Seeded Paper - Paper-Go-Round is Australia’s source of seeded paper

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Seeds we normally use

We normally use seeds of

Australian native trees and shrubs...any species of Bottlebrush (Callistemon), Melaleuca (Paperbark) or Leptospermum (Tea Tree). There are many species

of each of them. We commonly use Callistemon citrinus seeds (Lemon-scented Bottlebrush), which is a widespread attractive shrub with red flowers appearing all year round. We normally stock paper with Callistemon citrinus seeds.

Callistemons are commonly called Bottlebrushes. There are over 30 species. They are well-known for use in gardens and for street planting. Many species have red flowers that produce vibrant colour for much of the year.

Melaleucas are also referred to as paperbarks or honey-myrtles (normally referring to the smaller shrubby species). There are over 160 known species of Melaleuca. The flowers range from white, cream, yellow, pink, red and mauve.

Leptospermums are commonly called Tea Trees (the aromatic foliage of several species was used by the early European settlers to make a tea substitute). The genus has over 80 species. Flowers are around 1 or 1.5cm across with 5 petals and are white, pink or red.

Local Provenance Seeds

We use seeds of a particular species in our seeded paper. We would not normally specify the provenance of those seeds (ie where they were gathered). If you would like local provenance seeds, we can use them to make paper specially for you. If you have specific requirements, you might have better access to the seeds than we do...so we could use the seeds that you supply.

What is a species?

The biological classification is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. So the species is generally (there are some sub-species) the lowest level of grouping for plants and other living things. For example, the name “Weeping Bottlebrush” (Callistemon viminalis), is given to those plants that have the same identifying characteristics (height, bark, leaves, flowers, etc). Callistemon is the genus and viminalis designates the species. It is unusual for plants of one species to ‘breed’ with plants of another species.

The grouping of several species is called a genus. A genus contains a number of species which have characteristics different from other groups of species. The Latin names of the genus and species together form the scientific name of the plant. The genus is written with a capital letter, the species in lower case (eg Callistemon viminalis).

Does the seeded paper grow?

Our tests and customer feedback show that it does…

Paper-Go-Round – manufacturers of seeded paper (also known as seed embedded paper, seed paper, plantable paper, handmade paper) - ideal for promotions, wedding invitations & Christmas cards; and paper making sets (also known as paper making kits, moulds and deckles...note that moulds and decals is a misspelling).