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A very attractive small shrub, with numerous starry pink flowers from autumn through winter. Likes sun or semi shade, if grown in sun some protection from hot afternoon sun is advisable. It prefers moist soils but...
A useful small to medium sized shrub as it grows in sheltered half shady positions, where it will happily produce its interesting looking pendulous flowers mainly in winter, with spot flowering through the rest of the...
A fast growing large shrub to small tree, with mid green leaves and contrasting pale undersides. It has masses of small white flowers displayed at the branch ends, and is long flowering mainly from spring through...
An ornamental large shrub to small tree for temperate to subtropical areas, fast growing to around 8 metres in cultivation. It has attractive serrated shiny leaves with contrasting pale fuzzy undersides and the new...
A delightful small to medium sized shrub, with numerous small white flowers in late spring to summer, which are followed up with small edible purple spotted white berries. It grows from 1 to 2 metres high, making it useful...
A tough and fast growing medium sized tree, suitable for both coastal and inland areas. It has fine soft needles which make a lovely sighing noise in winds. An excellent choice for parks and farms, very good for...
A hardy small tree, growing from 3 to 10 metres high, with interesting shaggy rough bark and arching branches. The foliage is fine and makes beautiful sighing sounds in winds. It has male and female plants, the small red...
A very attractive fine leaf grey foliage Lomandra, tough and very easy care, and is a great accent plant and for massed landscaping. Tolerates moderate frost and drought, best in full sun, also in part shade. Grows to 80 cms tall and 50 cms wide. Has cream flowers...
A very attractive and easy care shrub, with a long flowering periods in autumn when the pale pink buds form, winter when it looks like it is snow covered with its many small blooms along the branches, through to...
An attractive small shrub growing to around a metre high and wide, with beautiful bright pink flowers mainly in late autumn to winter, spot flowering in spring too. Likes well drained and moist soils, but will tolerate dry...
A very adaptable and useful Grevillea that flowers year round with pendulous spidery red flowers that are bird attracting. It has a dense habit, and a little bit of pruning occasionally will help it to be even more...
A small plant growing to around 1-1.5 metres high and wide, with eye catching large flowers in shades of pink, orange and yellow for most of the year. Bird attracting and great cut flowers. Fast growing and easy care,...
A very attractive and long flowering small to medium sized shrub, with masses of clear red tubular bell shaped flowers from autumn, through winter and on to spring. 'Bega' is a more reliable form of the very eye...
A charming and very adaptable low shrub, with masses of small and dainty flowers along the stems in autumn through winter. There are white, pink and purple flowering forms, and they can range from groundcovers to shrubs...
An attractive low growing selection of Banksia spinulosa, it forms a good compact habit with a little bit of tip pruning after flowering. It grows around a metre high and to 2 metres wide, and flowers for an extended...
An attractive shrub, quite hardy and very easy care as long as it has well drained soil, an occasional pruning is all it needs generally. A variable plant, with prostrate to more upright types avaiable. Main...
An uncommon perennial with ferny foliage, in the same family as carrots, it is noted for its edible tubers. Growing in southern Western Australia, from Albany to Esperance on gravelly and sandy soils. It has white flowers...
A hardy perennial suited to a wide range of positions, from sandy soil to clay, sun to part shade. Scented yellow flowers in winter and spring, followed by seeds a month or two after flowering. Common all along the...
An ornamental medium sized to large rainforest tree which can reach 30 metres in its natural range, smaller in cultivation, so suitable for larger properties, farms and parks. It has a lightly weeping habit and attractive...
A charming small shrub, growing to around a metre tall and wide, with numerous dainty white flowers covering the branches in summer. The foliage is pleasingly aromatic when crushed. It has a pleasing pendulous growth...