Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Help with my Lilly Pillies 5Jul 29, 2019 7:29 pm heyho, just like soph2 mentioned cut back all that dead stuff and just wait till spring. I personally wouldn't be doing any transplanting in winter. I'm in Sydney and I know the winters here are too cold let alone Melbourne. The roots lay more or less dormant and unless its a deciduous plant, I'd wait till late winter, early spring (August) to move it ensuring it takes well to it's new position as the ground warms up. You can treat a lot of the newer Lilly Pilly cultivars like 'normal' plants; just dont go too overboard on fertilisers. They still appreciate well composted manures and adequate water during the hotter months as original species of lilly pillies are native to rainforest-y areas (wetter and better soils than arid areas of Australia). They're tough plants. Just gotta wait for spring Re: Help with my Lilly Pillies 6Aug 19, 2019 2:39 pm Thanks for the advice, My wife wants to rip them out and plant bamboo, but we're going to give them this coming spring to show some improvement, or else they're out! BTW - they've been in the ground for 11 months. In that time they've almost doubled in size (great!), which means they've grown 20 - 30cm (not so great ). i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 13435 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6940 Hi VK, Think it's worth investing time in an Owner Builder course to equip you with basic knowledge on Australian Building Industry and its regulations. Also, I suggest… 11 25012 |