Home nurseryman in Western Australia are commended for heeding a call to help keep the administration of a ornamental hold works mistakenly sold in WA over summer , but more are further to do the right affair .
Callisia repens ( Jacq . ) L. is an herbaceous recurrent succulent , also known as creeping edge plant and Callisia ‘ Pink Lady ’ . It can be establish in other State Department but is prohibited in Western Australia due to its potential impact on the surroundings .
The prohibited plant was sell during December and January at Bunnings stores in the Perth metropolitan domain and in Albany , Kalgoorlie , Geraldton , Bunbury and Busselton regions .
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is urging gardeners who purchased a Callisia ‘ Pink Lady ’ to return plant bought to any Bunnings store for a full refund or call +61 ( 0)8 9368 3080 to arrange collection .
Department Priority Weeds manager Kay Bailey said the section had been working with Bunnings to raise cognizance and go back the 800 plants sold .
“ With more than 300 plant returned so far , the answer from gardener has been plus but we need more plants returned to reduce the potential drop for the pest to fan out and harm our agricultural industries or surround , ” Ms Bailey said .
“ There has been a high number of plants return in some metropolitan areas , including 87 per centime from Bunnings ’ Harrisdale store and 80 per cent from Cockburn .
“ However , it ’s vital that gardeners from across Perth , and particularly the regional country of Bunbury , Kalgoorlie , Geraldton and Esperance , check whether Callisia Pink Lady is among the plants they recently buy and if so , return them . ”
Callisia Pink Lady is a hardy plant with crawl stem that grow into dumb mats of vegetation which could create problem across a broad chain of mountains of environments in Western Australia .
It has the voltage to become widespread in riparian vegetation , along roadside , timber margins , disturbed website and barren country .
A native of Mexico , Central America and South America , the plant spreads by seed and fore section , which enables it to spread easily via garden barren .
Callisia Pink Lady is a low growing works up to 10 cm tall and about 1.2 grand in width , with lowly white flowers that appear in late spring or early summer .
Its leaves are dumbly clustered along the theme and become small and more distant from each other along the unfolding stem . Sized from 1 to 4 cm long , the leave of absence are usually unripe above and purple underneath .
Suspect plants can be reported to the section ’s Pest and Disease Information Service on +61 ( 0)8 9368 3080 or email a photo and enquiry to[email protect ] .
The section is investigating the entry of Callisia Pink Lady seedlings into Western Australia .
For more data : www.agric.wa.gov.au
