Anigozanthos hybrid ‘Amber Velvet‘ 

• Beautiful Amber flowers with red and yellow
• Mid-sized landscape Kangaroo Paw
• Clean and robust foliage (more ink spot resistant)

Description: ‘Amber Velvet’ is a beautiful Kangaroo Paw with bold amber flowers that reach about 1 to 1.2 metres tall. With robust and clean foliage, ‘Amber Velvet’ will be a real feature in any landscape garden.

Size: 50cm high x 40cm wide.

Uses: Mass planting, pots and low maintenance gardens or landscapes. For lowest maintenance it is best planted behind/in between evergreen strappy leaf plants. (See more information link on right)

Position: Full sun open position. Best suits well drained soils or raised gardens, avoid wet feet. Tolerates frost and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil level. If required use a native slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older flower stems and cut back foliage every 1-2 years, unless planted in bands between strappy leaf plants.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & QLD (in northern QLD it is shorter lived, approx. 2-3 years. South it is longer term.)

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Anigozanthos hybrid ‘Amber Velvet‘ 

• Beautiful Amber flowers with red and yellow
• Mid-sized landscape Kangaroo Paw
• Clean and robust foliage (more ink spot resistant)

Description: ‘Amber Velvet’ is a beautiful Kangaroo Paw with bold amber flowers that reach about 1 to 1.2 metres tall. With robust and clean foliage, ‘Amber Velvet’ will be a real feature in any landscape garden.

Size: 50cm high x 40cm wide.

Uses: Mass planting, pots and low maintenance gardens or landscapes. For lowest maintenance it is best planted behind/in between evergreen strappy leaf plants. (See more information link on right)

Position: Full sun open position. Best suits well drained soils or raised gardens, avoid wet feet. Tolerates frost and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil level. If required use a native slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older flower stems and cut back foliage every 1-2 years, unless planted in bands between strappy leaf plants.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & QLD (in northern QLD it is shorter lived, approx. 2-3 years. South it is longer term.)

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Amethyst™ Liriope muscari

• Beautiful deep purple flowers
• Flowers sit well above the foliage
• Amethyst™ Liriope grows well all over Australia

Description: A compact Liriope with dark green foliage that contrasts with stunning deep purple flowers. Versatile, Amethyst™ Liriope can tolerate most conditions from hot dry regions to bitterly cold areas. It has reasonably good winter colour compared to other Liriopes.

Size: 40cm high x 40cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, rockeries, flower gardens, and specimen planting.

Position: Full sun, moderate to heavy shade. Amethyst™ Liriope suits all soil types. Tolerates frost, drought & humidity.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Every year cut back to the ground (will look better with pruning every year, but if it can’t be cut back new growth will cover discoloured leaves by spring or summer).

Where it works: NSW, ACT, QLD, VIC, SA, WA, TAS & NT.

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Aranda™ Dianella caerulea

• Tidy border plant with clean foliage
• Slightly arching deep green foliage
• Cane-less Dianella

Description: Aranda™ Dianella is a compact, dwarf form with very tight rhizome growth and a small spread, which makes it uniform and neat in the landscape. It has beautifully smooth, deep green semi-gloss foliage with deep blue flowers appearing in spring and summer just above the foliage.

Size: 30cm high x 35cm wide.

Uses: Tidy border plant and mass plantings

Position: Full sun to 70% shade. Tolerates frost, drought and humidity. Aranda™ Dianella tolerates sandy loam to free draining clay soils. Avoid very poor soils. Grows well in coastal and inland climates. Has shown frost hardiness to -5°C with only slight leaf discolouration.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Every 3-5 years cut back half the height (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & QLD

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Aussie Flat Bush™ Rhagodia spinescens

• Low growing, compact shrub with blue foliage
• For inland and coastal situations
• Makes a great ground cover for roadsides and other landscapes

Description: Rhagodia spinescens is found in all mainland states of Australia. It has adapted to inland and coastal situations. This compact form makes a great ground cover and performs better if it is pruned annually or more often if a manicured look is desired. On road sides it can be used with less frequent pruning, or no pruning at all.

Its blue foliage looks great in mass plantings, but equally as good as a garden specimen plant. Compared to the common form, Aussie Flat Bush™
Rhagodia is much lower in height.

Size: 30-50cm high x 1m wide.

Uses: It is ideal for roadsides, slopes, commercial and residential landscapes.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Suits most soil types, including heavy soils. It is highly drought tolerant, adapted to low or higher rainfall areas. Aussie Flat Bush™ Rhagodia copes with frost down to -5° celcius.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. In gardens prune twice per year for best look; infrequent pruning on road sides.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD (non humid inland areas), SA, WA.

