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Monitoring Local Provenance Vegetation as an alternative to Star Jasmine in Traffic Islands at Intersection of Collins and Trafalgar Streets

See History April 2006 to June 2007

• 1 July 2016: Inner West Council replaced local provenance Hardenbergia and Dianella with Star Jasmine in Island 1. Replaced Pandorea Pandorana, Grevillea and dianellas in Traffic Blister 2 with Star Jasmine
• 27 June 2016: First the Pandorea Pandorana went,
  now the Grevillea, Dianella and Hardenbergia have been ripped out of
  Island 1,
  Island 2,
  and Island 8 and is being replaced with star jasmine.
• 19 September 2015: Island 1 and Island 8
• See World Environment Day 2014
• 15 September 2013: Life is tough on the Streets! St Brendan's graduating year 6 class decided to give the school a farewell gift of a garden makeover. On Friday 13 September 2013 a truck load of mulch and soil was dumped on the verge in front of the school. A team of green teashirts set to work on the school grounds and surrounding verges. It appears, there was excess soil which they decided to dump on traffic islands (curb blisters) 8 and 1, burrying the Grevillea in Island 1, just as it was coming into bloom. Island 2, Island 3 in streetscape, Island 3, Island 4, Island 5, Island 6, Island 7. It will be interesting to see if the Pandorea Pandorana comes through the soil in Island 8
• 9 March 2013: Magpie in Island 8 with islands 1,2,3 in background.
• 25 February 2013: Commelina cyanea in bloom in Traffic Blister 1 and Pandorea Pandorana, Grevillea and dianellas thriving in Traffic Blister 2
• 26 September 2012: Dianellas and Grevillea poorinda (Royal Mantle) blooming in Traffic Blister 1 and Dianellas blooming in Traffic Blister 2

• Pandorea Pandorana blooming profusely in traffic island 2 on 8 August 2012

• Around June/July 2012 LMC planted Dianella tubestock in island 8 and on the verge in front of school. Star Jasmine in Island 7 looks sad on 18 Aug 2012
• 4 May 2012 - Council Staff have just cut the grass on the verge and trimmed the Star Jasmine in island 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The local provenance Pandorea (using the Hibiscus geranioides as a frame) and Dianellas are thriving in island 2, outgrowing the Grevillea Gaudi Chaudii. In Island 1, the prostrate Poorinda (Royal Mantle) Grevillea has just about filled out and a clump of Dianella is growing through it at end away from the drain.
• 16 May 2011 - During an early cold snap in Sydney. island 2 looking a bit worse for wear after work was carried out on the storm water drains. A pole has been erected, for a new STOP sign, and the Hibiscus geranioides has gone to seed.
  Star Jasmine and stop sign pole in island 3,
  star jasmine OK in island 4, 5 and 6.
  The RTA's prostrate Grevillea's have covered Island 1 and the LMC's spikey grevillea seem to work, outside the school, in island 8 while star jasmine trampled in island 7 (outside the school at the pick up zone).
• 21 September 2010 - Dianellas are thriving in island 2, star jasmine thriving in island 3, trampled in island 7, and ok in island 4, 5 and 6. The RTA's prostrate Grevillea's are not very successful in Island 1 but the LMC's spikey grevillea looks good in island 8
• March 2010 - A Pink Flower, probably Hibiscus geranioides, blooms in Island 2.
• 19 January 2010 - in a very variable January - very hot, cool, humid, wet and dry - the dianellas, grevillea Lanigera and Pandorena in island 2 are doing well. The Pandorena may even become as rampant as the star jasmine, which is doing fine in islands 3,4,5,6. What looks like a grass has died in island 7, but this is possibly due to the construction and maintenance work by the Energy Australia and St brendan's. The Juniperina is continuing to thrive (and seed) in Island 8. The sandstone has been damaged in island 1
• 1‎3 November 2009 - Council plants star jasmine in Islands 3,4,5,6
• 2nd October 2009 - There is a lot of litter and weeds in island 1 but the original plants are doing well. The dianellas in island 2 are in bloom and seem to benefit from the overflowing drains. It would appear that plants have been stolen from islands 3 and 4 or there is a problem with the soil, island 3 incorporates a sydney water point and island 4 originally suffered from subsidance. The two forms of grevillea in islands 5, 6, 7 and 8 seem to be doing well - though island 5 seems to be missing some plants.
• 7th July 2009 - In June 2009, Bicycle lanes were painted in Collins St...traffic islands 1, 4, 5 and 8 cut into the bicycle lanes. The recently planted Grevillea looks like it is suffering from possible flooding of the traffic islands, due to blocking of drains after heavy rain. Islands 2, 3, 6, 7
• LMC planted Grevillea gaudi chaudi in traffic islands 2,5,6 and 7 in the last week of May 2009
• Between 29th April and 7th May, Poorinda Royal Mantle were planted in island3 and island 4
• 29 April 2009: The Local Provenance Dianella's, from the RBCNN in Traffic Island 2 continue to thrive as does the original Poorinda in island 1. The prickly grevillea in island 8 is doing well. However, the plants (and weeds) in islands 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are struggling.
• 3 February 2009: A noisy myna was seen and subsequently photographed feeding on the Grevillea which is thriving in Island 1. Islands 1 & 2 have been tended, weeded and leaf litter clogging the drain, after rain, has been added to them. Plants in Island 2 and Island 8 are doing well. However the plants in island 4, 5 and 6 are struggling. The water leak (now fixed) in island 3 may have killed the plants in the island - the council crew have advised they are waiting for cooler weather before replanting the islands.

