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

Propagation to save the Wollemi Pine

11/02/2024 admin 542 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

The difference in growth caused by the abrasive nature of tuff compared with perlite in a coir blend (Image: Dan Austin)

International Plant Propagation Society

Preformed plugs or a conventional cutting mix?

11/12/2023 Dan Austin 426 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Dan Austin

When it comes to plant propagation there are a few key areas to achieve production success. When growing maximum numbers in minimal space, quality, uniformity, and speed all come into play and they are all influenced by one thing – growing media.… Continue reading