Ornamental Plants Australia
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Callistemon - Weeping
$2.75 ($2.75-$12.90 choose a size)
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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Lacebark
$2.95 ($2.95-$21.90 choose a size)
The large, bell-shaped flowers are usually deep pink and occur in clusters at the ends of the branches. The flowers are very spectacular and are followed by seed capsules which contain many large seeds.
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Melaleuca - Claret Tops
$9.90
Bushy evergreen shrub to around 1.5m high by 1m wide, making it an excellent shape for hedging.Bears white flowers in Spring and shows red flushes in its new foliage.
Conifer Smaragd
$12.90
One of the most popular conifers available. Forms a beautiful cone-shaped shrub reaching approx 2M in the first 10 years. Ideal as a feature, along fences or in pots.
Melaleuca - Pink Lace
$12.90
A dense mounded shrub with small leaves and delicate pink curled bottlebrush flowers that are produced sporadically all year. The small leaf makes it useful as a low growing hedge. The leaves are aromatic when crushed. Great for shrubberies or as a pot. A hardy plant for most soil types, likes full sun, can also be grown in dappled shade. Drought and frost tolerant once established. Regular watering will encourage flowering.
Grevillea - Forest Rambler
$12.90
This is a beautiful dense ground cover to small shrub that produces attractive flowers through late winter into summer. It is fantastic habitat for small birds.
Westringia - Smokey
$14.90
A small shrub with soft grey-green and white variegated foliage with small white flowers, which are attractive to butterflies and native bees. Attractive as a specimen or flowering container plant. Ideal for formal hedging and for mid level screening. Grows in a wide range of soils, and is well suited to coastal positions, as it is very salt tolerant.
Bottle Tree - Broad-leaved
$14.90
A striking feature tree with the familiar swollen trunk of its cousin, having broad leaves and small enough for backyards with non-invasive roots. Long lived, semi deciduous, this tree originates in NW Qld, where it's found throughout the Brigalow Belt.
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Conifer Thuja orientalis Aurea Nana
$9.75 ($9.75-$14.90 choose a size)
A very popular conifer, forming a neat globular shape with a smooth outline. In summer the plant is bright gold, greener in winter. Very hardy, excellent in pots.
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Callistemon - Kings Park Special
$12.90 ($12.90-$14.90 choose a size)
Features narrow green leaves and deep red bottle-brush flowers that are grouped together in bunches, making a spectacular display in spring and autumn. Kings Park Special is one of the larger Callistemons, so it is great for a tall screen or feature tree. Like all callistemons, it is hardy and bird attracting.
Crepe Myrtle - Blush
$49.00
This Crepe Myrtle Diamonds in the Dark Blush has Near-black foliage emerges in early spring, followed by masses of pink blooms from summer until first frost. The tree is compact at around 3m, or less if pruned, so would make a stunning hedge. Lagerstroemia Crepe Myrtle are low maintenance, drought tolerant trees and they make a wonderful addition to any garden
Callistemon - Pink Champagne
$12.90
Flowers change colour as they open and mature, from vibrant rosy pink to warm pink to blush, and appear throughout most of the year on this small tree. Grows to 3m, or prune into a hedge. Attracts to native birds and very pretty.
Grevillea - Coconut Ice
$14.90 ($14.90-$14.90 choose a size)
The cultivar grows to 2m tall x 1-2m across. The plant has bright green foliage and is of medium density. The new growth is covered with fine red hairs. The flowers are in terminal racemes15cm long by 9cm diameter and are also covered with red hairs. Individual flowers are red/pink with dark red styles and flowers are found all year round in warmer climates.
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Grevillea - Ned Kelly
$12.75 ($12.75-$14.90 choose a size)
Fast growing spreading shrub with attractive deeply divided, fern-like, green foliage. Large red and yellow flowers all year round. Grows to a rounded 2m high.
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Hardenbergia - Mini HaHa
$14.90
Evergreen shrub form of the native climber with profuse, deep violet, pea-shaped flowers in late winter to early spring. Grows well in full sun or part shade, preferring a well drained soil. Prune after flowering to maintain a more compact habit.
Taro - Black Magic
$14.90
A highly ornamental pond plant with burgundy stems and leaves, it is also called Elephant Ears due to the shape of the leaves. They are an ideal edge plant for ponds where they can be submerged to a depth of 15cm. Best grown in pots so they do not overcrowd and dominate the pond. They can also be grown in moist, partially shaded spots, in the garden although they will tolerate full sun if they receive plenty of water. Black magic taro also make an attractive house plant. Weed warning: Take care to ensure it does not spread into waterways.
