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Cordylines are attractive ornamental plants for indoor and outdoor feature planting. They thrive in shade moist gardens. Many have lush leaves and come in a variety of colours for landscape accents. Native varieties have fruit that can be eaten.
Cordylines are attractive ornamental plants for indoor and outdoor feature planting. They thrive in shade moist gardens. Many have lush leaves and come in a variety of colours for landscape accents. Native varieties have fruit that can be eaten.
Bamboo - Boni
$49.00
Smaller, clumping type bamboo that can be pruned to 2m. Will hold lower foliage on new growth to create a screen for small spaces. The bamboo shoots on this variety are not considered edible Great for growing in pots too. Can grow to 3-4m high and 1m wide, can be triangular in shape. Fine look with green culms to 2cm. Canes can be harvested for use in the garden. Plant 1m apart for hedging applications. Cold tolerant to -7C.
Davidsons Plum - QLD
$4.90 ($4.90-$99.00 choose a size)
Outstanding small tree for warm position or indoors. Large pinnate leaves make it a striking specimen plant. The edible purple fruits have bright red flesh and make excellent jam. Prefers some shade. Fruits in the autumn and winter. The plum-sized fruit hang from the crown in panicles. Native to North QLD and SE QLD rainforests.
Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree
$17.90 ($17.90-$39.00 choose a size)
Often called the Fruit Salad Tree or the Swiss Cheese Plant as the ripened fruit has a pineapple-banana odour and fruit salad taste. The mature fruit has a yellow-green, violet-spotted rind of hexagonal plates covering a creamy-white, soft pulp. Highly ornamental, an excellent choice for heavily shaded positions. This is an uber popular indoor plant - you will definitely spot it gracing ledges, benches, shelves, hanging baskets and spectacular in house displays. A simple plant, grows well in a good quality potting mix and can handle a little neglect. If you are just entering the world of indoor plantery then this is a great one to start with. Happy growing
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Peace Lily - Mojo
$16.90
Mojo is a stunning indoor plant with beautiful white flowers and broad dark leaves. Mojo is a little more upright and slender than other varieties. Peace lilies soak up harmful chemicals in the air, helping you breathe easier. A great choice for homes and offices, as well as outside in shady tropical garden borders.
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Coffee K7
$14.75 ($4.90-$49.00 choose a size)
Resistant to both 'Berry Disease' and 'Coffee Rust' this tree was developed and recommended for growing in the Northern Rivers Area by NSW Agriculture Department after extensive trials at Alstonville NSW. An open spreading variety, it is a reliable cropper, producing large flavour-filled beans; it is also the recommended variety for those who intend to harvest mechanically.
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Coffee arabica
$17.90 ($17.90-$18.90 choose a size)
Easy to process and relatively problem free the arabica thrives in frost free climates. In as little as three years the plant will be covered with white jasmine-scented flower clusters and cherry red berries.
Ginger - Spiral 'Belize'
$28.90
Beautiful landscaping ginger with yellow inflorescence from which emerges the red edible flower. Crisp, tangy and tasty, they make a great addition to salads of all kinds. Prefers lightly shaded, moist areas but can tolerate sun and some dry times. Relatively cold hardy, dies back over winter in cooler areas. Reaches about 1m and can tolerate a range of soils and climates.
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Native Violet
$3.90 ($3.90-$5.75 choose a size)
Small spreading ground cover forming extensive mats in damp areas. White and purple violet-shaped flowers for long periods. Flowers are edible and can be used in salads. Full sun to part shade. Dies back in winter. Useful for hanging baskets
Special Offer: Buy 4+ @$3.90ea usually:$5.75ea
Pandanus - Edible
$37.00 ($24.90-$69.00 choose a size)
Widely cultivated for use in Asian cooking and basket making. It has a nutty fragrance and is most commonly used in rice dishes or tied in a bundle and cooked with food. Also useful in flower arrangements. A low growing plant to 1m with long narrow blade like leaves and woody aerial roots. In tropical climates it can be grown as a marginal plant in dams and ponds, used as a bedding plant in tropical landscaping. Outside of the tropics, well worth trying as indoor plant in winter with a warm, sunny aspect. Allow the plant to dry out over the winter months.