Aussie Rambler™
Carpobrotus glaucescens  

• Beautiful ground cover
• Extra large pink showy flowers
• Better at tolerating heavy soils

Description: Aussie Rambler™ Carpobrotus is a prostrate creeping succulent that has long trailing stems up to 2m. Commonly called Pigface, this native Carpobrotus produces large deep pink flowers in spring and autumn with purple stems. Great for rockeries, mass plantings, a sand dune stabiliser or for any low maintenance gardens in inland and coastal positions. Has grown well in Canberra with temperatures down to -8 degrees Celsius.

Size: 20cm high x 2m wide.

Uses: Ground cover for coastal and inland plantings.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Suits most soil types. Tolerates frost, drought, humidity and salt. Avoid prolonged wet feet.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune if ever required.

Where it works: QLD (not yet tested in northern QLD), NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA

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Autumn Amethyst™
Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Vibrant purple flowers that repeat bloom
• Dense shiny green foliage

Description: Autumn Amethyst™ Rhododendron has vibrant purple flowers that grow 50mm in diameter. It has a dense spreading habit with shiny green foliage which colours purple in winter. It flowers heavily in autumn and spring.

Size: 1m high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Bravo™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Strong orange/red flowers
• Heat tolerant and cold tolerant Azalea
• Repeat bloomer

Description: Autumn Bravo™ Rhododendron has a medium mounding growth habit with strong orange/red blooms 12cm in diameter. It is a heat tolerant repeat bloomer that peaks in autumn and spring.

Size: 75 cm high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Empress™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Semi-double pink blooms
• Repeat bloomer

Description: Autumn Empress™ Rhododendron is a heat tolerant Azalea with a medium mounding growth habit. It is a repeat bloomer with heavy summer flowering. Autumn Empress™ Rhododendron has beautiful semi-double, medium pink blooms with dark green foliage.

Size: 1m high x 80cm wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Cheer™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Autumn Cheer™ is compact and low growing
• Rose pink blooms
• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea

Description: Autumn Cheer™ Rhododendron is a compact, low growing Azalea with rose pink single blooms 40mm in diameter. A dwarf and heat tolerant Azalea for autumn and spring flowering.

Size: 600mm high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Coral™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Mounding growth habit
• Coral coloured flowers that repeat bloom
• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea

Description: Autumn Coral™ Rhododendron has a medium mounding growth habit and single coral coloured flowers growing 60mm in diameter. It’s a heat tolerant, repeat bloomer that peaks in autumn and spring.

Size: 1m high x 1.2m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Embers™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat tolerant
• Stunning orange-red repeating blooms
• Dense spreading habit

Description: Autumn Embers™ Rhododendron has a dense spreading habit with exceptional flowers that can be enjoyed in autumn, winter and spring. This is a heat tolerant Azalea with beautiful deep, orange-red, semi-double blooms 60mm in diameter.

Size: 1m high x 1.2m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Monarch™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Semi double, dark coral blooms that repeat
• Bright shiny leaves

Description: Autumn Monarch™ Rhododendron has an upright flower with bright shiny leaves. It is a heat tolerant Azalea with semi-double, ruffled, dark coral blooms that get 75mm in diameter. It flowers from autumn through to winter and spring.

Size: 1.25m high x 1.25m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA

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Autumn Princess™ Rhododendron hybrid  

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Pink flowers that repeat bloom
• Burgundy winter foliage

Description: Autumn Princess™ Rhododendron is a repeat bloomer with heavy summer flowering. It has semi-double, pink flowers with burgundy foliage in winter. This is a heat tolerant Azalea with medium compact growth.

Size: 1.2m high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Royalty™ Rhododendron hybrid  

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Masses of fuchsia flowers that repeat bloom
• Lace bug resistant

Description: Autumn Royalty™ Rhododendron is a super heat tough and lace bug resistant Azalea. It has stunning fuchsia blooms that repeat in spring, summer and autumn. After 3 years of testing we are yet to see flower blight on this plant.

Size: 1.25m high x 1.25m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Ruby™ Rhododendron hybrid  

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Lipstick pink blooms
• Repeat bloomer

Description: Autumn Ruby™ Rhododendron is a heat tolerant Azalea with lipstick pink semi-double flowers, 50mm in diameter. It is a repeat bloomer that peaks in autumn and spring and has a medium mounding growth habit.

Size: 1.2m high x 1.5m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Starlite™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Repeat flowering
• White flowers with pink/purple flecks

Description: Autumn Starlite™ Rhododendron is a heat tolerant Azalea with a medium mounding growth habit. It is a repeat bloomer with heavy summer flowering. Its flowers 12mm in diameter are white with pink/purple flecks and occasional strips.

Size: 1m high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Autumn Twist™ Rhododendron hybrid

• Heat and cold tolerant Azalea
• Masses of light pink flowers with fuchsia stripes that repeat bloom
• Lace bug resistant

Description: Autumn Twist™ Rhododendron is a super heat tough and lace bug resistant Azalea. It has stunning fuschia striped blooms that repeat in spring, summer and autumn. After 3 years of testing we are yet to see flower blight on this plant

Size: 1.25m high x 1m wide.

