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Dactyloctenium australe – 10(89); 17(71)

Daffodil, Native – see Calostemma luteum

Daffodil, Peruvian – see Ismene narcissiflora

Daffodils – 3(90); 8(15)

Dahlia – 11(83); 12(12)

Dahlia imperialis – 14(36); 15(73)

Daintree Fan Palm – see Licuala ramsayi

Daintree Pine – see Gymnostoma australianum

Daisy – 5(69); 7(73)

Daisy, Cut-leafed – see Brachyscome multifida

Daisy, Everlasting – see Xerochrysum bracteatum

Daisy, Native – see Brachyscome multifida

Daisy, Paper – see Rhodanthe chlorocephala

Daisy, Seaside – see Erigeron karvinskianus

Dalechampia dioscoreifolia – 10(67)

Dampiera diversifolia – 15(34)

Dampiera spp. - 1(73)

Damselflies – 4(75)

Danaus plexippus – 13(47)

Dancing Bones Cactus – see Hatiora salicornioides

Dancing Lady – see Oncidium

Dancing Lady Ginger – see Globba winitii

Dancing Lady Orchid – see Oncidium sphacelatum

Dandelion, French – see Taraxacum officinale

Daphne, Native – see Phaleria clerodendron

Darling Lily – see Crinum flaccidum

Darooka – see Saccharum edule

Darwin Palm – see Carpentaria acuminata

Darwin Woollybutt - see Eucalyptus miniata

Datura suaveolens – see Brugmansia suaveolens

Daucus carota – 18(66)

Davidson’s Plum - see Davidsonia pruriens

Davidsonia jerseyana – 9(63-64); 12(54)

Davidsonia johnsonii – 9(64)

Davidsonia pruriens - 1(83); 9(63-64)

Daviesia – 17(46)

Daviesia umbellulata – 6(77)

Dawson Bluegrass – see Bothriochloa pertusa

Daylily - see Hemerocallis

Decaspermum humile – 10(72-73); 15(47)

Deciduous Agave – see Manfreda maculosa

Deep Blue Native Iris – see Patersonia sericea

Deep Yellow-wood – see Rhodosphaera rhodanthema

Deeringia amaranthoides – 14(53, 70); 16(69); 18(71)

Delarbrea michieana – 14(22)

Delonix regia - 1(10, 44); 2(64); 4(68); 6(16, 17); 7(44, 45, 98); 9(98); 16(9)

Delphinium – 12(14); 18(68)

Dendrobium – 9(7); 11(45)

Dendrobium ‘Victorian Flame’ – 9(68)

Dendrobium antennatum - see Ceratobium

Dendrobium beetle - see Stethopachys formosa

Dendrobium biggibum var. compactum - see Vappodes lithocola

Dendrobium biggibum var. superbum - see Vappodes phalaenopsis

Dendrobium bigibbum - 1(63)

Dendrobium bronckartii – 16(81)

Dendrobium discolor - see Durabaculum undulatum

Dendrobium falcorostrum – 9(68)

Dendrobium furcatum – 16(81)

Dendrobium gracilicaule – 7(40)

Dendrobium gracilicaule var. gracilicaule – see Dendrobium gracilicaule

Dendrobium kingianum – 9(68)

Dendrobium macropus subsp. gracilicaule – see Dendrobium gracilicaule

Dendrobium Mousmee – 16(81)

Dendrobium nobile – 9(68); 11(45); 16(41)

Dendrobium nobile ‘Fortune’ – 10(98)

Dendrobium shroederianum - see Vappodes striaenopsis

Dendrobium speciosum - 1(12, 64); 4(77); also see Thelychiton speciosus

Dendrobium speciosum ssp. capricornicum – see Thelychiton capricornicus

Dendrobium speciosum ssp. curvicaule – see Thelychiton curvicaulis

Dendrobium speciosum ssp. grandiflorum – see Thelychiton rex

Dendrobium speciosum ssp. pedunculatum – see Thelychiton pedunculatus

Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii – see Thelychiton tarberi

Dendrobium thyrsiforum – 16(81)

Dendrobium x albertine - 1(65)

Dendrobium x superbiens - 1(65)

Dendrocalamus ‘Green Ghost’ – 5(33)

Dendrocalamus minor amoenus – 6(63)

Deplanchea tetraphylla – 5(42); 6(31); 7(13)

