| Description | Banksia marginata 'Silver Banksia'
A classic woody native Australian shrub, Banksias are great for a low maintenance garden and create interest with their recognizable flower cones. Silver Banksias will grow to the size of a large shrub and and good for screening. They're also great for coastal areas, as they're naturally found by the sea and tolerate sand and salt.
10" pot size. | Pelargonium x hortorum ‘Big Pink' Geranium
The ‘BIG’ series of Pelargoniums will bring bright impact to your garden! Large, doubled blooms present themselves atop mid-green, compact foliage, setting a neat, yet exciting scene for most of the year. Give your garden a cottage feel by using baskets to hang them from lattice, retaining walls, fences or pergolas. The thick, mid-green foliage keeps a semi-trailing habit which means they will cascade in hanging baskets, or stay low-growing in the garden.
8″ pot size. | 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. | Polygala myrtifolia x dalmaisiana
Polygala Dazzler is a shrub that originates from South Africa and has attractive, almost year round, purple pea-like flowers on light green foliage. It makes a great flowering hedge.
Polygala Dazzler prefers a well-drained position, but tolerates poor soils, frost and dry conditions. Pruning in early Spring will encourage bushiness and flowers. Best feed regularly with a slow release fertiliser.
10" pot size. |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Banksia marginata
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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 |
Leaves are slightly serrated with the top being green and underneath silver, pale yellow flower spikes occur in winter
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| conditions |
Full sun or dappled shade in well drained soil
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| landscape use |
Great screen or windbreak, mixed garden beds, specimen, cut flower or dried flower arrangements
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| 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 |
Polygala x dalmaisiana
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| height x width |
1-1.5m x 1-1.5m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 80cm-1m
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| features |
Soft magenta-purple pea-like flowers over the warmer months
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, general garden planting, pots, hedge
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