• 4 October 2008: Added Dianella Laevis tubestock, from RBCNN, to island 2, the Pandorea and original Lanigera are established. The original Poorinda has had most success in island1 but has struggled in the others particularly island8 and island7where a spiky grevillea has been added to discourage the kids from trampling the islands. A Poorinda has established in island3 and in island4 where it wasn't eroding. The Lanigera has been more successful in island5 and island6, as are the weeds.
• 12 March 2008: Added Pandorea pandorana tubestock to island 2
• 27 February 2008: Day after a storm. There is still erosion in island4. The lanigera in Island 1 has all but disappeared, though the Poorinda seems to have got established. Neither species in Island2, Island3 or Island7 are doing very well. Islands5 and 6 have been planted out but may also be benefitting from better drainage. Island 8 has been replanted with prickly native plants to discourage the kids from trampling it. A local provenance Dianella Caerulea from the Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery was planted in island2 today.
• 14 June 2007: Flooding due to blocked drains.. Eventually this water will make its way into Sydney harbour via the Federal Park Wetlands.
• Approximately 7.15am, 30 April 2007 - Island 4, is still suffering erosion and the plants in Island 8 still seem to be suffering from School Traffic. In Island 5 lavender and other exotics are coexisting. Poorinda and Lanigera are doing well in Island 1, Island 2, Island 3, Island 6 and Island 7 are doing well - limited maintenance. This is in stark contrast to the "drought" tolerent plants in the beds along Booth St, which have suffered in the periodic, heavy Sydney rains. The Red Callistomons, which put on a spectacular bloom elsewhere, when the drought broke, had unfortunately been replaced, with exotics in Booth St.
• On 24 Jan 2007, with light rain falling, and in time for the new school year additional Pooringa and Lanigera were planted in the islands. Island 4, is still suffering erosion. The plants in Island 8 had suffered the greates attrition and it will be interesting to note how long the new plants will survive the children and trees. Some of the original stock seems to now be well established in the other beds Island 1, Island 2, Island 3, Island 5 - lavendar and some other exotics have also been planted in this bed, Island 6, Island 7.

This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/trafficislands-2.shtml last updated: 1 July 2016.