| Description | Tagetes patula
Marigolds require rich, compost soil that is well drained—position in full sun to part shade: excellent border plants and a great deterring plant for pests.
- Low maintenance
- Bright yellow flowers
- Pest repellants
4"/10cm pot
| Rosa hybrid tea
Matthias Meilland is an ideal low bordering rose with vivd red double blooms borne freely on deep green upright bush.
- Mild fragrance
- Long-lasting blooms
- Mass flowering
Bush form. | Hakea salicifolia
Willow Leafed Hakea is a medium size native Australian shrub or small tree with attractive willow like leaves and masses of white flowers from winter to spring. New growth is tinted purple.
Willow Leafed Hakea is not only fast growing but makes fantastic hedges and responds well to regular pruning to create a more formal hedge. Best grown in a sunny to partly shaded position in shallow soils and tolerates strong winds and frost. | Magnolia x "Sunspire"
Sunspire is only recently becoming popular and better known. It produces beautiful fragrant yellow flowers during Spring. It is an excellent choice for tight spots or side yards. Matures at a height of 25ft and only 6ft.
Sunspire likes a position of full sunlight. The compact habit and bright green foliage of this plant makes it a great addition to small city gardens and the like.
13" pot size. | Begonia rex
Begonia Rex White is a spectacular indoor foliage plant noted for its large, decorative leaves which are beautifully patterned and coloured in silvery creamy white dusty foliage. They are easily maintained, requiring only a few minutes of care each week. Great for cottage-style gardens. Fantastic in hanging baskets!
6"/14cm pot |
| Content | Tagetes patula
Marigolds are heroes for any garden! They are fantastic for cut flowers, attracting wildlife, fragrance and hardiness. These annual plants will begin to rise from late winter to spring. | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last two centuries, although roses have been grown for millennia before their popularity bloomed. Renowned for their flowers and beauty, they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit. The rose hip can be made into an old fashioned jam. Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses to climbers and weeping varieties. Amongst all their beautiful colours, varieties and fragrances there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. For more information on selecting and growing roses, visit our Rose Factsheet. | | | |
| Additional information |
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| botanical name |
Hakea salicifolia syn H. saligna
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| height x width |
4-6m x 2-3m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 1m-1.5m
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| features |
Fast growing bushy small tree with red new growth, cream spidery flowers clustered around stems in summer followed by woody fruit
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well drained soil, tolerant of clay soils and dry conditions
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| landscape use |
Windbreaks, fire-retarding hedges, shade tree, amongst mixed shrubs
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