| Description | Washingtonia robusta
Common names: Mexican Cotton Fan Palm, Mexican Fan Palm, Mexican washingtonia, Washingtonia palm.
The Mexican Cotton Fan Palm is a medium-tall sized palm originating from Mexico. It can reach a mature height of 7m in Victoria's climate. It has large fan like fronds with remnant threads of foliage that appear like ‘cotton’ hanging from between frond segments. It is tough, drought and frost tolerant when established! It is a perfect addition for features and tropical gardens.
100 litre pot. | Lavandula angustifolia "Hidcote"
Hidcote Lavender is a dwarf bush with aromatic silver-green leaves bearing slender spikes of dark purple-blue flowers during spring and summer. The flowers are darker in colour than Munstead lavendar, and Hidcote does not grow as tall.
6" pot size, approximately 8-20cm in height. | Rosa floribunda
Maxivita® rose produces medium-sized, semi-double orange-pink blooms with a yellow-orange base and distinctive specks or spots.
• Abundance of flowers
• Hardy rose, tolerating poor soils
• Interesting specks on blooms |
| 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 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 |
| botanical name |
Washingtonia robusta
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| height x width |
6-10m tall, slow growing
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| features |
The shiny bright green fronds are almost circular
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| conditions |
Full sun in well drained soil, protected from heavy frosts
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| landscape use |
Specimen, avenue
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| botanical name |
Lavandula angustifolia "Hidcote"
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| height x width |
30cm x 30cm
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| planting distance |
For border: 25cm
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| conditions |
Sunny open position in well-drained soil, lavender will not tolerate wet feet, please read Wet Feet Kills, prune after flowering
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| landscape use |
Borders, low hedges, single specimens, containers, cut flowers, pot pourri, lavender sachets
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