Uses: Ideal for specimen planting, mass planting and in gardens and borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost and moderate drought (as the plant matures it becomes more drought tolerant). Prefers well drained soils.

Care: Water well for the first year for the plant to fully establish and become more drought tolerant. Top up water in dry periods. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended) with the root ball slightly above soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. For best results prune after spring flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Baby Bliss® Dianella revoluta

• Small blue native Flax Lily
• Pretty blue/yellow flowers
• Ideal for garden border or a low growing ground cover

Description: Baby Bliss® Dianella has compact blue foliage that makes a great, low growing garden border or mass planting choice. It is complemented with masses of pretty blue/yellow flowers from September to November.

Size: 30cm high x 30cm wide.

Uses: Border plant and ground cover.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates well drained soils to clay loams. Avoid very poor soils, avoid wet feet and using in depressed planting areas, avoid over watering. Tolerates heat and drought, very frost tolerant.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older leaves as required or cut back every 1-3 years to half the height (will look better with pruning every year, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, NSW (for Sydney and north only for maintained gardens) & QLD (only for non humid regions like Toowoomba for maintained gardens with free draining soil)

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Baby Bliss® Dianella revoluta

• Small blue native Flax Lily
• Pretty blue/yellow flowers
• Ideal for garden border or a low growing ground cover

Description: Baby Bliss® Dianella has compact blue foliage that makes a great, low growing garden border or mass planting choice. It is complemented with masses of pretty blue/yellow flowers from September to November.

Size: 30cm high x 30cm wide.

Uses: Border plant and ground cover.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates well drained soils to clay loams. Avoid very poor soils, avoid wet feet and using in depressed planting areas, avoid over watering. Tolerates heat and drought, very frost tolerant.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older leaves as required or cut back every 1-3 years to half the height (will look better with pruning every year, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, NSW (for Sydney and north only for maintained gardens) & QLD (only for non humid regions like Toowoomba for maintained gardens with free draining soil)

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Bellissimo™ Correa reflexa 

• Compact, dense form with bigger flowers
• Low growing shrub
• Only needs pruning once a year to stay compact

Description: Bellissimo™ Correa is a low, spreading, compact plant with large pink and yellow bells.

Size: 50cm high x 1m wide (smaller with pruning).

Uses: Pot plants, small garden landscapes and mass planting; honey eating birds are highly attracted to this plant.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Prefers reasonably drained soil, however it
is adaptable to most soil types. Tolerates drought and frost.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). It has low water requirements once established; prune once per year to maintain compact habit; fertilise with slow release native fertiliser.

Where it works: VIC, ACT, SA, WA, TAS, Southern NSW and Sydney (in good draining soils).

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Better John™ Callistemon viminalis

• A ‘Better John’ bred from Little John
• Easier to grow, quicker to establish and better foliage colour

Description: A new Callistemon cultivar with blue-green toned mature foliage. New growth foliage has silver coloured tones due to soft hairy texture. Will start flowering mid spring and finish late spring with small red flowers.

Size: 60cm – 1.2m high x 60 – 90cm wide.

Uses: Specimen and contrast planting.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Suits sandy to well drained soils. Tolerates drought and cold.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. If ever required prune every 3-4 years for a natural shape, or every 2 years for a tidy hedge.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Blaze™ Dianella tasmanica

• Superior heat tolerance
• Great heat tolerant alternative to Cordylines and Phormiums
• Deep purple foliage for most of the year

Description: Blaze™ Dianella is a very tough plant with extreme heat tolerance. It has beautiful deep purple foliage throughout most of the year (depending on climate), turning green in summer to cope with Australia’s famous hot summers. Deep purple berries appear in spring or summer.

Size: 45cm high x 40-50cm wide.

Uses: Roadsides, mass plantings, feature plantings and gardens.

Position: Tolerates heat, drought and frost, sandy to clay soils. Avoid very poor soils. Full sun, light to heavy shade. For Sydney and north, light shade to heavy shade only (can use in full sun if near the coast).

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Trim older leaves as required and cut back halfway every 3-7 years (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Blue Gem™ Westringia

The most vivid flowering Westringia we have ever seen

• Produces amazing bluish-purple flowers
• Bushy growth that responds very well to pruning

Description: Blue Gem™ Westringia flowers profusely in spring, and regularly at other times of the year with bluish-purple flowers. Great in native gardens or in any flower garden and can be pruned to shape as required.

Size: 1-1.5m high x 80cm-1.3m wide.

Uses: Feature plant, mass plantings and native gardens.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Suits sandy to well drained clay soils. Tolerates cold and drought. Avoid wet feet or depressed planting areas.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune to shape 1-3 times a year after flowering (this depends on your requirements, more frequent pruning will provide a tidier hedge/shape).

