Hi there,
I'm looking for suggestions for a fast groing native species that I can plant on the side of a dam.
I work on a station near broken hill, far west NSW and we have a dam near the homestead that is lovely to swim in during the extremly hot summers (not unusual to average over 40 for the summer months) but it lacks shade. I have a few red gums I got from a lovely native nursery I stumbled apon in Mildura, but since they're about knee high at the moment its going to be quite a few years before they give enough shade for just one of my dogs, so I was thinking of planting a few trees between them that might take off a bit quicker (don't really have to be native I don't supose, but since it's so hot (and we get frosts in winter) out here it's gotta be hardy!
Thanks for any help
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Hey, just to start you off -- I was thinking for FAST growing, what you might want is some kind of nurse trees. Around here, that would be some species of locust/robinia, but I was pretty sure there was a problem with locust as invasive species in Australia, and there was another species that I was thinking of that is Siberian, not a match either....
So I did a quick search and came across this --
So I did a quick search and came across this --
Now, the purpose of nurse trees is to be a tree-sized/depth N-fixer and support desired specimen trees as they grow together, then the nurse tree is cut down and thereafter, shoots that sprout from the stump are used as cut-and-use fodder, mulch, firewood, buried in hugelkultur, etc. So keep that in mind, although this one is described to be usable for "feature" so might be selectively preserved.Mudgee wattle | Grow Me Instead
https://www.growmeinstead.com.au/plant/m ... tle-1.aspx
Mudgee wattle
Acacia spectabilis
Trees and Shrubs
South Australia Region
A popular small native Acacia from Queensland and New South Wales. It grows 2 to 4m high by 2 to 3m wide.
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Thanks applestar
That wattle is a great idea! I didn't even think of a wattle but I do know they grow wild out here so it sounds perfect!
I've never heard of nurse trees before but I understand the concept and would indeed be perfect.
Thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated.
P.s yes sorry I should have specified but you were right, NSW as in Australia
That wattle is a great idea! I didn't even think of a wattle but I do know they grow wild out here so it sounds perfect!
I've never heard of nurse trees before but I understand the concept and would indeed be perfect.
Thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated.
P.s yes sorry I should have specified but you were right, NSW as in Australia