Flora

Weeds and Invasive Flora/Fauna

When the property was acquired by the present owner, the garden was infested with blackberry, montbretia, St Johns wort, English broom, privet and cotoneaster, all listed as noxious weeds under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993. Twenty other varieties of weed were identified on the property at that time. Large stands of cotoneaster and bamboo have been completely removed.

​Our horticulturalists have significantly eradicated the weed infestation. The considerable growth of ivy on trees has also been systematically removed. The other weeds are dealt with during routine maintenance.

They are:

  • flatweed (in the lawn),
  • blackberry (particularly from National Park),
  • buttercup (creek banks)
  • montbretia (creek banks),
  • flickweed (creek banks),
  • herbaceous weeds (in the garden beds).

New Plantings of Trees and Shrubs

Trees
In pursuing the policy of consistency of cool climate plantings to enhance the values established by the heritage garden, established trees of the following types have been added to the garden over the past ten years: