Flowering now

Flowering now

Allocasuarina verticillata – Drooping Sheoak is a rather dull grey-green tree but take a close look at the highly ornamental patterns on the branchlets of the male plant, right. The female plant produces red flowers along the trunks and branches. These f...

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Nest box monitoring

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Summer time changes at Bili Nursery

Summer time changes at Bili Nursery

Bili Nursery will be open Tuesday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm over summer, ie. no Saturday or Monday trade until March. For home gardeners, we have a great selection of indigenous plants for sale so do pop in!

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Container deposit scheme

Container deposit scheme

Victoria’s CDS has arrived! This means you can now exchange some aluminium, glass, and plastic containers – just check for the 10c refund logo on the container. See here for what can and cannot be exchanged. To find your nearest collection point, s...

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Progress on the Triangle

Progress on the Triangle

We were successful some years ago in having this long strip of land incorporated into the Park. It’s on our boundary with Boeing. The first stage in revegetation was to plant along the fence line. The weedy grass was sprayed out and in October last year ...

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Bili Nursery pitch

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A new lily in stock!

A new lily in stock!

It’s the first time we have propagated these pretty Arthropodium minus – Small Vanilla-lilies – and they have done very well. They are perennial and form tubers which store nutrients for the following growing season. This fragrant vanilla lil...

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Wildflower combos on sale

Wildflower combos on sale

Ready to go! Our Bili Nursery staff have been growing up these combos – 4 wildflowers in each pot – and they are looking just gorgeous – perfect presents for any occasion. We chose these species because they flower for long periods and at dif...

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Nov 13 bird survey

Nov 13 bird survey

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Lobelia pratioides – Poison Lobelia

To 30CM. Loosely matting, suckering dioecious perennial herb. Leaves dull green, toothed oblanceolate to lanceolate. Terminal sprays of blue to mauve flowers Oct to May. Requires wet soils. An attractive plant for a shady garden. Poisonous to stock.

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