Magnolia - Heaven Scent
$29.00
A fragrant magnolia growing to approx 4M. The pastel, lavender-pink flowers are paler on the tips and white inside. A prolific bloomer and a beautiful spring flowering specimen tree.
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Agapanthus - Purple Cloud
$9.75 ($9.75-$14.90 choose a size)
Dark violet flowers on long stems, 1.5 - 2m. An excellent cut flower, ideal for borders, driveways or as potted specimens. Flowers best in full sun but also will grow in semi-shade too provided it has good drainage.
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Crab apple Ioensis Plena
$42.95 ($42.95-$49.00 choose a size)
A small to medium sized tree with a spreading habit. The large double flowers start as bright pink buds, as the buds open the outer petals become a soft pink and the centers white. These beautiful blooms are produced in abundance. Attractive autumn foliage. Suitable for cooler climates only
Melaleuca - White Lace
$14.90
A dense mounded shrub with small leaves. The flowers are delicately curled and very attractive, to people, birds and insects.The small leaf makes it useful as a low growing hedge. Great for shrubberies or in a pot. Frost and drought tolerant. This plant can be neglected and will still keep growing, but with some extra attention will be a great garden performer.
Callistemon Captain Cook
$14.90 ($2.95-$14.90 choose a size)
Captain Cook was promoted to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cooks discovery of the coast of Australia in 1770. It is a dense, bushy shrub with narrow leaves and masses of red flowers in mid to late spring. 2m
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Fiddle-leaf Fig
$9.75 ($9.75-$16.90 choose a size)
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.
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Kalanchoe - Flapjack
$11.75 ($11.75-$14.90 choose a size)
Attractive succulent with large pancake-like leaves that display bright red edges that catch the sunlight producing a stunning highlight in the garden. Grows to around 75 cm high and is an excellent choice for waterwise gardens.
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Leptospermum Cardwell
$17.90
A spectacular, weeping, evergreen, native shrub, which is ideal for screening and windbreak planting Covered in masses of large white flowers in spring which attract nectar feeding birds. Hardy, tolerates frosts, height to 2m.
Callistemon Burgundy
$17.90
A dense, evergreen shrub to a height of 3m. The new tip growth is pink and densely covered with silky hairs. The bottle brushes are very dark red fading to deep purple/violet with age.
Flowering Cherry - Pink Perfection
$46.95
Double pink serrated frilly blossom on long stalks hanging in clusters. New spring growth is bronze-red maturing to a deep green, turning golden to orange in Autumn. Upright vase shaped habit, height to approx 4m. Suitable for cooler climates only
Flowering Peach - Alboplena
$59.00
A spectacular double white flowering peach putting on a brilliant display in Spring. An excellent specimen tree for small spaces or grand designs. Quite adaptable to a varied site conditions, but prefers moist, well drained fertile soils and a position receiving full sun to part-shade. Flowers best in full sun and when pruned annually, immediately after flowering. Often requires spraying to prevent leaf curl.
Kangaroo Paw - Everlasting Mega Gold ™
$17.90
Everlasting Mega Gold Anigozanthos is a mid-sized, longer lived Kangaroo Paw that gets far less black spot in comparison to short lived Kangaroo Paws. It has large gold flowers all year round, except in colder climates where it wont flower in the winter months. Tolerant of frost and drought. Perfect for gardens, borders, mass plantings and pots. The flowers also look great when used in cut flower arrangements.
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Lomandra - Lime Tuff
$9.90 ($9.90-$15.90 choose a size)
A small, hardy native plant with a clumping habit and narrow, light green leaves. Small flowers grow amongst the foliage. It grows well in full sun to part shade and grows to about 70cm x 60cm. Perfect for garden borders and rockeries. A hardy and very adaptable plant, and thrives with minimum care. Does well in most soils types, drought, salt and frost tolerant.
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Cordyline Rubra
$9.75 ($9.75-$17.90 choose a size)
Bright,attractive 2m plant that will add vibrant year-round colour to your sub-tropical garden. Hot pink and purple stripes make a stunning and colourful feature.
