Australian Natives II 100 Hours Certificate Course

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Australian Natives II course online. Develop your expertise in Australian plants! This course deals with both woody (hard wooded) and herbaceous (soft wooded), low growing Australian Native Plants, which bear showy flowers. The focus is on small shrubs and ground covers.

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About this course

Distinguish between different types of native wildflowers.
Determine reliable information about the identification and culture of Australian wildflowers.
Specify general cultural practices, including propagation, for different families of Australian native wildflowers.
Explain the characteristics, including identification and culture, of heath like native wildflowers; with reference to both proteaceous and myrtaceous plants.
Explain the characteristics, including their identification, culture and use, of wildflowers in the Asteraceae (ie. Daisy) family.
Explain the characteristics, including identification, culture and use, of different legume wildflower genera.
Explain the characteristics, including identification, culture and use, of different Australian native monocotyledons (ie. narrow-leaved plants).
Prepare a planting design featuring Australian wildflowers.
Develop a cut flower production plan, for a selected Australian wildflower. 

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Course programme

There are 8 lessons:

  1. Introduction
    • Review of the system of plant identification, general characteristics of the group, information contacts (ie: nurseries, seed, clubs, etc.)
  2. Growing Conditions
    • Planting, staking, mulching, watering, pest & disease, feeding, pruning, propagation, protection from wind, salt air, environmental zones, etc.
  3. The Heaths and similar plants
    • Myrtaceae family, etc. Thryptomene, Bauera, Astartea, Grevilleas, Telopea, Leptospermum, etc.
  4. The Daisy Family
    • Identification and growing needs Helichrysum, Helipterum, Celmisia, Brachyscome, Olearia, etc.
  5. The Legumes
    • Fabaceae, Mimosaceae and Caesalpinaceae families. Kennedya, Pultenaea, Acacia, etc.
  6. Other common groups
    • Boronia, Crowea, Clematis, Viola, etc.
  7. The Monocots
    • Grasses, native irises, Anigozanthus, Xanthorrhea, etc.
  8. Commercial Applications

Australian Natives II 100 Hours Certificate Course

Price on request