Where it works:NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA and South East QLD (not suited to Northern QLD).

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Blush™ Nandina domestica

• Produces red new growth when other Nandinas are green (spring and autumn)
• Medium dwarf Nandina
• Will not spread from seed – safe choice near bushland

Description: Blush™ Nandina is a revolutionary medium sized dwarf Nandina that produces red new growth in spring and autumn. In winter months, Blush™ Nandina turns vivid red all over. It is 20% smaller than Nandina domestica ‘Nana’, a perfect height for fences, borders or hedging.

Size: 60-70cm high x 60-70cm wide.

Uses: Low hedge, shrub or feature.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates drought and frost. Blush™ Nandina tolerates free draining to heavy clay soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Leave unpruned or prune to shape every 3 years if required.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, NT, SA & WA.

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Brazilian Red Hots™ Alternanthera dentata ‘BRAZILIAN RED’ 

• Demands attention with its bright, eye catching foliage
• Loves humidity and is heat tolerant
• Great for garden beds, containers and patio pots

Description: Brazilian Red Hots™ Alternanthera 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.

Size: Approximately 50-60cm x 50-60cm.

Uses: Specimen planting in garden beds, containers, patio pots.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Brazilian Red Hots™ Alternanthera loves humidity and is heat tolerant.

It’s a frost tender shrub, so it will need to be planted in a sheltered position to protect it from light frost. In frost-free areas Brazilian Red Hots™ Alternanthera can be planted in full sun to part shade. It requires well drained moist soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Yearly pruning will promote vibrant new growth.

Provide the Brazilian Red Hots™ plant with adequate water as required. Keep moist in dry weather and protect from light frost.

Where it works: Frost free areas including QLD, Coastal NSW, Coastal WA, Coastal VIC, Coastal SA, and NT.

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Breeze® Dianella caerulea

• A tidy ‘no cane’ variety
• Tough ground cover plant
• Great for erosion control

Description: Common Dianellas are known to have tall messy canes that fall. Breeze® Dianella is much tidier with no above ground messy canes. Very fast establishing and about 40% larger than Little Jess™ Dianella, the underground rhizomes of Breeze® Dianella spread very well, filling out gaps and outcompeting weeds. Delicate blue and yellow flowers appear in spring.

Size: 60 – 70cm high x 60 – 70cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings and grassy gardens.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Breeze® Dianella tolerates humidity, cold and is moderately drought tolerant. Tolerates a wide variety of soils. Avoid very poor soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Every 3-8 years cut back to 1/3 the height (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: NSW, ACT, QLD, VIC, SA & WA.

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Cassa Blue® Dianella caerulea

• Cassa Blue® Dianella has rich blue foliage
• Compact, clumping Dianella
• One of the longest flowering Dianellas available

Description: Cassa Blue® Dianella is the perfect size and compact shape for any commercial or residential garden. It has stunning blue foliage and masses of purple and yellow flowers from September to November.

Size: 50cm high x 40cm wide.

Uses: Mass planting or specimen planting. For north of Sydney and QLD Cassa Blue® Dianella is not recommended for mass planting, only for maintained gardens with good free draining soil.

Position: Full sun to partial shade. Tolerates drought and cold. Prefers well drained soils, dryer soils needed for Sydney. Avoid very poor soils

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of the Cassa Blue® plant is not below soil or mulch level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older leaves as required or cut back halfway every 3-5 years (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: ACT, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, NSW (north of Sydney only for maintained gardens) & QLD (only for maintained gardens).

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Cherry Cluster™
Grevillea rhyolitica x juniperina

• Clean, tidy foliage
• Masses of showy cherry flowers
• Very tough with slightly broader leaf

Description: Cherry Cluster™ Grevillea has masses of flowers in autumn, winter and spring boasting small fireworks that explode into a beautiful red. It’s a semi-prostrate ground cover with clean, tidy foliage. Cherry Cluster™ Grevillea is very tough, drought and frost tolerant down to -5°C.

Size: 50cm high x 80cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, native gardens and rockeries.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Suits well drained soils, avoid soils with a pH above 7. Tolerates frost and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Only use a native or slow release fertiliser sparingly. Prune every 2-3 years if required.

Where it works: ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, NSW (best suited Sydney and south, will work in some parts of Northern NSW) & parts of South East QLD (non humid regions like Toowoomba).

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Chocomint Mist™ Phormium tenax

• Unique minty green and chocolate brown foliage
• Ideal for mass planting or as a fill in plant
• Excellent plant for VIC, SA & WA

Description: The Chocomint Mist™ plant is an ultra compact Phormium with unique contrasting minty green foliage mixed with chocolate brown. It will provide colour contrast all year round with a great compact height.