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Flowering Cherry - Mt Fuji
$59.00 ($59.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Possibly the whitest flowering blossom tree. Flowering cherries are not just beautiful from a distance, each flower is a work of art - naturally beautiful. The Japanese have a festival celebrating the cherry blossom. Spreading tree to 10m wide, 5 m high. Foliage has lovely orange tones in the winter. Suitable for cooler climates only.
Maple - Red
$32.95 ($19.75-$32.95 choose a size)
Vibrant autumn leaf colours on a medium sized tree make this an attractive choice for a specimen tree. Fast growing, to 10 - 20 m, it is an oval shaped tree.
Palm - Alexander
$4.90
A tall slender palm with a distinctive swollen base. The white underside of the fronds separates it from the similar A. cunninghamii. Needs protection from both frost and full sun.
Rhododendron - Clare Rouse
$17.90
Beautiful yellow flowers edged in orange. The upright bush grows to 2m, needs a well drained acidic soil in a morning sun position as it will prefer protection from the hot afternoon sun. Mulch well to keep the roots moist and cool. Well suited to growing in pots.
Abelia
$9.90
These beautiful ornamental shrubs provide a blaze of vibrant floral color throughout summer, and autumn color in cooler climates. Can be used to great effect when planted as a low informal hedge, and look equally impressive when planted singly. Most Abelia species have a densely bushy habit, often with slightly arching branches and small glossy leaves that taper to a fine point. The young foliage has bronze to golden tints that in some cultivars persist to maturity. From late summer, small, full-shaped to tubular, white to pink flowers smother the bushes. Some species have persistent reddish sepals that provide an additional ornamental feature after the flowers have faded.Although hardiness varies considerably, most abelias are not suitable in areas with severe winters. Plant in a position in sun or part-shade with moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil. Pruning should be undertaken to keep the plant looking tidy whilst maintaining its natural arching habit. Trim to shape in late winter or spring, removing the cane ends and also some of the basal shoots in order to allow room for new growth
African daisy
$9.75
Stunning displays of colour on a hardy perennial plant make this a fantastic edging plant. Preferring a spot in acidic soil with plenty of sun.
Alternanthera - Brazilian Red
$9.90 ($9.90-$9.90 choose a size)
This plant demands attention with its hot pink foliage. This Alternanthera is an excellent feature shrub for garden beds, containers and patio pots. Its brightly coloured leaves are contrasted by ball shaped white flowers in spring. Full sun to part shade. Brazilian Red Alternanthera loves humidity and is heat tolerant but frost sensitive. Grow in full sun to part shade.
Argan Tree
$19.90
A living fossil tree from southern Morocco, Western Algeria, Western Sahara and Northern Mauritania where the Argan tree dates back 80 million years. It grows into a small, thorny tree to about 10m tall that can live for 200 years. The olive like fruits are traditionally used to make a gourmet oil with a walnut-like flavour. Robust, drought tolerant and ornamental, well suited to dry tropical regions.
Bamboo - Gracilis
$37.00 ($37.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Slender erect green culms that when exposed at base will reveal long green internodes that turn yellow when in contact with the sun. Gracilis is a very popular variety and for good reason. Its growth rate is rapid and can handle almost any growing conditions and soil types and still look spectacular. Also known as Slender Weaver Bamboo it has dense evergreen foliage that can be left low to the ground or pruned away to show of its many culms. Gracilis is a non-invasive tight clumper that can easily grow in a narrow boxed garden bed. The fresh new shoots are edible. Culms can be split in long lengths, are strong and thin walled making them ideal for use in handcrafts such as basket weaving, furniture making, and musical instruments to name a few.
Bamboo - Oldhamii
$37.00 ($37.00-$79.00 choose a size)
An edible species of bamboo. Fast growing in just about any soil type or environmental condition. Oldhamii is a medium sized upright clumping bamboo. It has deep green foliage that starts low on the smooth clumps which turn yellow as they are exposed to sunlight. The tall upright culms grow straight and strong making it a popular variety for many different horticultural and agricultural applications. Both the timber and the shoots are popular for construction and human consumption purposes.
Bamboo - Sweet
$29.00
Young shoots are consumed as a vegetable. The culm is very useful as a building material and for making musical instruments and other handicrafts. Large, tufted, woody bamboo with dark green culms of 15-22 m high and 5-10 cm in diameter. Culm internodes are thin-walled and are on average 4050 cm long. The lower part of the culms develop aerial roots from the nodes. It is a dense clumper, native to Malaysia.
