Tips for Fire-Resistant Garden Planning
Explore plant selection, arrangement, and management strategies to minimize bushfire risks in your garden. Learn the importance of well-managed gardens, vegetation distance from the house, firewise plant choices, and preventative measures like pruning and thinning. Take steps now to safeguard your outdoor space against fire hazards.
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PLANT SELECTION, ARRANGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT TO HELP MINIMISE YOUR RISK FROM BUSHFIRE. IS IT TIME TO RECONSIDER YOUR GARDEN?
GARDENS NEED TO BE MANAGED: Planning Thinning Pruning Lopping Coppicing Clearing Weeding Gravelling Watering Renewing
Well managed and watered gardens reduce dry burnable material, decrease fuel load and fire intensity.
VEGETATION CAN SLOW THE WIND AND TRAP EMBERS BUT MAKE SURE THE VEGETATION IS NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE
SATINBOX NEMATOLEPIS SQUAMEUM MANAGE VEGETATION FOR FIRE- LIVING FOLIAGE TAKES LONGER TO IGNITE THAN DEAD FOLIAGE. CHOOSE PLANTS THAT RETAIN LIVING FOLIAGE TO THE GROUND.
FIREWISE PLANT: COASTAL BOOBIALLA- MYOPORUM INSULARE. SUCCULENT LEATHERY LEAVES ON 4M TALL AND WIDE SHRUB. EXCELLENT SMALL SCREEN AND EMBER TRAP.
FIREWISE PLANT: BLACKWOOD -ACACIA MELANOXYLON IS A GREAT LOCAL SCREEN TREE AND EMBER TRAP. VERY FEW DEAD BRANCHES, NO VOLATILE OILS IN THE LEAVES, MINIMAL LEAF LITTER.
LADDER EFFECT- RIBBON BARK EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS MANNA GUM
LADDER EFFECT- HANGING BRANCHES ALSO HIGH OIL CONTENT IN LEAVES AND FIBROUS BARK EUCALYPTUS RADIATA NARROW LEAF PEPPERMINT
EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS- RED GUM LADDER EFFECT- REDUCED BY PRUNING, SPECIES SELECTION AND NOT MANY SHRUBS UNDERNEATH MULCH SELECTION IS IMPORTANT IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS
NO LITTER AT BASE, NO LADDER EFFECT DUE TO PRUNING STILL FLAMMABLE BUT HAS BEEN MANAGED TO MINIMISE RISK. EUCALYPTUS AROMAPHLOIA APPLE BOX
