| Description | Yucca elephantipes 'Spineless Yucca/Stick Yucca'
Yuccas would have to be one of the most versatile plants available. They will successfully grow in full sun, part shade, full shade or indoors. Grown for their bold and handsome shape, they feature tall woody stems ending in a crown of long sword shaped leaves. | Neomarica gracilis
Brazilian Walking Iris provides green, sword shaped leaves, and iris like flowers throughout late spring. Each flower lasts for one day, and after flowering, the stem droops down to form a new plantlet. Grow it in a shady to partly shady position outdoors or in filtered light indoors. Mature growth 60cm tall x 90cm wide.
8"/20cm pot | Betula pendula
An elegant deciduous tree with soft, white bark.
• Small green leaves that turn vibrant yellow in autumn
• Beautiful feature tree, planted in groups or used along driveways, fence lines or avenues
• Low maintenance, tolerating frost, snow and drought once established.
10"/25cm pot size | Quercus robur
English Oaks are famous for being solid and strong. The trunk and secondary branches are very solid and are covered in thick blackish-grey bark which makes it quite a sight.
The autumn foliage is a rich, dark brown. As the foliage is smaller than other deciduous trees, fallen leaves are not particularly difficult to eliminate and will not clog drains.
10"/25cm pot |
| Content | Yuccas prefer dryer conditions with good drainage, but will still grow in most places; they will tolerate very hot periods without water or near freezing conditions. If grown in the full sun, the foliage becomes stiffer and bolder looking, giving it the trendy and fashionable Mediterranean look. If grown in shade or indoors they will develop a softer and longer leaf.
Yuccas can be planted in pots or in the garden, be grown indoors or outdoors and be planted in sun or shade. They look exotic and tropical and have a modern style. Yuccas perform a range of landscape functions. Plant as a centerpiece in a courtyard, as a feature plant in a pot or as a low maintenance stylish screen. Use as a hardy indoor feature either fully indoors, under plastic roofing or in undercover outdoors areas.
If you're doing up a garden or decorating a patio or deck with pot plants, get a Yucca Sculpture for an instant established look.
Check out our Yucca factsheet for more information. | | Silver Birch (Betula Pendula) are by far Melbourne’s most popular tree. They are easy to grow and if properly looked after they will grow quickly for the first few years, with growth of up to 6ft per year. Silver Birch are very attractive in all seasons with soft green lacy foliage creating dappled shade in the summer. In the autumn the foliage turns gold and in winter you have a brilliant white trunk with red hanging branches.
To learn more about this great tree, visit our Silver Birch Factsheet.
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| Additional information |
| botanical-name |
Yucca elephantipes
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| height-x-width |
Up to 2m, but slow growing
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| features |
Rosettes of shiny green leaves are very bold and attractive, a trunk forms with age below the rosettes of foliage
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil, will tolerate drought
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| landscape-use |
Pots, courtyards, plaza?s, specimens, general landscaping, feature
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