As the rainy season is fast approaching, we are working on the higher banks around the pipe head, because anything we plant at the waters edge will likely be washed away during winter. Water plantings will have to wait until spring, so they have a full season to get root systems established before the annual flooding. Ma and I took a trip down to the local native nursery to stock up.
I chose a variety of native grasses and sedges that thrive in wet, boggy soils, as well as fern species that have rhizomatous root systems. Hopefully these will spread their roots through the banks and stabilise them against further erosion.
The sedges I chose were Ficinia nodosa, Machaerina Juncea, and Baumea Rubiginosa. I also grabbed a couple of strappy leaved grasses, Lomandra Hystrix and Dianella Caerulea. These are apparently particularly good habitats for frogs, and do well in waterlogged soils. I grabbed a Blechnum Silver Lady fern, and a white myrtle shrub which I planted in the grassy area across the foot bridge.
We planted the fern and grasses/sedges along the house side in the area above where we sandbagged last weekend, and also on the banks on the other side where the creek widens and flattens. I will be checking on them each week and providing updates as to what is growing well and what (if any) is not. Hopefully by trial and error we will get a better idea of which plants will thrive.
A productive morning at the nursery!
The Silver Lady and a couple of sedges on the house side near the pipe head. Hopefully they don't get washed away!
Grasses and sedges planted in at the waters edge. The creek widens and flattens in this area, so the water flow is nowhere near as fast. These little guys should be fine over winter :)
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