A low growing soft-wooded perennial which can be used as an annual in garden bedding situations and renewed every year. This is a true breeding seed line in colours of gold and orange. A great general garden or pot plant...
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Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Crimson’- Straw flower
A low growing soft-wooded perennial which can be used as an annual in bedding situations and renewed every year. This is a true breeding seed line in colours of crimson and red. A great general garden or pot plant...
Schoenia cassiniana – Pink Clusters Everlasting Daisy
This delightful and showy everlasting daisy grows in a wide range of areas in Western Australia, and is one of the contributors to the tourist attracting wildflower display there every year after good autumn rains. An...
Schoenia filifolia ssp. subulifolia – Showy Everlasting Daisy
An attractive annual from Western Australia, and is one of the plants that contribute so much to the spectacular wildflower displays there that draw many tourists to visit and photograph. It has fine bright green green leaves and...
Xerochrysum bracteatum – Straw Flower
A low growing soft-wooded perennial with papery daisy flowers in a range of colours, from white, cream, yellow, gold, red to a range of pink tones. A great general garden or pot plant and a brilliant cut flower, attract...
Banksia spinulosa – Hairpin Banksia
An attractive large shrub to small tree, growing from 1 to 3 metres tall and wide. It has a long flowering period, from autumn through to spring, making it a good food source for nectar loving wildlife. Good on a range...
Trachymene coerulea – Blue Lace Flower
A fast growing and free flowering annual to biennial plant from Western Australia with lovely heads of blue flowers on long stems in October to January. It adapts readily to cultivation to give a splash of colour in...
Hardenbergia violacea – Native Sarsaparilla
A tough and easy care climber or ground covering plant, this plant is spectacular when in flower, with many purple sprays of blossom. It blooms from spring through summer, and the plant fixes nitrogen from the air,...
Telopea speciosissima – Waratah
This iconic plant is deservedly the floral emblem of NSW, with it's beautiful bright red flower heads that are much admired and sought after. It can grow from a large shrub to small tree size in ideal conditions. The...
Anigozanthos manglesii – Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
This beautiful kangaroo paw species is deservedly the floral emblem of Western Australia, which is home to this uniquely Australian species. It has a vivid combination of bright green flowers atop bright red stems, all...
Banksia coccinea – Scarlet Banksia
A beautiful bright red and silver flowering banksia from Western Australia, very popular in the cut flower industry, and a plant with real wow factor in the garden. It grows as a large shrub to small tree around 5 metres...
Goodenia ovata ‘Goodonya’
A low maintenance and tough ground hugging to mounding perennial plant. It gets buttercup yellow flowers over an extended period in spring and summer that contrast with bright green foliage, and it has a much larger...
Actinotus forsythii – Pink Flannel Flower
The pink flannel flower is an uncommon perennial plant to find in the wild, and even less commonly found as a garden plant due to the rarity of commercially available seed. It naturally grows in damp eucalypt...
Geleznowia verrucosa
A small shrub with small yellow flowers and lime-yellow bracts which age to orange-brown. Blooms in early spring to early summer, provides long lasting cut flowers. Needs a well drained soil, best in full sun or...
Telopea mongaensis – Braidwood Waratah
A large shrub to small tree, from cooler areas in south east NSW. Likes soil with good drainage and abundant moisture, sensitive to phosphorus. Bears red flowers in spring. Likes semi shaded positions to sunny with...
Cissus hypoglauca – Native Grape
A vigorous woody large vine with attractive glossy palmate leaves, new growth is red coloured. It bears umbels of yellow flowers in spring and summer, followed by blue-black berries, which though edible, can sometimes...
Eremophila ‘Meringur Midnight”
Eremophila ‘Meringur Midnight’ is a large shrub which grows 3-4m high by 2-3m wide and is useful as a feature large shrub. It has attractive bright green linear leaves with a pendulous habit. Flowers are large and...
Dendrobium kingianum – Pink Rock Orchid
A charming smaller orchid, easy to grow among rocks or logs. They produce pseudobulbs, which have a fattened base which acts as a food storage, enabling survival in tougher conditions. Will thrive with a bit of...
Eremophila hybrid ‘Meringur Isaac’
Eremophila 'Meringur Isaac' is a dense shrub 5m x 3m which has green leaves and which can be used as a feature shrub or small tree. Its flowers are large and deep lilac with darker spots on a cream background inside the...
Eremophila hybrid ‘Mallee Lipstick’
This is a fast growing tough shrub with pink tubular flowers which attract nectar feeding birds. It blooms in autumn and winter. The growth is vigorous and ground covering, height around half a metre and spreads to...