I think. So if you like propagating from seed, which I do, it's not too onerous.

I might have to get you to source some local seed for me, could be a good little business!

I have some Davidson plum seeds fresh as well I can post to with adscendan seeds will try next week for you Davidson seeds take a while to germinate and have been sporadic for me I will ask around about germinating them but I do get some to germinate I find they pop up around my garden as well some other states have restrictions as well WA is one demand for seeds over there is big one as well if the import laws from overseas was crazy enough you guys have to deal with local restrictions to top it off that’s a big hit on top of imported seed rules as well.

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Yep it's not ideal!

That would be great thanks Richard, I'd love to give them a go again. Flick me a pm when you're ready to post. Cheers.

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12 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Yep it's not ideal!

That would be great thanks Richard, I'd love to give them a go again. Flick me a pm when you're ready to post. Cheers.

No worries 👍🌱