Size: 40cm high x 40cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings for low borders or as a fill in plant. Good for containers and patio pots.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates heavy frost to dry conditions. Tolerates a wide variety of soils but prefers free draining soil. In Sydney it needs a shaded position and irrigation, except for coastal positions which will handle full sun.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established, needs water in summer. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended), do not cover base of plant with mulch or soil. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older foliage as required or every 2-5 years cut back to half the height (will look better with pruning every 2 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: VIC, TAS, SA, WA, ACT & NSW (not suited to north of Sydney and QLD)

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Clarity Blue™ Dianella species

• A cross between Cassa Blue® and Utopia® Dianella
• Clean blue foliage with a clumping habit
• Handles periodic wet feet

Description: Clarity Blue™ Dianella is tougher and better performing than Utopia® Dianella prunina ‘DP303’ PBR with a clear blue colour. It forms a nice clump like Cassa Blue® Dianella caerulea ‘DBB03’ PBR and provides displays of showy flower stems in summer. Although it can handle periodic wet feet, it’s best to avoid prolonged wet feet.

Size: 55cm high x 45cm wide.

Uses: Clarity Blue™ Dianella can be used as an accent plant or in group plantings for colour contrast.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates drought and frost. Clarity Blue™ Dianella prefers well drained soils to clay loam soil.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established, then do not overwater. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil level. Use slow release fertiliser after first two months, then only if required in spring. Trim older leaves annually.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, SA, WA, VIC, TAS, QLD.

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Agapanthus orientalis ‘Cloudy Days'

• Mid-sized Agapanthus
• Less viable seed head
• Dual coloured white and blue flowers

Description: ‘Cloudy Days’ is a mid sized Agapanthus and provides good height contrast when planted with the taller Queen Mum. Excellent disease, frost and humidity tolerance. Glossy green strappy foliage with beautfiul clusters of blue/white flowers.

Size: 1m high x 80cm wide.

Uses: Garden beds, borders, patio pots and planter boxes.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates fros and humidity. ‘Cloudy Days’ suits most soil types.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove older leaves and spent flowers stems as required.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Coastal Pink™ Correa alba

• Coastal Pink™ Correa is a new pink flowered form of the popular coastal Correa alba
• Strong growth habit
• A medium shrub or hedge

Description: The Coastal Pink™ plant has a more noticeable tinge of pink to its flowers in comparison to other Correa alba forms. It has a strong growth habit that landscapers will love, along with its ability to work in coastal situations.

Size: 2m high x 2m wide (smaller with pruning).

Uses: Coastal bird attracting landscape filler between trees, mass planted as a medium sized shrub or as a small to fence sized hedge.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Prefers reasonably drained soil, however it
is adaptable to most soil types. Tolerates drought and frost.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). It has low water requirements once established. Prune once per year to maintain semi-compact
habit or twice per year for a really tidy appearance. Prune to desired shape and
fertilise with slow release native fertiliser.

Where it works: VIC, ACT, SA, WA, TAS, Southern NSW and Sydney (in good draining soils).

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Cosmic Pink™ Rhaphiolepis indica

• Great display of large showy pink flowers
• Compact, evergreen with mounding habit
• Super tough

Description: Cosmic Pink™ Rhaphiolepis is a super tough shrub that tolerates extreme weather conditions. This medium compact shrub with a mounding habit has larger pink flowers than the common form through spring and summer. Can be used in conjunction with Cosmic White™ Rhaphiolepis for height and flower colour contrast. It rarely ever produces seeds.

Size: 50-80cm high x 50-80cm wide.

Uses: Water efficient gardens and landscapes.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates frost, drought and coastal conditions. Suits sandy to well drained clay soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. If required prune to shape 1-2 times a year after flowering (this depends on your requirements, pruning twice a year will provide a tidier shape).

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, NT, SA & WA.

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Cosmic White™ Rhaphiolepis indica

• Produces masses of large white flowers
• Tough, evergreen shrub
• Rarely ever produces seed, making it safer near bushland

Description: Cosmic White™ Rhaphiolepis is bullet-proof – it grows just about anywhere and will tolerate most soil types. Flowers heavily in spring with spot flowering throughout the rest of the year, the flowers are bigger than the common form. Very clean foliage and very good disease resistance.

Size: 1.5 – 2m high x 1.5m wide.

Uses: Hardy shrub for just about any location; home and commercial use.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates frost, drought and coastal conditions. Tolerates sandy to well drained clay soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. If required prune to shape every two years after flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, NT, SA & WA.

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Crimson Tide™ Correa pulchella

• Great for both commercial and residential landscapes
• Vigorous, low spreading ground cover form
• Vivid pink bells in winter/early spring

Description: Crimson Tide™ Correa is a strong growing ground cover with clean green foliage and masses of vivid flowers. It also has a denser appearance.

