| Description | Nerium oleander 'Madoni Grandiflorum' (Pink 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, pink 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 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 for humans.
Approx 2-3m h+w
6'' pot | Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant'
An elegant clumping ornamental grass with dark green foliage and very little mess
• Clusters of little purple flowers on tall stems above the foliage
• Beautiful plant for borders and edging, in pots and containers or mass planting
• Grows best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade | Cotyledon orbiculata
Silver Waves is a species that forms a dense mass of large rippling silvery white foliage coated in a fine white powder. This plant looks fantastic when contrasted with darker plants. It is very hardy and will take the extremes of summer heat and winter cold. Pink flowers on a tall stem. Thrives in a position of full sunlight to part shade.
6" pot size. | Xanthorrhoea glauca 'Grass Tree'
Uniquely Australian, hardy grass tree with rough dark textured trunk and central tuft of foliage. X. glauca has blue-green-grey leaves, and is native to the south east. X. glauca differs from X. johnsonii in having blue-grey leaves. Although grass trees are slow growing in dry conditions, they are certainly worth the wait. It has a growth rate of only 1-2cm per year but it can grow to over 6 metres tall.
10" pot size. |
| Content | Nerium oleander 'Dr Golfin' (Pink Oleander)
Dr Golfin 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 | | | |
