| Description | Escallonia Iveyi
Escallonia Iveyi is a quick growing, evergreen plant with fragrant white flowers in summer. Ideal for hedges, borders or screening.
It is particulary hardy and will cope with coastal conditions as well as a hot, dry location, but does not cope with humidity. Frost hardy and drought tolerant once established. Plant 70cm apart for hedges and borders.
6" pot size, approximately 15-25cm in height. | Scaevola albida 'Mauve Clusters' Fan flower
A soft purple flowering native ground cover, lovely in a hanging basket where it will trail over the sides, or mass plant around shrubs for a natural wildflower look. Plant in full sun to part shade
6''/14cm pot | Prunus persica
Nectarine Red Gem™ is a bright red-skinned fruit with juicy white-pink sweet flesh.
Plant in full sun to part shade, protect from high winds and can tolerate frosts when established. Deciduous, it will lose its leaves before beautiful blossoms appear again from Spring. This a dwarf variety fruiting tree so it will reach only a maximum of around 2-2.5m. (Self-fertile)
10"/25cm pot | Citrus minneola
Tangelo is a cross between a Grapefruit and a Mandarin. Minneola Tangelo has large bell-shaped fruit, the skin is a deep orange colour, loose and easy to peal. The flesh is very juicy and sweetly tart with no seeds. It is a heavy cropping variety with fruit maturing throughout Spring. Grows to approximately 2-4m in height. Thrives in a full sun position. This rounded evergreen has an upright habit. | Rosa Hybrid Tea
Large double pink and white-streaked blooms on an upright and vigorous bush with a beautiful fragrance. Available as a bush rose and 3ft Standard.
Available online ONLY - Not in-store. | Bacopa monnieri
The Brahmi plant, commonly called Water Hyssop, is highly regarded as an herb that enhances memory. It can be consumed fresh or used in a tea when dried. A sprig of Brahmi placed in a murky fish tank can clear the water by the next day. This plant is indigenous to India and thrives in warm, moist soils with some shade. It is sensitive to drought and frost. As a perennial ground cover, it typically grows to dimensions of 0.15m by 0.60m.
sidered to be an important herb in the ancient Indian medicine, and is reported to have similar properties to another herb called the gotu kola otherwise known as the arthritis plant here in Australia and the remedies made from both plants are used in similar ways to treat symptoms. In India it has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years for mental health including memory, learning, as well as anxiety and mental fatigue. It is also used as a general tonic. The leaves and stems of Brahmi are taken to improve memory, concentration, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, mental exhaustion and stress. For the older person it can be useful to ward off Alzheimer | Feijoa sellowiana
Feijoas are a fairly small evergreen tree with short oval shaped leaves, soft green on top and silvery underneath. Following bright red and white flowers it will produce fragrant fruits larger than the size of an egg that remain green when ripe. They have perfumed pale cream flesh and their taste is a blend of pineapple and strawberry.
10"/25cm pot | Echinacea purpurea
Cheyenne Spirit Coneflowers display a rich, mixed range of colours such as orange, scarlet, purple, cream, yellow and more! The beautiful flowers can be seen from Summer to Autumn. These vigorous plants reach of a height of approximately 60cm and a width of around 50cm.
Coneflowers are perfect for invigorating your garden. Loves a position of full sunlight in dry to medium moisture soils. Drought tolerant once established. Great for patios, cottage and coastal gardens. |
| 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 twu 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 |
Escallonia ?Iveyi?
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| height x width |
2m x 2m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 1m
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| features |
Very rich dark-green wavy edged leaves and long panicles up to 15cm of slightly fragrant pure white flowers in late summer
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Hedging, background planting, general garden plant
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| botanical name |
Scaevola spp.
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| height x width |
30-45cm x 60-70cm
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| features |
Beautiful clusters of purple, blue, white or pink fan shaped flowers againsta backdrop of bright green leaves in spring and summer
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil, adaptable to most conditions
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| landscape use |
Foreground planting, covering banks, groundcover, pots, specimen
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| botanical name |
Bacopa Monniera, or Indian Pennyworth, or Water Hyssop
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