| Description | Pelergonium x Hortorum
Apache geraniums are an early blooming variety with a long flower season, flowering in Spring & Summer. The plants are compact and do very well in pots, and won't grow larger than about 20cm. Great for a flowering border or planting in a mixed bed where you don't want them growing out of control.
Deep Rose Apache Geraniums feature clusters of beautiful dark pink flowers on graceful stalks. Geraniums in general are hardy, frost & wind tolerant, and drought tolerant once established. They like full sun and are also happy in part shade.
3" pot size. | Rosa hybrid tea
Carina produces a display of elegant, pure pink roses from late spring.
- Excellent as cut flowers
- Long elegant blooms
- Fragrant
2ft Standard. | Banksia integrifolia
Banksia integrifolia or ‘Coastal Banksia’ is a hardy native found down the Eastern coastline of Australia. Often seen in windswept and sculptural shapes along beach fronts, when placed in a less hostile environment, they can become quite beautiful, bushy specimen plants. They grow anywhere between 4m - 10m and 1m - 5m wide, depending on their environment. During autumn and winter their yellow flowers form into large cones, rich with nectar. These stunning flowers attract lots of bird life, particularly cockatoos and honey-eaters. Coastal Banksia is a slow grower and can handle a wide range of soil types.
10" pot size. | Pyrus calleryana
A narrow, upright form and an excellent choice for space-restricted or compact areas. Glossy green leaves in Summer, Plentiful white flowers pop up in spring and autumn colour of Reds, Oranges and Purples.
Great for fence lines, tree lined driveway, street planting or parks.
Grows in a column shape.
Can average 8-10m tall. Can be trimmed to keep at 6m if required.
16''/40cm pot | Allocasuarina verticillata
The Drooping Sheoak is a medium sized tree native to Southeast Australia, featuring weeping dark green branches of fine needles. Native to Southeast Australia, it flowers pale brown from Winter to early Spring, and also features small pine-like seed cones.
An excellent windbreak in coastal areas and great for shade and shelter, it's round headed shape also make the Drooping Sheoak a good specimen tree or street tree. Can grow in even the most difficult soils and will tolerate coastal or even the hottest conditions. |
| 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. | | Ornamental pear trees are fast growing, tolerant of most soil types, including heavy and poor soils, and best of all they come in a range of shapes and sizes to suit your landscaping requirements.
Check out our Ornamental Pear Tree Factsheet for more info. | |
| Additional information | |
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| botanical name |
Banksia integrifolia
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| height x width |
5m x 3m
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| features |
Cones of yellow brush like flowers during autumn, dark green leaves with white underneath, bird attracting, good hardy coastal tree, lime tolerant
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade
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| landscape use |
Cut flower arrangements, screens, windbreaks, hedges and specimens
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