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Riparian Trees are those trees that exist along a river bank

Sandpaper Fig fruit By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Fig - Sandpaper

This small fig occurs along watercourses along the east coast of Australia. An attractive small tree with sandpapery leaves and edible fruit. Grows densely in full sun, less so in shade. Very good for stream bank stabilisation.

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$4.90	94	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Buy 4 or more @ $2.75ea
$14.90	24	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	Buy 2 or more @ $12.90ea
$18.75	20	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 5-10cm	← FREE POSTAGE

Sheoak Casuarina cunninghamiana By KENPEI [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Sheoak - River

Riparian species, tall, elegant and a good choice for windbreaks and compacted soils with the added advantage of being nitrogen fixing. It is a conical evergreen tree with pendulous needle-like foliage.

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	$4.90	80	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	Buy 8 or more @ $2.75ea
	$14.90	22	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 40-50cm	Buy 4 or more @ $12.90ea

Lomandra hystrix By Raffi Kojian (http://Gardenology.org) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Lomandra hystrix - Mat Rush

This hardy Bushfood plant has arching strap-like leaves and yellow-green flower spikes in spring. Suited to wet soils and is ideal for use around water features. It prefers part shade though will tolerate full sun. It can also be used indoors and will accept a wide range of soils and climates. Useful for drainage swales and erosion control. Like its cousin Lomandra longifolia the base of the leaves make a tasty snack. Pull the leaves out from the base of the clump and chew the white fleshy base of them, they taste a little like sweet peas. The lusher the growing conditions, the better the ta

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	$4.90	60	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	Buy 16 or more @ $2.45ea
	$17.75	30	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	← FREE POSTAGEBuy 4 or more @ $13.75ea

Flooded Gum growing at Lynches Creek in a palm fire in the Border Rangers NSW Australia By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Eucalyptus - Flooded Gum

One of the noblest of the large eucalypts. Originates from high rainfall regions of Aust. Can reach up to 60m. Smooth whitish or blue-grey bark. Clusters of white blossoms.

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	$4.90	50	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Buy 4 or more @ $2.90ea

Black bean

Attractive native riparian rainforest tree with a handsome rounded crown of glossy dark green foliage and profuse flushes of yellow and red pea-like flowers during summer. The timber is highly prized. Bird attracting. Large and spreading in the open to 10m but can reach 40m in its native habitat. First Australians used the seeds to make a damper after much preparation to remove the toxic substances by cooking, grinding and leaching in water.

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	$14.75	24	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 30-40cm
	$18.75	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Seeking Propagation Material

Callistemon viminalis Weeping bottlebrush by https://www.daleysfruit.com.au By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Callistemon - Weeping

This callistemon is a very valuable tree for landscaping, as a screen plant, in erosion control or as a specimen or street tree. Bright scarlet red flowers appear in late spring and autumn and smaller numbers of flowers all year.

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$4.90	19	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	Buy 4 or more @ $2.90ea
$12.90	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 40-50cm	Seeking Propagation Material
$12.75	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Seeking Propagation Material

Lomandra longifolia used as a low growing ground cover By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Lomandra longifolia - Mat Rush

Extremely versatile and hardy bush tucker plants that will grow almost anywhere. An important stabilizing plant for stream banks, as well as a useful ornamental grass in native gardens. Pull the leaves out from the base of the clump and chew the white fleshy base of them, they taste a little like sweet peas. The lusher the growing conditions, the better the taste. Flowers are high in nectar and can be soaked in water for a flavoured, refreshing drink. Mature seed can be ground into a flour to make a damper. The strap-like leaves make great weaving material too.

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	$4.90	18	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 5-10cm	Buy 16 or more @ $2.40ea
	$18.75	30	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	← FREE POSTAGEBuy 4 or more @ $9.95ea *Bare Root Catalogue-Entire Order Sent in late June to August this year

Shows the giant water gum in fruit with pink to purple small fruits in Kyogle NSW Australia By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Lilly Pilly - Giant water gum

The trunk is generally buttressed with a large diameter and the canopy can spread over almost the same distance as the height of the tree. Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental but too large for household plantings.

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$4.90	16	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm
$14.90	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Seeking Propagation Material
$12.90	14	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	← FREE POSTAGE *Bare Root Catalogue-Entire Order Sent in late June to August this year

River Lily

A large lily that makes a great understory plant beneath eucalypts. Strap type leaves 2m long by 15cm wide. The white pleasantly perfumed flowers occur from November to March, are about 10cm across in clusters of 10-25.

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$17.90	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	Seeking Propagation Material
$14.90	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Seeking Propagation Material
$3.95	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	Seeking Propagation Material

Sandpaper Fig Birds eye By DaleysFruit.com.au [All Rights Reserved]

Fig - Sandpaper Birds Eye

An outstanding selection of the native Sandpaper fig. Small, red fleshed fig with good flavour. The fruits ripen from red to dark-red almost black and are sweet and floral tasting. Heavy cropping and no splitting in wet weather. Ideal native fig for a wide range of climates. The leaves are rough and sandpapery and were used by Indigenous Australians to finish wooden tools.

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	$24.00	0	Cutting	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	In Production
	$18.75	0	Cutting	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	In Production

Tree Heath

Excellent small tree or shrub for screening and riparian planting. Showy flowers and a bright, colourful flush of new growth make this a beautiful plant to grow. It is attractive to birds and makes are great host for epiphytes.

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	$2.95	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	Seeking Propagation Material

Branches loaded with cones and needle like leaflets on a Casuarina

Sheoak - Swamp

A strong growing species, native of wet sites. Well suited to use as a windbreak or as a shelter tree. Drought and frost resistant when established. Conical or rounded tree. Casuarina are nitrogen fixing plants

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	$4.90	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	In Production
	$14.90	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.33L Approx. Height: 20-30cm	In Production

Water Gum

An attractive tree with dark glossy leaves and a dense crown. As a name suggests it prefers wet areas in rainforests such as creek banks. Water Gum provides food for the blue triangle butterfly. Fruiting occurs in Autumn.

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	$2.95	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.25L Approx. Height: 10-20cm	Seeking Propagation Material
	$9.90	0	Seedling	Pot: 0.75L Approx. Height: 30-40cm	Seeking Propagation Material