Vanilla Vine
$29.00 ($24.00-$39.00 choose a size)
The fermented pod of this climbing orchid is harvested from the Vanilla Vine or orchid, an aromatic sweet scents used to flavour cakes, and perfumes. Must be hand pollinated. The only insect capable of pollinating the blossom is the Melipona, a bee (see video) , native only to Mexico so all plants must be hand pollinated within 12 hours of the flower opening. The pods take nine month to develop.
Miracle Fruit
$39.00 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
Although not sweet itself this miraculous fruit, consumed fresh and allowed to coat the mouth alters your tastebuds so that everything you eat tastes sweet, lasting for an hour or two. It's extraordinary. The beauty of it is that it only removes the sourness 'acidity' from what you are eating, the natural aroma and taste remains. It has been used to sweeten bitter medicines. For success the plant prefers a pH as low as 4.5. A great companion for your blueberries. Requires a sheltered position free from frost and partial shade. Excellent unusual potted plant that can be moved into a sunny spot indoors during the cooler months, and indeed right through the year with adequate sun. Very slow growing and best to grow as a potted planted until at least 1 metre high Further Information: Rare Fruit Review
Dwarf Coffee - Catuai
$19.75 ($4.90-$49.00 choose a size)
A dwarf coffee selection suitable for handpicking. Makes an ideal choice for growing in a pot as an ornamental. Prolific cropper of quality roasting beans. An internationally important cultivar due to its compact size for efficient picking and crop protection. A mid season producer of quality beans. The lineage of this cultivar is Mundo Novo x Caturra and it was released in Brazil in the 70s. For good production plant in rich free draining soil in full sun to part shade location with regular watering. Coffee fruits can also be eaten.
Pineapple - F180
$19.95 ($4.90-$19.95 choose a size)
This selection is very sweet with low acidity. The pineapple makes a very attractive patio plant, which will reward you with fruit within 2 years. In the Bromeliad family it requires very well drained potting mix and a sunny warm position, otherwise very hardy.
Coffee - Blue Mountain Kenya
$19.75 ($4.90-$19.75 choose a size)
The Blue Mountain Kenya coffee is one of the highest rated coffee varieties in the world with an outstanding balance of flavour, body and aroma. An excellent garden variety similar to K7 in growth, with a less dense habit. When grown in acidic soil this characteristic will transfer to a sweet and tart flavor in the beans. Blue Mountain Kenya matures a little earlier than K7 and does not crop as heavily because of its more open branching.Both varieties have bronze colored new tip growth which becomes green as the leaves mature.
Palm - Dwarf Acai
$49.00 ($49.00-$69.00 choose a size)
Late variety with large elongated fruit with dwarfing characteristics. Trees fruit at under 5m. Acai (pronounced Assa-ee) have brightly coloured skin of purple and red. The flesh is smooth and almost fibreless. Very sweet and good quality, high in calcium and iron. Produces well and is fairly consistent. High in anthocyanin compounds and reputed to be a highly nutritious fruit
Coffee - Gold
$19.90 ($18.75-$24.90 choose a size)
An Arabica selection with yellow fruit rather than normal red fruit. Produces quality roasting beans. Highly ornamental in subtropical gardens. Fruit is sweet and delicious fresh.
Staghorn Fern (30cm)
$39.00
The staghorn is one of the most prominent and stunning features of our native rainforest. They are epiphytic and adorn the treetops with their spectacular foliage, they can also be lithophytic which means growing on rocks. Each fern consists of two types of frond, the nest fronds are infertile and grow around the host tree holding the fern firmly in place as well as providing it with a nest at the top to catch falling leaves which rot down and feed the plant. The fertile fronds are the dramatic antler shaped fronds that produce the spore, these hang down from the center of the fern. It is important to give your fern a bright spot in filtered sunlight, they do not like dense shade but will appreciate some humidity. Protect from drying winds and do not over water your fern. Feed with a liquid fertilizer during the warmer months.
Palm - Fan
$19.90 ($19.90-$19.90 choose a size)
Tropical native palm with striking, fan-shaped palm leaves, up to 2m in diameter. A single trunk supports the crown of bright green, almost round leaves, forming the sub canopy of North Qld rainforest. Endemic to the Wet Tropics, from Ingham to Cooktown, in rainforests and swamps. Prefers warm temperatures above 12C and high rainfall and humidity. Slow growing and tolerant of shade, and this is preferential when young. They prefer increasing light exposure as they grow. May make a beautiful indoor plant with care. Fruits are an important food source for Cassowaries during the wet season, when little else is available. For Aboriginal people, the trees are an important part of their cultural history, being used for food and shelter construction.
