We’ve had some big storms in Newcastle over the last week. Many trees and branches have been blown down from wild winds and a few downpours. So I was interesting in determining how the new plants had fared.
In all, they have fared well. The native violets would of been fully submerged in the creek and I can see the surrounding soil was partly washed away but the plants are still in place.
I decided to leave the plants as they are, even though one of them has a fair bit of its roots exposed. I figure it must be been grounded to some degree to not be washed away.
The other ground cover was fine:
At this stage, I think it just wants more sunlight and it will do well. I still need to keep some of the invasives back though.
I was expecting the dianellas to be going strong with all the rain, and two of them are, but the middle one is struggling for some reason. My guess is it is getting too much water so maybe it will come good as the ground starts to dry out.
The Sydney golden wattles at the front of the reserve are going gangbusters. They have all sprouted substantial new growth. I think at this point they are not going to need any more maintenance.

The plants that were just planted at the rear of the reserve are all going strong. I was worried that some of them would cop a branch or two but mostly they were all lucky.
I am hoping that with the ground getting such a good drenching, it will give them all a boost. Fingers crossed.