Banksia - Coastal Prostrate
$19.75 ($12.90-$19.75 choose a size)
Low mounding or prostrate spreading ground cover. It is a hardy and versatile garden plant. It can be used as a dense cascade to flow over walls and embankments or as a feature in a rockery. The flowers are upright lemon brushes that appear from summer through to winter. grows 60 cm -1 m high and 1.5 - 2m wide. Requires a well drained, sunny position.
Banksia - Coastal
$17.90 ($4.90-$17.90 choose a size)
This bush has large dull-green leaves that are white underneath. Flowers are yellow with thick dense spikes and strongly scented. Performs well on poorly drained sandy sites.
Banksia - Hairpin
$3.95 ($3.95-$17.90 choose a size)
A beautiful native plant with stunning large flowers that range in colour from brown, red and orange to gold. It is a shrub or small tree that is suited to a wide range of soil types and temperatures growing naturally from Victoria through to Cairns. Great food source for bees and nectar feeding birds.
Banksia - Heath
$14.90 ($3.95-$14.90 choose a size)
Evergreen, wiry freely branching shrub with small needle-like leaves. 10 to 25cm flower spikes of vibrant orange flowers in autumn-winter.
Banksia - Swamp
$3.95 ($3.95-$12.90 choose a size)
An upright shrub with large serrated leaves bearing large yellow-green brush type flowers. Performs well in open sunny positions with damp soil. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
Betel Nut
$27.00 ($19.75-$27.00 choose a size)
This medium sized, graceful, tropical palm is also commonly called areca nut, this is not a true nut but the palm seed. The seed is separated from the outer layer of the fruit and may be used fresh, dried, boiled, baked, roasted or cured. They can be chewed in a similar way to chewing tobacco, producing a mildly euphoric and stimulating effect, and helping reduce tension. Betel nuts and betel quids are generally chewed for their psychoactive properties that help reduce tension, produce a feeling of well being and facilitate social interactions and strengthen social ties. Around 10 to 20% of the world's population chews betel nut in some form. This makes it the 4th most widely-used psychoactive substance,after nicotine, alcohol and caffeine.
Bottle Tree
$14.90 ($3.90-$74.00 choose a size)
Narrow Leaf Bottle Tree has a swollen bottle like trunk. The insignificant flowers followed by small interesting boat like pods. A very attractive specimen tree or useful indoor plant. This is the QLD bottle tree and is very similar in the way it looks to the Boab Tree also nicknamed bottle tree from Western Australia however they are a different family of plants. You can even try growing them in pots but the pot would need to be very large.
Bougainvillea Thai Gold
$14.90
Striking golden bracts and flowers cover this dwarf shrub for many months. Easy to maintain this small, tidy bush seldom needs any pruning to maintains its compact form. Tip prune from time to time and remove any large vigorous shoots that may occasionally appear.
Brachychiton Belladonna
$34.00
This grafted Brachychiton hybrid between a Flame tree and Kurrajong has masses of weeping delicate pink bell flowers covering the tree thoughout summer. Very hardy excellent specimen tree.
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Crepe Myrtle - Blush
$49.00
This Crepe Myrtle Diamonds in the Dark Blush has Near-black foliage emerges in early spring, followed by masses of pink blooms from summer until first frost. The tree is compact at around 3m, or less if pruned, so would make a stunning hedge. Lagerstroemia Crepe Myrtle are low maintenance, drought tolerant trees and they make a wonderful addition to any garden
Crepe Myrtle - Tuscarora
$49.00 ($17.90-$49.00 choose a size)
This small to medium sized tree has dark green foliage that turns reddish-orange in autumn. New growth is red tinged. The bark is attractive and the beautiful dark pink flowers appear in late summer to early autumn. Suitable as a feature tree in gardens and parks. An excellent screening or street tree. Prefers an open sunny position with well drained soil. This cultivar has been bred to resist powdery mildew.
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Callistemon - Weeping
$2.75 ($2.75-$12.90 choose a size)
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.
Buy 4+ @$2.75
Claret Ash
$39.00 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
A spectacular deciduous tree with foliage that begins to change from mid-green to a brilliant rich claret. Grafted onto a very drought resistant rootstock Fraxinus oxycarpa.
Conifer Smaragd
$12.90
One of the most popular conifers available. Forms a beautiful cone-shaped shrub reaching approx 2M in the first 10 years. Ideal as a feature, along fences or in pots.
