| Description | Bambusa ventricosa (Buddha's Belly) Bamboo
Buddha’s Belly Bamboo is a great bamboo variety for gardens. With shiny, smooth green bamboo stalks that feature bulbous "bellies" at intervals, it stays at a manageable height and is highly ornamental. It's named for these bulges, not it's height, and will only grow to 6 meters in ideal conditions.
This bamboo is great as a screen or hedge. It's important to give Buddhas Belly a good amount of space to grow and to not plant it to close to any fences or buildings, at least 1m away. This bamboo is not to be confused with the 'Giant Buddha's Belly' (B. Vulgaris cv. Wamin).
8" pot size. | Correa alba
A popular choice amongst council and parks landscapers due to its set-and-forget nature, the Correa is a attractive, hardy and versatile perennial shrub.
• White star-shaped flowers with rounded, velvety leaves
• Will grow in both full sun or part shade, tolerating harsh Australian soil and weather
• Responds well to pruning, making neat hedges or even native topiary | Stachys byzantina (syn. lanata)
Irresistibly soft, furry silver foliage, the 'Lambs Ear' is a must have in every Cottage garden.
• Tall purple flowers
• Looks great in pots, rockeries, along pathways and mass planted
• Tolerates dry soils
6"/14cm pot size. | Strelitzia nicolai
Often confused with the banana palm, Giant Bird of Paradise are a gorgeous, tropical looking perennial shrub that creates the tropical look even in cool climates!
• Grows tall and narrow, often used indoors and out.
• White and black bird like flowers
• Tolerates poor soils, drought, coastal conditions and light frost |
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Border, rockeries, groundcover
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| features |
This almost tree-size bird of paradise has striking greenish-blue and white flowers, and large spoon like leave up to 1.5m long
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil, keep protected form heavy frost
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| landscape use |
Specimen, group planting, feature, centrepiece
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