International Plant Propagation Society Archives - Page 2 of 17

Corymbia ficifolia mummy graft onto Corymbia calophylla rootstock (Image: Dave Blumer)

Propagation at the King’s Park and Botanic Gardens

10/03/2024 admin 383 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Amanda Shade

The Kings Park and Botanic Garden nursery was established in 1962, several years prior to the opening of the Western Australian Botanic Garden (WABG). We grow roughly 50-60,000 plants annually for display in our many differently-themed collections within the WABG and wider parkland areas.… Continue reading

Advanced Wollemi Pines ready for transplanting from cutting propagation (image supplied by Matt Coulter)

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Propagation to save the Wollemi Pine

11/02/2024 admin 535 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Matt Coulter

Wollemia nobilis is listed by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) as a critically endangered tree species. The species is commonly known as Wollemi Pine and is, in fact, not a pine but a member of a 200-million-year-old plant family, the Araucariaceae, predominately a southern hemisphere plant family that includes Araucaria, Agathis, and the monotypic genus Wollemia.… Continue reading