A tall tropical growing gum tree that occurs along the Top End of Australia, from Cape York in Queensland to The Kimberley in Western Australia. It can grow to 30 metres tall but more usually around 20 metres, and has...
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Conostylis bealiana ‘Bright Sparks’
A lovely clumping perennial plant with bright yellow flowers in spring and an attractive ball shaped plant. It likes good drainage and looks spectacular mass planted, as a border, pot specimen or dotted in the garden. Feed...
Apium prostratum – sea celery
This plant is a great edible native plant, and grows naturally along coastal areas in southern states of Australia. It can be a compact plant like parsley, or have a cascading form which looks great grown on banks...
Citrus glauca ‘Desert Lime’
Citrus glauca is also known as the Desert Lime, and this cultivar in the Citrus Gems range provides abundant yields and can withstand difficult conditions, particularly dry conditions, as this species originates in the...
Citrus ‘Sunrise Lime’
Sunrise Lime is a cultivar in the Citrus Gems range; it is a cross between the finger lime and the calamondin, developed by the CSIRO. This hybrid is similar to a kumquat in that the fruit can be eaten whole, as the...
Citrus australasica ‘Green Sapphire’
Green Sapphire is a cultivar in the Citrus Gems range, which are grafted and tolerate more challenging conditions than regular citrus. This cultivar looks beautiful in the garden with its attractive soft, weeping...
Citrus australasica var sanguinea ‘Rainforest Pearl’
Rainforest Pearl is a cultivar in the Citrus Gems range, grafted to make the plants hardier and tolerant of frost and dry conditions. This cultivar prefers conditions closer to the Finger Lime though, which comes...
Citrus australasica ‘Judy’s Everbearing’
Judy's Everbearing is a prolific cultivar, producing a plentiful crop of finger limes from summer to autumn and may produce fruits sporadically throughout the year. The fruits are a rich, dark green colour, and the pearls...
Citrus australasica ‘Pink Ice’
Pink Ice was one of the first commercialised finger lime varieties, and is a medium size shrub producing red to burgundy coloured fruits with clear or pink pearls of juice inside. The aroma of the fruits is similar to ruby...
Davidsonia pruriens – Davidson’s Plum
A small to medium sized rainforest tree, Davidson's plum is a popular bush tucker plant. It bears plum sized fruit with intensely purple coloured skin and red flesh right through the fruit when ripe, and they have a very...
Wodyetia bifurcata – Foxtail Palm
This is a neat palm with self cleaning leaves, and the foliage is decorative with a dense feathery look, growing from a grey trunk. It grows to around 10 metres tall in garden situations. This beautiful palm was...
Citrus australasica ‘D’ emerald’
D' emerald is another cultivar in the Citrus Gems range, which are grafted and can tolerate more challenging conditions than other citrus. This plant produces finger shaped, slender dark coloured fruits, with bright,...
Native lime – Citrus hybrid ‘Red Centre Lime’
The Red Centre Lime produces beautiful deep red fruits, round and small with pink tinged flesh on the inside. It is a cross between the Finger lime (Citrus australasica) and the Burmese Rangpur lime (Citrus x...
Actinotus minor- Lesser Flannel Flower
This charming perennial is a miniature version of the larger flannel flower, and has wiry stems with smaller and similar felty flowers. It blooms for most of the year. It has small grey leaves scattered over the...
Eremophila glabra ‘Silver Ball’ – Emu Bush
An attractive and useful shrub that has a naturally compact shape and silver grey leaves. Use for colour contrast against other plants or where the silver foliage will light up the garden. Does well in coastal gardens as...
Philotheca myoporoides ‘Bournda Beauty’ – Wax Flower
A hardy small shrub that adapts well to a wide range of environments. Profuse flowering is a feature. Great plant for a shrubbery or pot, and can be trimmed to shape the plant if desired, though untrimmed plants are quite...
Ceratopetalum gummiferum ‘White Christmas’ – NSW Christmas Bush
This is a white calyx version of the popular NSW Christmas bush, which grows to a similar height and width as the red varieties. Like the red ones, this large shrub to small tree is suitable for average gardens,...
Xanthostemon chrysanthus ‘Fairhill Gold’ – Golden Penda
Normally Xanthostemon is a spectacular golden flowering rainforest tree, but 'Fairhill Gold' is a dwarf form growing to 3- 4 metres tall and 1-2 metres wide, a good size for gardens and landscaping. Suits frost free areas,...
Dockrillia linguiformis – Tongue Orchid
Dockrillia is one of the easy to grow Australian native orchids for warm areas. It occurs naturally along the east coast from north Queensland to southern NSW. It flowers from creamy white to yellow in spring. It is...
Macrozamia moorei – Cycad Palm
This is the tallest of Australia's cycads, and can grow to 10 metres in the wild, but more usually to around 5 metres. It is slow growing. A mature specimen looks somewhat palm-like as the arching leaves grow from a...