Palm - Walking Stick
$4.90 ($4.90-$24.75 choose a size)
This native miniature palm is found as an understorey throughout the subtropical rainforest's of Australia. Growth is very slow in it's initial stages but very worthwhile to nurture as it is very attractive as an indoor plant. Red fruits are edible, with a pleasant mild flavour and a slightly spicy aftertaste.
Ginger - Red Spiral
$24.00
Red inflorescence with yellow flowers appearing from within the bracts. The yellow flowers are edible, crisp and tangy with a slight ginger flavour. Great in salads of all kinds. A beautiful landscaping ginger plant to 1m. Prefers lightly shaded, moist areas but can tolerate sun and some dry times. Relatively cold hardy, dies back over winter in cooler areas.
Dwarf Plum Pine
$17.90 ($17.75-$17.90 choose a size)
Dwarf Plum Pine is a member of an ancient family of conifers called Podocarps. The fruit of this specimen is much like it's tall cousin the Plum Pine - Podocarpus elatus, where the fleshy, edible part is actually a swollen stem that holds the seed. The 'fruit' is sweet and refreshing with a jelly like texture. Dwarf Plum Pine is a medium shrub or small tree usually around 2m, with glossy leaves that end in a sharp point. The trees are dioecious, meaning male and female parts are on separate trees. It is best to plant at least 3 seedling to ensure there is the likelihood of at least one female. The tree is found in sheltered East Coast locations and gullies in adjacent ranges.
Native Ginger - Wavy Leaf
$4.90
Distinguished by glossy, dark green leaves with wavy margins. Pink flowers are followed by deep blue capsules with many seeds each with a thin pleasant tasting fleshy aril surrounding it. Attractive addition to native planting or food forest. Fresh pink rhizome is edible and the leaves are used to wrap food. Native to Queensland and NSW where it is an understorey plant of coastal wet schlerophyll and rainforests.
Dragons Blood Tree
$19.90
Unique and sculptural, this tree grows a large umbrella shaped crown. Its leaves only grow on the end of its newest branches, shedding all old leaves as it grows. Named for the dark red resin it exudes when cut.This has been tapped for medicinal and cosmetic uses over the years. Endemic to only one island off the Yemeni coast, Socotra, it is now considered vulnerable due to over grazing and over harvest.
Cordyline - Broad leaved palm lily
$4.90 ($4.90-$14.90 choose a size)
This is an excellent container plant with palm like foliage. A native understorey rainforest plant that lends a tropical feel to landscapes and gardens. Very hardy and attractive
Fig - Strangler
$12.90 ($4.95-$12.90 choose a size)
As a strangler fig the seeds germinate high in the canopy of the rainforest on a limb or in the fork of a tree. The small trees sends out aerial roots which head for the ground where they take root and begin the process of strangling the host tree, this can take 100 years or more to completely rot the original tree leaving a lattice work of roots and a hollow trunked fig tree. They can be grown as a free standing tree provided they have plenty of room, makes a lovely indoor potted plant or bonsai. Fruits are edible.
Fiddle-leaf Fig
$15.90
Versatile and ornamental, this fig is an eye catching addition to subtropical and tropical gardens. It is also a very popular pot plant as it has unusual and attractive foliage. Native to the forests of west Africa where it starts life as an epiphyte high in the canopy. It send aerial roots down to the ground that eventually envelop and strangle the host tree. It is commonly grown as a free standing tree where it grows to about 15m. Leaves vary in shape but are narrow in the middle and resemble a lyre or fiddle, they are large, up to 45cm long and 30cm wide. Fiddle-leaf Figs are frost tender and suited to subtropical or tropical gardens.