Desert Lime – see Citrus glauca

Desert Rose - see Adenium obesum; Gossypium sturtianum

Detergents, grey water – 13(65)

Devil’s Apple – 7(56-61)

Devil’s Backbone – see Euphorbia tithymaloides

Devil’s Ivy – see Epipremnum aureum

Devil’s Tongue – see Amorphophallus bulbifer

Dewberry Plant – see Duranta erecta

Diamond Finch (bird) – see Stagonopleura guttata

Diamond Firetail (bird) – see Stagonopleura guttata

Diamond-leaved Pittosporum – see Auranticarpa rhombifolia

Dianella – 5(89); 6(24); 6(60); 7(13, 62); 11(73); 16(70); 17(69)

Dianella atraxis – 4(32, 53)

Dianella caerulea – 17(12)

Dianella ensifolia ‘Border Silver’ – 17(31, 33)

Dianella ensifolia ‘Gold Streak’ – 17(33)

Dianella ensifolia ‘Marginata’ – 12(30); 13(16, 17); 18(30, 31)

Dianella revoluta – 12(75)

Dianthera nodosa – see Justicia nodosa

Dianthus chinensis – 18(68)

Dianthus spp. – 11(82)

Diatomaceous earth – 16(53)

Diatomite – 16(53)

Dichanthium sericeum – 17(45)

Dichondra argentea – 8(68); 13(54, 58)

Dichorisandra – 16(70); 17(69)

Dichorisandra thrysiflora - 2(18); 3(42); 13(29); 14(12, 73); 17(73)

Dicksonia antarctica – 8(36)

Dictospermum album - should be Dictyosperma album

Dictyosperma alba – should be Dictyosperma album

Dictyosperma album – 1(74); 6(31); 8(47)

Dieback disease – see Phytophthera

Dieffenbachia – 1(35); 5(15)

Dietes – 16(70); 17(69)

Dietes bicolor – 13(16)

Digitaria – 5(82)

Digitaria brownii – 17(45)

Digitaria didactyla - 3(82); 4(82); 5(82); 7(82); 8(84); 10(89); 12(89); 15(64)

Digitaria didactyla ‘Aussieblue’ – 4(82)

Dill – see Anethum graveolens

Dillenia alata - 2(73); 17(36)

Dioon - 1(61); 3(16)

Dioon mejiae - 1(62)

Dioon spinulosum - 1(62); 4(39)

Dioscorea alata – 16(69)

Dioscorea sp. – 14(53)

Diospyros digyna – 9(80-83); 14(22)

Diospyros digyna ‘Bernicker’ – 9(80)

Diospyros digyna ‘Maher’ – 9(80)

Diospyros digyna ‘Mossman’ – 9(80)

Diospyros digyna ‘Superb’ – 9(80)

Diospyros digyna ‘Tahiti’ – 9(80)

Dipladenia - see Mandevilla splendens, Mandevilla boliviensis

Diplazium esculetum – 18(71)

Diploglottis – 7(13)

Diploglottis australis – 12(54, 56); 13(70, 71)

Diploglottis berniana – 5(17)

Diploglottis campbellii – 3(84, 86); 11(54); 13(70, 71)

Diploglottis diphyllostegia – 13(70, 71)

Diploglottis smithii – 13(70)

Diplotaxis tenuifolia – 7(75); 14(55); 18(67)

Dividing Onion – see Allium fistulatum

Divorce Vine – see Solanum wendlandii

Dizygotheca elegantissima – see Schefflera elegantissima

Dockrilla – 9(68)

Dockrilla striolata ‘Corvilles’ x Dockrilla fulignosa ‘Black Palm’ – 9(68)

Dog Bane – see Plectranthus neochilus

Dolichos lablab – see Lablab purpureus

Dolomite, soil additive – 13(77); 15(48); 16(52, 53)

Dombeya burgessiae – 15(73)

Dombeya cacuminium – 5(10, 12)

Dombeya calantha – 10(67)

Dombeya wallichii – 14(22)

Donkey Tail Succulent – see Sedum morganianum

Doodia aspera – 7(67); 8(36)

Doodia caudata – 7(67)

Doodia media – 8(36)

Doodia spp. – 8(36)

Dooja – see Citrus australis

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis – 18(68)

Doryanthes excelsa – 7(11)

