| Description | Philotheca myoporoides (Eriostemon)
Producing masses of pink buds that open to stunning, white starry flowers. This is a hardy, compact shrub that has bright green aromatic foliage. It adapts well to a wide range of environments. It is a great feature shrub that can also be used for its cut flower. Likes both full and partial sunlight. Will tolerate moderate frost.
8"/20cm pot | Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Bangalow Palms are native to Australia and are often used as indoor plants here down South. To grow into a very large tree they would probably require warmer climates than Melbourne, but as a small or medium size tree they look lovely anyway.
Use Bangalow Palms as a clumped indoor plant or in a sheltered spot outdoors to add a tropical feel to the garden. | Heritage Rose
Also known as Rosa Chinensis and the Butterfly Rose, Mutabilis is an open-flowered, twiggy bush showing multi-coloured blooms of coppery yellow that change to a pinky crimson colour as they age.
- Great for oil production
- Multicoloured flowers
- Confederate rose
Bush form. |
| 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 |
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| botanical name |
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
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| height x width |
6m x 4m, usually a bit smaller in Melbourne climate
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| features |
An elegant palm with long arching lime-green fronds, weeping panicles of lilac flowers are produced
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| conditions |
Part shade in a protected position from frost and hot winds
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| landscape use |
Specimen, group planting, shaded and protected areas, courtyards
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