Propagation methods for selected native plants

Acacia	Seed †	Aug-Sept
Allocasuarina	Seed *	Summer and Mar-May
Angophora	Seed	Sept-Nov
Anigozanthos	Division (virus tested stock)	Sept-Nov
	Seed-fresh	Sept-Nov
Araucaria	Cuttings * seed	Dec-Feb
Asplenium	Spores-2-3 weeks after ripening Division	Mar - May
Backhousia	Seed	Sept-Nov
Baeckia	Soft tip cuttings	Dec-April
Banksia	Seed Soft tip cuttings •	Sept-Nov
Bauera	Soft tip cuttings* Seeds 8 weeks to germinate Layering	Sept-Oct
Billardiera	Seed-difficult Division Soft tip cuttings	Mar-May
Blandfordia	Seed	Sept-Nov
Boronia	Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Brachychiton	Seeds (wear gloves & mask- often hairs surrounding seeds) Graft onto seedling understock	Sept-Nov Sept-Nov
Brachyscome	Seed * Soft tip cuttings* Division *	Sept-Nov any time Mar-May
Brachysema	Seed Soft tip cuttings *	Sept-Nov Mar-Apr
Bracteantha	Seed Soft tip cuttings *	all year
Callistemon	Seed from one-year-old woody fruits Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Jun
Callitris	Seed-viable for several years	Mar-May
Calothamnus	Seed-place one-year-old or older woody fruits Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Cassia	Seed †* Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Mar
Clematis	Seed-fresh	Sept
Correa	Soft tip cuttings *	Jan-Mar
Crowea	Soft tip cuttings	Jan-Mar
Cyathea	Spores-2-3 weeks after ripening	Mar-May
Dampiera	Soft tip cuttings*	Sept-Nov
Darwinia	Seeds cuttings	Sept-Nov
Dendrobium	Division	Mar-May
Dianella	Division	Mar-May
Dicksonia	Spores-2-3 weeks after ripening	Mar-May
Dillwynia	Seed † Soft tip cuttings	Dec-Mar
Dodonaea	Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Mar
Doryanthes	Seed-soak for several hours *	Sept-Nov
Drosera	Division Leaf cuttings	Mar-May Sept-Nov
Dryandra	Seeds	Sept-Nov
Epacris	Seeds Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Mar
Eremophila	Soft tip cuttings *	Sept-Nov
Eriostemon	Soft tip cuttings *	Mar-May
Eucalyptus	Seed	Sept-Mar
Ficus	Seed-fresh cuttings	varies
Gahnia	Seed Division	Mar-May
Goodenia	Seed Stem cuttings, stolons	Dec-Feb
Grevillea	Soft tip cuttings	Dec-Mar
Hakea	Seed (sun dry woody fruit) Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Apr
Hardenbergia	Seeds †* Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Mar-Apr
Hibbertia	cuttings	Summer
Hovea	Seed †	Summer
Indigofera	Seed †*	Sept-Oct
Isopogon	Seed Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Feb-Mar
Jasminum	Seed-pre-treatment	.
Kennedia	Seed †* Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Dec-Feb
Kunzea	Soft tip cuttings *	Feb-Apr
Lambertia	Seed Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov Feb-Apr
Lechenaultia	Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Leptospermum	Seeds * Soft tip cuttings *	Sept-Nov May-Jun
Livistonia	Seed	.
Lomandra	Seed Division	Mar-May
Macadamia	Seed-as soon as ripe (6 months to germinate) Graft	.
Macrozamia	Seed	.
Melaleuca	Seed* Soft tip cuttings * Soft wood cuttings	Sept-Nov Sept-Nov Dec-Mar
Melia	Seed (poisonous) Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Myoporum	Soft tip cuttings *	Sept-Mar
Nothofagus	Seed	.
Olearia	Soft tip cuttings	.
Pandorea	Soft tip cuttings Seed	Sept-Mar
Pepperomia	Leaf cuttings*	all year
Persoonia	Seed (difficult) Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Mar
Phebalium	Soft tip cuttings	.
Pimelea	Soft tip cuttings*	Nov-Dec
Pittosporum	Seed	.
Pomaderris	Seed	.
Prostanthera	Soft tip cuttings	Nov-Dec
Pultaneae	Seed cuttings	Sept-Nov
Quandong	Seed (moist, dark, stratification)	.
Scaevola	Soft tip cuttings	.
Sollya	Seed † Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Syzygium	Soft tip cuttings	Dec-Mar
Telopea	Seed Soft tip cuttings	Jun-Jul Sept
Thryptomene	Soft tip cuttings	Sept-May
Verticordia	Soft tip cuttings	Sept-Nov
Viola	Division*	all year
Westringia	Soft tip cuttings*	Mar-May
Xanthorrhoea	Seeds	Sept-Nov
Zieria	Soft tip cuttings	Dec-Mar

Ease of propagation

* easy
# difficult

Seed pre-treatment required

† Heat treat seeds by soaking in near boiling waterand allowing to cool (e.g. Acacia species) or sun drying woody fruits (e.g. Banksia species)

or

Scarification - i.e. abrading of seed coat with sandpaper or a file.

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