Dwarf Native Frangipani - Gold Nugget
$19.90
Dwarf form of this favourite native flowering plant to 75cm. Habit is low, dense and spreading Clusters of very fragrant, cream flowers form on this fast growing, Australian native rainforest plant. Flowers form in late spring, wafting scent right through the garden. Terminal flowers age from white to a golden yellow. Highly recommended hardy shrub
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Bamboo - Boni
$49.00
Smaller, clumping type bamboo that can be pruned to 2m. Will hold lower foliage on new growth to create a screen for small spaces. The bamboo shoots on this variety are not considered edible Great for growing in pots too. Can grow to 3-4m high and 1m wide, can be triangular in shape. Fine look with green culms to 2cm. Canes can be harvested for use in the garden. Plant 1m apart for hedging applications. Cold tolerant to -7C.
Davidsons Plum - QLD
$4.90 ($4.90-$99.00 choose a size)
Outstanding small tree for warm position or indoors. Large pinnate leaves make it a striking specimen plant. The edible purple fruits have bright red flesh and make excellent jam. Prefers some shade. Fruits in the autumn and winter. The plum-sized fruit hang from the crown in panicles. Native to North QLD and SE QLD rainforests.
Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree
$17.90 ($17.90-$39.00 choose a size)
Often called the Fruit Salad Tree or the Swiss Cheese Plant as the ripened fruit has a pineapple-banana odour and fruit salad taste. The mature fruit has a yellow-green, violet-spotted rind of hexagonal plates covering a creamy-white, soft pulp. Highly ornamental, an excellent choice for heavily shaded positions. This is an uber popular indoor plant - you will definitely spot it gracing ledges, benches, shelves, hanging baskets and spectacular in house displays. A simple plant, grows well in a good quality potting mix and can handle a little neglect. If you are just entering the world of indoor plantery then this is a great one to start with. Happy growing
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Peace Lily - Mojo
$16.90
Mojo is a stunning indoor plant with beautiful white flowers and broad dark leaves. Mojo is a little more upright and slender than other varieties. Peace lilies soak up harmful chemicals in the air, helping you breathe easier. A great choice for homes and offices, as well as outside in shady tropical garden borders.
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Coffee K7
$14.75 ($4.90-$49.00 choose a size)
Resistant to both 'Berry Disease' and 'Coffee Rust' this tree was developed and recommended for growing in the Northern Rivers Area by NSW Agriculture Department after extensive trials at Alstonville NSW. An open spreading variety, it is a reliable cropper, producing large flavour-filled beans; it is also the recommended variety for those who intend to harvest mechanically.
Special Offer: Buy 2+ @$14.75ea usually:$19.75ea
Coffee arabica
$17.90 ($17.90-$18.90 choose a size)
Easy to process and relatively problem free the arabica thrives in frost free climates. In as little as three years the plant will be covered with white jasmine-scented flower clusters and cherry red berries.
Ginger - Spiral 'Belize'
$28.90
Beautiful landscaping ginger with yellow inflorescence from which emerges the red edible flower. Crisp, tangy and tasty, they make a great addition to salads of all kinds. Prefers lightly shaded, moist areas but can tolerate sun and some dry times. Relatively cold hardy, dies back over winter in cooler areas. Reaches about 1m and can tolerate a range of soils and climates.
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Native Violet
$3.90 ($3.90-$5.75 choose a size)
Small spreading ground cover forming extensive mats in damp areas. White and purple violet-shaped flowers for long periods. Flowers are edible and can be used in salads. Full sun to part shade. Dies back in winter. Useful for hanging baskets
Special Offer: Buy 4+ @$3.90ea usually:$5.75ea
Cordyline Tangelo
$12.90
Easy to grow and give an instant tropical feel to the garden. Striking evergreen plant with glossy green broad leaves and red highlights. Try it indoors and brighten up a room. Mass plant for impact or plant in a container as a feature. Grows approx. 1 - 2m tall x 60cm wide.
Pandanus - Edible
$37.00 ($24.90-$69.00 choose a size)
Widely cultivated for use in Asian cooking and basket making. It has a nutty fragrance and is most commonly used in rice dishes or tied in a bundle and cooked with food. Also useful in flower arrangements. A low growing plant to 1m with long narrow blade like leaves and woody aerial roots. In tropical climates it can be grown as a marginal plant in dams and ponds, used as a bedding plant in tropical landscaping. Outside of the tropics, well worth trying as indoor plant in winter with a warm, sunny aspect. Allow the plant to dry out over the winter months.
