You may have a preconceived idea of what Australian plants look like – think gum trees,
Banksias, pandanus and tea trees – but Australia is a big country with more than 23,000 highly diverse species.
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🍃Featured plants: 🌿
Sacred Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
Common Mint (Mentha spicata cv.)*
Native Mint (Mentha satureioides)
Backscratcher Ginger (Tapeinochilos ananassae)
Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius)
Rice Paddy Herb (Limnophila aromatica)
* Check before planting: this may be an environmental weed in your area.
This segment is from Gardening Australia Season 35, Episode 31 titled “Spring: Rhododendrons & surprising natives”.
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5 Comments
1st
Where can you buy the elephant foot yam from?
Mint is like the mother-in-law tongue, it's like a weed so you have to put it in a pot.
Thanks for an entertaining and informative episode 😊
Thank you! More edible natives, please. Maybe some for the cooler parts of Australia?
The edible native videos are my favourites! I’d love one focused on us frozen Victorians and Tasmania’s though!