| Description | Bacopa monnieri
The Brahmi plant, commonly called Water Hyssop, is highly regarded as an herb that enhances memory. It can be consumed fresh or used in a tea when dried. A sprig of Brahmi placed in a murky fish tank can clear the water by the next day. This plant is indigenous to India and thrives in warm, moist soils with some shade. It is sensitive to drought and frost. As a perennial ground cover, it typically grows to dimensions of 0.15m by 0.60m.
sidered to be an important herb in the ancient Indian medicine, and is reported to have similar properties to another herb called the gotu kola otherwise known as the arthritis plant here in Australia and the remedies made from both plants are used in similar ways to treat symptoms. In India it has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years for mental health including memory, learning, as well as anxiety and mental fatigue. It is also used as a general tonic. The leaves and stems of Brahmi are taken to improve memory, concentration, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, mental exhaustion and stress. For the older person it can be useful to ward off Alzheimer | Olea europaea
Manzanillo olive trees are small growing evergreen olive trees with leather like leaves that are green with silver undersides. It produces black edible fruit annually. A great table olive and also grown for producing oil. | Acacia cognata 'Fettuccini'
Similar to the 'Limelight' and 'Mini Cog' varieties, Acacia 'Fettuccine' is a dwarf Acacia. It is very trendy at the moment in modern gardens. The 'Limelight' Acacia makes a stunning feature foliage or border plant with its graceful weeping foliage. It grows to a max height of 1 meter and spreads to 1 meter wide, and keeps to a rounded compact shape.
Acacia 'Fettuccine' will tolerate dry periods but benefits from a monthly or weekly watering in the hotter months and a moist, well drained soil. It makes a very good garden border, rockery feature or bank cover and also an excellent tub or pot plant. | Europeana Rose
These roses have large, deep red blooms, shaped similar to Camellia flowers. The foliage is deep green, and they are hardy growers.
Approximately 2ft in height.
Available online ONLY - Not in store. | Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant'
An elegant clumping ornamental grass with dark green foliage and very little mess
• Clusters of little purple flowers on tall stems above the foliage
• Beautiful plant for borders and edging, in pots and containers or mass planting
• Grows best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade |
| Content | | | | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last tw0 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. | |
