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Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - June ‘26 (aussie.zone)
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Planting anything over winter, or just preparing for spring?

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Canadian here.

Anyone in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth or other zone 7 regions got any unique to Australia crops that I might consider importing for my garden?

edit: I recently started growing Good King Henry, Skirret, and Bambara Beans from west Africa. All of these are perennial food crops that were staples before modern agriculture.

Even if I don't grow them myself I would be very interested to learn of any crops the Aboriginal peoples developed.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I am just assuming you get snow? If that's the case then Perth has stepped away from the conersation. But... I am fond of the colour of Swan River Daisies.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Yes but we get pretty mild winters where I am. I can also move less hardy plants into a greenhouse if need be.

    Honestly even if the plant is impossible for me to grow I'm still interested in hearing about it.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

    There’s some here, the bush tomato and finger lime look especially good. And they left off a big favourite, the lilly pilly tree. https://nurturedlife.com.au/bush-tucker-plants/

    You’d probably want to research care and growing conditions though because even though Victoria is cool Canada might be even colder and prone to frost.

    Edit: These claim to be frost tolerant

    https://bushtobowl.com/blogs/bush-to-bowls-blog/bushtucker-plants-for-frost-prone-regions

    https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/plants-for-places/frost-tolerant.html

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    ooh I've heard of finger limes!!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    There’s the banana passionfruit too. It’s yellow. It says it prefers warm temperate to cool temperate but tolerates frosts? I don’t know if it would live. It would really depend on where in Canada.

    It says it’s not really available in June and July (at least on that site) and the seeds are out of stock on another site.

    https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/buy/passionfruit-banana-vine.htm

    https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/banana-passionfruit

    The first link says something about quarantine zones within Australia too 🤔 There’s another thought. I don’t know if Canada has any laws or regulations on bringing in fruit or plants from other countries so maybe check that out first before you bring anything in

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    You need an import license. I've actually had reasonable success finding seeds in Canada.

    Where I am we actually worry more about drought and high heat. Like hopefully this year I've set up my bell peppers such that they wont drop their flowers during heat waves.

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