| Description | Cycas revoluta
Sago Palms are wonderfully tough little palms, growing strong in the tough climate and soils of Victoria.
• Very slow growing.
• Thin, fern-like foliage, sprouting from the centre
• Can be grown in pots, suitable for modern or tropical gardens | Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan Gold'
Large, dense hedging plant for medium to large properties
- Very hardy once established
- Easy to maintain & shape
- Brilliant gold colour
| Rosa
Manita Rose produces masses of open petalled pink roses with yellow stamens from late spring.
- Mass flowering
- High disease resistance
- Excellent climber
Climbing Rose. |
| Content | | Need a plant perfect for hedging? Castlewellan Gold Conifer is an evergreen conifer plant that produces stunning golden-yellow foliage. Ideal for improving privacy, it thrives well in almost every condition including wind and dry spells.
The Conifer Castlewellan Gold is a highly popular, fast-growing hedging plant that gets its name from its golden foliage, achieved by planting in full sun. It can grow up to 10 meters tall in 5 years on a rural property. However for the urban block they are easily maintained at a height of 3m, perfect for hedging, avenues, and windbreaks. Recommended planting is 1.5m apart for dense hedging. It is very tough and hardy and will cope with extended dry periods and extreme cold once established.
The Castlewellan Gold Conifer plant requires continuous care as it tends to grow very quickly. However, its growth can be easily regulated with regular trimming plus, along with Leighton Green conifers they are one of the most neat and dense hedges around. | 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 |
Cycas revoluta
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| height x width |
Up to 2m, but slow growing
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| features |
Short single or multiple trunks develop with a compact crown of palm-like stiff fine pinnate dark green leaves, very unusual and attractive
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| conditions |
Sun to shade in moist well-drained soil, protect from heavy frosts
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| landscape use |
Pots, courtyards, plaza?s, specimens, general landscaping
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| Toxicity |
All parts of a sago palm, especially the seeds, are extremely poisonous when ingested by humans or animals.
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| botanical name |
Cupressocyparis leylandii
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| height x width |
8m x 4m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 2m
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| features |
Attractive golden foliage which is brightest in summer, fast growing
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| conditions |
Full sun, well drained soil, mulch around base, free of grass and weeds around the base. Wind, frost and salt tolerant.
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| landscape use |
Hedges, screens, windbreaks and specimens.
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