Cordyline australis
This striking New Zealand native is moderately frost hardy, occurring in some of that country’s southernmost areas. The seedlings, with very narrow, arching leaves, are sold as indoor plants and last for years in this juvenile state. Planted ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Pleurotus australis
Description and distribution map for Pleurotus australis in Australia. Pleurotus australis, an agaric with large (up to 20 cm) brown cap; stem short and lateral; on living or dead trees. Compare to Omphalotus nidiformis, which is luminescent and ... [... more]
Fungimap |
Jonathon Welch
Apart from being a successful singer, Jonathon Welch has a passion for renovating houses. Our House visits his latest renovation project. Jonathon Welch is part of the professional tenor trio "Tenor Australis", which was formed three and-a-half [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
NEW TECHNIQUES:
This company creates fine, contemporary furniture from eucalypt hardwoods grown in Queensland. Established in 1994, Metaform Australis is a co-operative of furniture and related product manufacturers, Queensland's wood processors and State and ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Family Tropiduchidae
Australia has some delightful tropiduchids, Tambinia venusta and Kallitambinia australis being typical. Fletcher (1981) described the morphology of K. australis and Fletcher (1979a) gave details of the life history of the same species. The tribe ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Family Ricaniidae
The Family Ricaniidae is well represented in Australia, although poorly studied. The best known Australian species is the Passionvine Hopper, Scolypopa australis (Walker), which is common on a wide range of native and introduced plant hosts and ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Southern Right Whale
The Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis is a large black stocky whale that has a number of features making identification relatively easy. They reach a maximum length of 17m and weight of 80 - 90 tonnes. It is the only large whale that ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Red Fountain
Trevor thinks the red fountain cordyline (Cordyline australis 'red Fountain') could possibly be the best new plant release seen anywhere in the world in the past ten years. It is a New Zealand bred cordyline and what is unique about its compact ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Waterwise feature plants
With water shortages in the headlines, one of the logical solutions is to grow plants that have spent a couple of million years adjusting to the capricious Australian climate. Grass trees (Xanthorrhoea australis) are icons of the Aussie bush and ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