Size: 50cm high x 2m wide (smaller with pruning).

Uses: Bird attracting ground cover plant for residential and commercial mass planting, or as a specimen plant in smaller gardens.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Prefers reasonably drained soil, however it
is adaptable to most soil types. Tolerates drought and frost.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Prune yearly to keep its dense growth habit, or twice a year for a manicured look. Use a native slow release fertiliser.

Where it works: VIC, ACT, SA, WA, TAS, Southern NSW and Sydney (in good draining soils).

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Crimson Villea™ Grevillea rosmarinifolia

• One of the showiest winter flowering plants in the world
• Tough, compact Grevillea with tidier foliage
• Grows well in dry and irrigated areas

Description: Crimson Villea™ Grevillea is a more compact and dense form when compared to Scarlet Sprite. It has an abundance of crimson flowers in autumn, winter and early spring. Proven to be less fussy and copes well with frost down to -5°C and moderate humidity.

Size: 80cm high x 80cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, native gardens and rockeries.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Suits well drained soils. Tolerates frost and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Use slow release fertiliser annually. Prune every 2 years or annually for best performance.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & parts of South East QLD.

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Dense Fence™ Viburnum odoratissimum

• Forms a dense screening hedge quickly
• Less pruning than the common form
• Subtle red new growth foliage

Description: The Dense Fence™ plant is a Sweet Viburnum, as it is commonly known, and is highly suited for a privacy screen. Finer leaves, higher density, shorter inter-nodes and reddish new growth is what sets Dense Fence™ Viburnum apart from the common form.

Size: 2.5 m high x 2 m wide.

Uses: Screen, hedge, small feature tree, patio pot plant.

Position: It’s tolerant of most soil types and conditions, however, prefers a sunny to partly shaded position with well-drained soil. Tolerates moderate to heavy cold, however Dense Fence™ Viburnum has coped better with -6° Celsius compared to the common form in tests, probably due to its finer leaf. It will also tolerate light frost once established.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune as required.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Destiny® Dianella tasmanica ‘TAS100’ 

• Striking variegated foliage
• Compact Flax Lily
• Very frost tolerant

Description: Destiny® Dianella is a stand out variegated Flax Lily perfect for mass plantings, accent gardens and patio pots. It is a very compact form, relatively drought tolerant and very frost tolerant.

Size: 35cm high x 35cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, accent gardens, pot plantings.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates drought and frost. Tolerates well drained soils to clay soils. Avoid very poor soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established then water as required. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Remove dead leaves as required or cut back every 1-3 years (will look better with pruning every year, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & Southern NSW (not suited Sydney and north).

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Double Gold™ Gazania hybrid

• Sterile – will not produce any seed
• Spreading ground cover with masses of yellow flowers
• Good for soil stabilization

Description: Double Gold™ Gazania is a fast establishing spreading ground cover with clean foliage and beautiful yellow flowers that appear for most of the year. It has twice the amount of flowers than other Gazania’s and is sterile, so it won’t even cross with other Gazania’s nearby. Requires little care once established and excellent at outcompeting weeds.

Size: Approx 20cm high x 60cm wide.

Uses: Mass planting, rockeries and roadsides.

Position: Full sun. Tolerates frost and drought. Tolerates free draining to heavy clay soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Trim if required after flowering.

Where it works:NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & QLD (not suited to northern QLD)

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Emerald Arch® Dianella tasmanica

• Broad arching leaves
• Creates warm tropical feel for cooler climates
• Deep green foliage for most of the year

Description: This Flax Lily has broad arching leaves and blue – yellow flowers from September to November. It creates a tropical feel whilst being extremely cold hardy. Emerald Arch® Dianella has low water requirements and is better suited to cool or temperate climates.

Size: 55cm high x 50cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, specimen plantings and low water gardens.

Position: Full sun to heavy shade. Tolerates drought and frost. Emerald Arch® Dianella suits well drained soils to clay soils. Avoid very poor soils. For Sydney and north, light shade to heavy shade only (can use in full sun if near the coast).

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil. Use slow release fertiliser in spring. Trim older leaves as required and cut back halfway every 3-7 years (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Poa labillardieri ‘ESKDALE‘ 

• Proven as best mass landscape Poa for 15 years
• Best for low cost, fast establishing mass plantings
• Much less straw in summer and winter

Description: More drought tolerant, ‘Eskdale’ is longer lived with fine blue leaves. It is the largest Poa which makes it great at outcompeting weeds and it looks better for longer than the common form.

Size: 60cm high x 50cm wide.

Uses: Mass plantings, gardens, rockeries and slopes.

Position: Full sun to part shade. ‘Eskdale’ suits a wide variety of soils. Tolerates frost and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Use slow release fertiliser in spring and/or autumn. Trim back annually to 15cm above the ground in autumn or late winter.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA & QLD (only for non humid regions like Toowoomba with some shade)

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Evergreen Baby™ Lomandra labill. 

