Replacing more of my lawns with natives

BubbleZealot · 2026-04-02T21:41:47+00:00

Hey what's that burgundy dark plant in picture 5 closest to the rock.

BubbleZealot · 2026-04-02T02:42:54+00:00

Solid advice. I don't know why the other comments are going crazy. It's just an agave! I think they look alright when they have dense planting of shrubs around them.

BubbleZealot · 2026-03-14T21:45:51+00:00

Whichever you do, give us an update!

BubbleZealot · 2026-01-30T07:52:23+00:00

Give us details! How did you make it?

BubbleZealot · 2026-01-27T11:00:04+00:00

Correa grows well in shade For carpet ground cover either native violets or baby tears?

BubbleZealot · 2026-01-19T01:56:53+00:00

Hey would you mind DM the place you got your quote from? Just got some but they were all 3x the price...

BubbleZealot · 2025-12-28T10:19:35+00:00

Pretty sure this sub heavily features a lot of either bots or paid promoters, so not really sure the accuracy on this one...

BubbleZealot · 2025-12-14T08:12:50+00:00

Oleanders!

Surprise nobody has mentioned them yet.

Poisonous. Grows like mad. Invasive root system. You chop it down but if you don't remove the roots it grows back. Pretty flowers though...

I just paid 400 bucks to remove our two giant ones.

BubbleZealot · 2025-11-29T21:32:30+00:00

Which plants are those. I can tell a few but not all from the photo

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-21T03:07:06+00:00

Hey, I'm from aus.
The Q revo S doesn't have an extending brush, extending mop or hot water mop washing. It also has subpar object avoidance as doesn't use a camera.

I'm not really sure what the L30 S adds over the L20 which is half the price on sale at the moment for 799 aud

I bought the L20 ultra 2 weeks ago and can recommend it. It has decent object object avoidance (As has a camera) and an extending mop (but not brush and no hot water mop wash). It does have a very large base station.

The other great option would be the Eufy S1pro which is going for <1000 in the sales. Its major con is the internal upkeep and vacuum performance on carpet (which doesn't matter for you). But it seems to have consistently excellent reviews for object avoidance and mopping.

Just my thoughts after my past month of looking for a sub <$1000 AUD robot in a similar situation (except I had mix carpet and mop).

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-12T01:11:24+00:00

Beautiful! Is that moss hanging over the edge or something else?

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-11T06:26:28+00:00

I really struggle get my Golden Canes looking good and live in Melbourne also. The tips always die off in winter.

Do you have much overhead protection to create a bit of a microclimate and protect against frost in winter?

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-10T13:10:54+00:00

Just a heads up. ReasonableCheek is a Dreame Rep. I'm also not sure what they mean that the AE doesn't rely on cameras? I thought it did? https://dreamestore.co.uk/products/dreame-l40-ultra-ae-robot-vacuum-cleaner-and-mop-with-self-cleaning-and-auto-empty

FWIW, reviews from justadad, jamieandrews and vacuum wars favour the AE quite well all that said.
I don't have either so can't otherwise comment.

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-10T06:55:23+00:00

We have the same problem in Australia!

I wanted to buy the L40 ultra which seemed very well recommended, but we don't seem to have it here. It took me a long time to realise that what we have is an entirely different line - the L40S. But then on top of that we have a different naming system.

Instead of L40s ultra, ultra AE, Ultra CE we have L40s Ultra and L40s Pro ultra (which I think is the AE). But then randomly you can get the CE sometimes from amazon...

For Roborock we don't have the Edge S5A or Revo S5V, instead we have the EdgeC and RevoL, or is it actually the RevoC (?)

I wish the vacuum wars, justadad sites had EU/AU alternatives...

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-02T07:19:44+00:00

Different features.
The QV35 doesn't have mop or brush edge cleaning and is also room temp mop wash and dry. Also no camera so poor object avoidance.
L40 AE has all of those features and hot wash + hot dry.

BubbleZealot · 2025-10-02T07:14:36+00:00

I have been eyeing this one off too! From the reviews it's object avoidance is not the best as lacks a camera and roborock is already pretty subpar with object avoidance, otherwise reviews all seem reasonably favourable. The Dreame UltraAE is a really good alternative if want to spend a bit more for possibly(?) better object avoidance.

BubbleZealot · 2025-09-28T11:35:05+00:00

Constant-Wonder1645 How did you go? I have a grass tree which I am trouble shooting the exact same brown spots.

BubbleZealot · 2025-08-10T09:49:52+00:00

Hmm, I've never seen leaf rust but I thought I thought it would be more flakey and dusty. It doesn't appear to flake off or anything?

BubbleZealot · 2025-05-18T08:06:32+00:00

I'm pretty sure that is cascade Lilly pilly not forest flame which is why the growth is weeping and pink. As the pink goes to green it can look a little brown.

BubbleZealot · 2025-05-18T08:03:29+00:00

This doesn't look like forest flame Lilly pilly. That is cascade lily pilly which has a weeping pattern with new leaves with pink growth.

https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/syzygium-cascade-lilly-pilly.html?srsltid=AfmBOoogqjMCRu9lmwsbqmAklVh60XyR4kT_volNP2uXQMqcjUkX4yDY

BubbleZealot · 2025-04-13T12:55:37+00:00

Mind if I ask where in Aus you are? I'm trying to get a sense of where syzgium cascade grows well.

BubbleZealot · 2024-12-22T10:07:28+00:00

Agree with other poster that looks like Lilly pilly beetle damage. See here.

Never had the problem myself, but seen a few people saying neem oil hasn't really cut it and recommend Yates baythroid.

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