| Description | Lavandula angustifolia
Traditionally English Lavender was grown for its heavenly fragrance, used in oils and potpourri.
• Small, slender blue-ish purple flowers on tall stems above the foliage
• Grown in pots, as a hedge or in the cottage garden to attract bees and butterflies
• Tolerates drought and dry conditions, preferring well drained soils
6"/14cm pot | Nerium oleander 'Madoni Grandiflorum' (White Oleander)
Nerium oleander is a bushy, evergreen shrub that grows thickly and quickly in almost any conditions. It has long, slim leaves and bright, star-shaped, open,creamy/white flowers. Its dense bushy fast-growing nature lends itself well to hedging - but ensure you plant rows of the same variety as they have different foliage characteristics.
The Oleander has suffered from poor press over the years and that is a great shame for it is a tough beautiful shrub which should come into to its own in these new drought filled years. The plants easily cope by the seaside, not seeming to be worried with salt laden air; in arid hot conditions, and even where the drainage is poor.
CAUTION: It is poisonous in nature, containing glycocytes, which means that animals won't touch it - but it takes large quantities to poison humans - and it tastes so awful you'd have to be determined or raving mad! There are no recorded cases of serious poisoning in humans.
Approx 2-3m h+w
10''/25cm pot | Rosa floribunda
Make-A-Wish Australia brings together incredible individuals to fulfil inspirational and life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses. This remarkable floribunda showcases clusters of delicate cream to white blooms, complete with a soft apricot centre. The flowers emit a light, sweet fragrance and are beautifully set against lush, dark green, glossy foliage that grows up to 1 meter tall. It earned a Certificate of Merit at the National Rose Trial Gardens of Australia in 2007.
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| Content | | Nerium oleander 'Madoni Grandiflorum' (White Oleander)
Madoni Grandiflorum prefers full sun but will tolerate some shade. Once established they need no extra watering, surviving through the toughest of droughts and the hottest of summers (it can even cope with reflected heat from buildings), as well as surviving through cold winters and the occasional frost.
Approx 2-3m h+w | 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 |
| height x width |
1m x 1m
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| planting distance |
For border: 50cm
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| features |
Narrow aromatic grey-green leaves and slender spikes of tiny fragrant purple flower spikes during summer
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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, hedges, single specimens, containers, cut flowers, pot pourri, oil, lavender sachets
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