• Compact, fine leaved and evergreen Lomandra
• Very tough: wet feet tolerant and drought tolerant
• Perfect when a small but tough Lomandra is needed

Description: A form that handles drought and wet feet has been highly sought after. Tanika® Lomandra proves how popular a fine leaf, tough, evergreen strappy leaf plant can be. However, in some situations a tough smaller plant is needed, and finally a Lomandra longifolia based plant has the answer. Along with these benefits, Evergreen Baby™ Lomandra gets lots of golden flowers in spring and is sterile. This fine leafed, compact and evergreen plant is about half the size of the popular Tanika® Lomandra. (See notes section below for more information)

Size: 40-45 cm high x 45 cm wide.

Uses: Mass planting, feature plant, borders.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates frost, drought and periodic wet feet. Evergreen Baby™ Lomandra works in sandy loam to heavy clay soil types.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil or mulch level. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Every 3-5 years cut back 15cm above the ground if required (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements). Occassional watering may be required in dry periods.

Where it works: QLD (does not work in northern QLD), NSW, ACT, VIC, SA & WA.

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Feather Top™ Baloskion tetraphyllum

• Very compact Baloskion
• Ideal for rain gardens or shaded landscapes
• Beauty of the common form, with smaller height

Description: Feather Top™ Baloskion is a real feature in any modern landscape, it’s much more compact than the common form. It performs well in moist, wet boggy sites, water courses or shallow areas of ponds. Can work in relatively dry areas if irrigated, also if shaded. This plant wont seed, self sow or become weedy because it is dioecious. Gets very few pests and diseases.

Size: 50-75cm high x 45cm wide.

Uses: Moist, wet or boggy and shady sites, pots and as a feature.

Position: Full sun and moderate to heavy shade (will need shade if a dry area and water if in full sun). Tolerates humidity and moderate frost. Feather Top™ Baloskion suits heavy clay to sandy soil types. It handles occasional inundation, but cannot sit in more than a few cm of water permanently (it handles a little bit more inundation than Juncus).

Care: Prefers to be moist; can tolerate dry if irrigated. Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Use slow release fertiliser in spring if required. Cut back halfway every 3-5 years (will look better with pruning every 3 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS, SA & WA

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Fine Divine™ Dietes bicolor 

• Fine Divine™ is a compact form with finer leaves
• Rarely produces seed
• Distinctive yellow flowers

Description: Dietes bicolor are one of the toughest landscape plants available in Australia. The fact that they can regenerate from seed is the only reason their popularity has reduced. Fine Divine™ Dietes solves this problem by providing an exotic plant species with lower pollen production, which means it rarely, if ever, seeds.

The Fine Divine™ plant is also smaller than the common form. Its much finer leaves make it far more ornamental, which allows it to look better in mass planting for large landscapes and is more compact for smaller gardens. Due to its finer leaf and more compact size, this Dietes needs very little maintenance—simply prune every 6 to 8 years, if at all.

Size: 60-70cm high x 60-70cm wide.

Uses: Residential and commercial landscapes.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates drought, humidity and frost. Fine Divine™ Dietes tolerates most soil types.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Cut back every 6 to 8 years.

Where it works: South QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, SA & WA.

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Fire Bells™ Correa pulchella

• Vibrant orange/red flowers in winter/early spring
• Excellent for small gardens and patios
• Compact, dense Correa pulchella ground cover

Description: Fire Bells™ Correa is a compact ground cover with intense orange/red flowers. It needs very little pruning to stay compact, making it perfect for containers and small gardens. The Fire Bells™ plant has low water requirements once established.

Size: 25cm high x 80cm wide (smaller with pruning).

Uses: For bird attracting gardens, dense ground cover for small gardens, or containers for patios.

Position: Full sun to light shade. Prefers reasonably drained soil, however it
is adaptable to most soil types. Tolerates drought and frost.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Prune once a year to maintain semi-compact habit or twice per year for a manicured appearance. Fertilise with a slow release native fertiliser.

Where it works: VIC, ACT, SA, WA, TAS, Southern NSW and Sydney (in good draining soils).

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Flamin’® Phormium tenax

• More vivid colour
• Tougher than other purpurea Phormiums
• Boasts red, orange and bronze tones

Description: Flamin’® Phormium is a semi compact mid sized Phormium with foliage that literally glows in the sun with red, orange and bronze tones. Flamin’® Phormium is simply stunning and it handles the heat of Sydney and Central NSW much better than most Phormiums. It’s low maintenance once established and moderately drought tolerant.

Size: 80 – 90cm high x 80 – 90cm wide.

Uses: Roadsides, mass plantings, feature plantings and gardens.

