Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - June ‘26
20d 2h ago by aussie.zone/u/melbaboutown in gardeningaustralia@aussie.zone
Planting anything over winter, or just preparing for spring?
The thread is yours
Canadian here.
Anyone in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth or other zone 7 regions got any unique to Australia crops that I might consider importing for my garden?
edit: I recently started growing Good King Henry, Skirret, and Bambara Beans from west Africa. All of these are perennial food crops that were staples before modern agriculture.
Even if I don't grow them myself I would be very interested to learn of any crops the Aboriginal peoples developed.
I am just assuming you get snow? If that's the case then Perth has stepped away from the conersation. But... I am fond of the colour of Swan River Daisies.
Yes but we get pretty mild winters where I am. I can also move less hardy plants into a greenhouse if need be.
Honestly even if the plant is impossible for me to grow I'm still interested in hearing about it.
There’s some here, the bush tomato and finger lime look especially good. And they left off a big favourite, the lilly pilly tree. https://nurturedlife.com.au/bush-tucker-plants/
You’d probably want to research care and growing conditions though because even though Victoria is cool Canada might be even colder and prone to frost.
Edit: These claim to be frost tolerant
https://bushtobowl.com/blogs/bush-to-bowls-blog/bushtucker-plants-for-frost-prone-regions
https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/plants-for-places/frost-tolerant.html
ooh I've heard of finger limes!!
There’s the banana passionfruit too. It’s yellow. It says it prefers warm temperate to cool temperate but tolerates frosts? I don’t know if it would live. It would really depend on where in Canada.
It says it’s not really available in June and July (at least on that site) and the seeds are out of stock on another site.
https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/buy/passionfruit-banana-vine.htm
https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/banana-passionfruit
The first link says something about quarantine zones within Australia too 🤔 There’s another thought. I don’t know if Canada has any laws or regulations on bringing in fruit or plants from other countries so maybe check that out first before you bring anything in
You need an import license. I've actually had reasonable success finding seeds in Canada.
Where I am we actually worry more about drought and high heat. Like hopefully this year I've set up my bell peppers such that they wont drop their flowers during heat waves.
Wow, for real? That expands your options
I haven't looked up anything y'all posted here yet. But in general yea I had good luck finding things domestically.
The bambara beans I got from west africa off of etsy and customs was none the wiser.