Doryanthes palmeri - 1(13); 12(35); 15(89); 16(9, 72, 73)

Doryophora sassafras – 11(75)

Doryphyra – 17(46)

Dovyalis caffra – 17(34, 35)

Down & Dirty with…

·         Alan Chenoweth - 11(60)

·         Annette Irish – 5(60)

·         Arno King – 7(62)

·         Colin Campbell — 1(38)

·         Darryl South – 3(58)

·         David Hockings – 6(60)

·         Don Ellison – 12(60)

·         John Sullivan – 8(62)

·         Kim Morris – 4(60)

·         Linda Brennan – 10(54)

·         Paul Hoffmann - 9(60)

·         Rod Hultgren – 13(90)

·         Tom Wyatt - 2(61)

Downy Barleria – see Barleria albostellata

Downy Jasmine – see Jasminum multiflorum

Dracaena - 2(13); 5(50)

Dracaena deremensis – 7(28)

Dracaena draco - 1(32); 6(17); 14(22, 23)

Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’ – 7(28)

Dracaena goldieana – 3(24); 9(31)

Dracaena marginata - 2(18)

Dracaena reflexa – 4(41)

Dracaena reflexa ‘Song of India’ – 11(Cover, 27); 13(27)

Dracaena reflexa ‘Song of Jamaica’ – 4(41); 13(27)

Dracaena surculose – 8(63)

Dracontium – 3(25)

Dragon Fruit – see Hylocereus undatu

Dragon Tree - see Dracaena draco

Dragon’s Tears – see Scuttellaria costaricana

Dragonflies – 4(75)

Drainage – 12(17);

Drepanostachyum falcatum – 13(54, 57)

Drepanostachyum khasianum – 6(65)

Drimiopsis kirkii – 9(31)

Drimiopsis maculata – see Ledebouria petiolata

Drought tolerant – 12(74-77)

Drought-proof plants – 2(12); 7(78-81)

Drumstick Plant – see Moringa oleifera

Drunkard’s Dream – see Hatiora salicornioides

Drunken Parrot Tree – see Schotia brachypetala

Dry rainforest – 12(74-77)

Drynaria rigidula – 7(52); 13(16)

Drypetes deplanchei – 11(78)

Duck Potato – see Sagittaria sagittifolia

Durabaculum undulatum - 1(65); 18(81)

Duranta – 4(7, 91); 7(62)

Duranta ‘Mini Sheena’s Gold’ – 12(68)

Duranta ‘Sheena’s Gold’ – 12(68)

Duranta erecta – 11(35); 12(68)

Duranta erecta ‘Geisha Girl’ – 12(61); 13(29)

Durban Grass – see Dactyloctenium australe

Dutch Iris – see Iris x hollandica

Dutchman’s Pipe – see Aristolochia elegans; Aristolochia praevenosa; Aristolochia tagala

Dwarf Costus – see Costus productus

Dwarf Date Palm - see Phoenix roebelinii

Dwarf Gardenia – see Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’

Dwarf Harpullia – see Harpullia frutescens                  

Dwarf Jamaican – see Heliconia stricta

Dwarf Meyer Lemon – 9(61)

Dwarf Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Kyoto Dwarf’

Dwarf Pandanus Variegated – see Pandanus pygmaeus

Dwarf Pineapple – see Ananas comosus var. ananassoides

Dwarf Poinciana – see Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Dwarf Pomegranate – see Punica granatum ‘Nana’

Dwarf Snow Bush – see Breynia disticha ‘Compacta’

Dyckia - 2(14); 5(36, 87)

Dyckia ‘Silver Sheen’ – 8(66)

Dypsis – 5(50, 87);

Dypsis ‘Bef’ – 5(15)

Dypsis ‘Pink Crownshaft’ – 5(15)

Dypsis ambositrae – 5(15)

Dypsis baronii – 7(25); 13(46)

Dypsis cabadae – 5(16, 47); 7(25)

Dypsis decaryi - 2(18, 49); 5(15)

Dypsis leptocheilos - 2(18); 5(16); 16(41)

Dypsis leptocheilos x decaryi – 5(16)

Dypsis lutescens – 4(10, 18); 5(47); 13(45); 16(41)

Dypsis madagascariensis – 7(25)

Dypsis onilahensis – 5(16)

Dypsis oreophila – 5(15)

Dypsis pinnatifrons – 5(15); 7(25)