Position: Full sun to partly shaded positions. Tolerates heavy frost and moderate drought. Flamin’® Phormium suits a wide variety of soils but prefers free draining soil (especially in more humid climates like Sydney).

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established, then water as required. Avoid planting in summer for humid climates like Sydney, plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). Ensure crown or base of plant is not below soil level. Use slow release fertiliser in spring if required. Remove older leaves as required and cut back halfway every 4-5 years (will look better with pruning every 4 years, this depends on your requirements).

Where it works: VIC, TAS, SA, WA, ACT & NSW (not suited to north of the Central Coast and QLD)

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Flat Mat™ Trachelospermum asiaticum

• Lower growing
• Forms a ground cover more quickly
• Excellent as a ground cover, border, for covering fences and can be trained to arches, trellises etc.

Description: Flat Mat™ Trachelospermum is lower growing, and forms a ground cover more quickly compared to the common form. It makes a flatter climber when supported on trellises etc. It requires less pruning to form a flatter ground cover.

Size: 30-40cm high x 3-4m wide.

Uses: It is excellent as a ground cover, border, a container plant, for covering fences, walls, pergolas, and can be trained to arches, trellises, etc.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Tolerates drought and cold. The Flat Mat™ plant suits most soil types.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established and keep moist in dry weather. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune after flowering.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, NT, SA & WA.

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Flirt™ Nandina domestica

• Red new growth in spring and autumn, more red in summer
• The safer choice around bushland
• Low growing, spreading

Description: Flirt™ Nandina was bred from Harbour Dwarf and retains its low growing, spreading characteristics, but with the added bonus of masses of red new growth. When other Nandinas are red in winter, Flirt™ Nandina is green, but when other Nandinas are green in spring, autumn and summer, Flirt™ Nandina is red. Research has shown it will not spread from seed, making it a safer choice around bushland.

Size: 30 – 40cm high x 40 – 50cm wide.

Uses: Ground cover, low hedge or feature.

Position: Full sun to moderate shade. Tolerates drought and cold. Tolerates free draining to heavy clay soils.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. If required prune every 3-4 years.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, NT, SA & WA.

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Flora Burst™ Callistemon viminalis

• Masses of red Bottlebrush flowers in spring
• Repeat flowers in autumn in certain regions
• Self cleaning

Description: It produces masses of red bottle brush flowers in spring
where just about the entire plant is covered in flowers, with more flower buds ready to open. The flowering nature of Flora Burst™ Callistemon is a
real feature and flowers will often appear in autumn as it repeat flowers in certain regions of Australia.

Unlike many prolific flowering Callistemons, the Flora Burst™ plant is relatively self cleaning, leaving far less seed pods on the plant after flowering. Flora Burst™ Callistemon has beautiful rustic red new growth in spring and autumn.

Size: 2m high x 1.5m wide.

Uses: Hedges, mass plantings and feature plantings.

Position: Full sun to light shade.Works in most soil types.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended). If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. responds very well to pruning at different times of the year. Pruning is beneficial as it will encourage dense, bushy growth.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, QLD & NT.

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Free Fall™ Casuarina glauca prostrate

• Evergreen retaining wall cover
• Super tough roadside & erosion control plant
• Long lived & low maintenance

Description: Free Fall™ Casuarina is a long lived, low maintenance retaining wall cover plant. It will hide retaining walls up to 5m tall with green cascading foliage for decades. It is also ideal as a tough ground cover plant for slopes and over rocks. Free Fall™ Casuarina has a large spread, providing a low cost alternative perfect for erosion control.

Size: 30-60cm high x 3-6m wide.

Uses: Cover for retaining walls, ground cover, roadsides and erosion control.

Position: Full sun to part shade. Suits sandy to clay soils. Tolerates cold and drought.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. If required use slow release fertiliser in spring. Prune to tidy if ever required.

Where it works: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA & WA.

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Frilly Lace™ Lomandra multiflora

• Masses of large, intricate yellow flowers
• An excellent feature plant with evergreen foliage

Description: Frilly Lace™ Lomandra is one of the best flowering Lomandras around with its large, intricate yellow flowers. This is a spring flowering plant, producing masses of perfumed lacy flowers amongst its strappy green foliage.

Size: 45cm high x 45cm wide.

Uses: Specimen/group plantings. A great feature plant in containers, pots and
garden beds with evergreen foliage on display throughout the year.

Position: Frilly Lace™ Lomandra is frost and drought tolerant, preferring free draining soils. Tolerates full sun to moderate shade.

Care: Water as required for 8-13 weeks until established. Plant in a well mulched garden (chunky mulch is recommended, but can tolerate mulches with fines). Use slow release fertiliser in spring if required. Lomandras like this generally don’t need much care once established. Simply prune every 3-5 years and remove old flower stems as required.

Where it works: NSW, ACT, VIC, SA, WA & TAS.

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