| Description | Bronze Fennel
Bronze Fennel is a herbaceous Perennial plant that can grow up to 1.5m tall. It's a very easy to grow plant, however young plants are frost tender. To produce richer oils and seeds, this plant should be planted in full sun, in well drained soil. It easily self seeds, so deadhead after flowering to keep under control. With its soft bronze foliage and pretty little yellow flowers, this plant is also great as a decorative addition to any garden. Bronze fennel has the same sweet liquorice flavour as the traditional green variety, so can be used in its place in any recipe. The leaves are great with fish, and can be stuffed into the cavity of a whole fish or to wrap fillets. You can also use it to make a stuffing. Another herb that goes well with fennel, is French tarragon. Tarragon having a spicy aniseed kick and fennel a sweeter flavour. You can make a very nice tea from the leaves and seed of bronze fennel. Or milk steeped with this herb can make delicious ice cream, or be used in baking cakes or bread. To harvest the seeds, leave the flower stalks on the plant until the seeds turn from green to brown then hang the seed heads in a paper bag to finish drying out. The seeds are ready when the shake away from the main head easily. The store them in an air tight container away from sunlight.
4" pot size. | Leptospermum petersonii
The Lemon Scented Tea Tree is a beautiful Australian native tree with a shrubby habit. Its new foliage is copper/bronze colour. Many small white flowers that decorate the tree in early summer and the leaves have a beautiful citrus scent.
Lemon Scented Tea Trees are not only bird attracting but ideal for tough conditions such as drought or poor soil. A good screening plant.
10"/25cm pot size. | Washingtonia robusta
Common names: Mexican Cotton Fan Palm, Mexican Fan Palm, Mexican washingtonia, Washingtonia palm.
The Mexican Cotton Fan Palm is a medium-tall sized palm originating from Mexico. It can reach a mature height of 7m in Victoria's climate. It has large fan like fronds with remnant threads of foliage that appear like ‘cotton’ hanging from between frond segments. It is tough, drought and frost tolerant when established! It is a perfect addition for features and tropical gardens.
100 litre pot. | Decorative Terracotta indoor and outdoor use for feature plants. Great alone or try clustering different sizes to make an attractive feature.
- Waterproof and frost-tolerant
- Lightweight
- Ideal for plant pot sizes 12″/30cm pot
Approximate weight: 6.3kg. | Mandevilla splendens
Bright Pink mandevilla is an evergreen utility-friendly tree. It blooms at a young age and produces a showy bright pink fragrant flowers.
This tree can grow in full sunlight to partial shade. Thrives in heat!
10"/25cm pot - Espaliered, woven onto lattice. | Common thyme is a hardy, frost tolerant small perennial shrub. It prefers a full sun, well drained position, and only requires moderate watering. This plant is a widely used herb in the kitchen and used in a variety of dishes, from stuffings and soups, to chicken dishes, and even stir fries. This herb is great used fresh, but can also be dried and stored for later use. Thyme has powerful antiseptic and anti bacterial properties. It's used to treat a wide range of ailments from sore throats, colds and chest infections, to insect bites, cuts, and fungal infections. Thyme is used a lot in modern commercial mouth washes. | Lomandra hystrix
Katie Belles is a clumping grass-like perennial with broad shiny green foliage and masses of scented yellow flowers in spring. Great as a background plant or for mass planting in the garden and larger landscaping. Grows well in both sun and shade, tolerant of humidity and damper soils. Will handle periods of dryness, but watering will produce a happier plant. Suits most soil types, great for erosion control, for rain gardens and the thick growth will suppress weeds. Fertilise in spring.
Grows to 1.7m high and 1m wide
6"/14cm pot | Thuja orientalis aurea nana
Short, stout self shaping conifer
• Soft foliage
• Low maintenance and drought resistant once established
• Ideal for hedging, along walkways and pots |
| Content | | | | | | | | Golden Biota Conifer is a dense dwarf shrub that has a dense form, with smooth edges. It is ideal for pots, walkways, hedging or borders.
A very hardy plant, the Golden Biota conifer does well in well drained soils. In summer the conifer turns to a marvelous shade of bright gold and turns green in the winter.
Being highly resilient to adverse weather conditions like frost, the Golden Biota conifer grows easily in various weather and soil conditions. All you need a semi-clay to well drained soil, adequate water in the warmer months and a yearly dose of all purpose fertiliser to grow a lush, healthy specimen. |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Foeniculum vulgare "purpureum"
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| botanical name |
Washingtonia robusta
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| height x width |
6-10m tall, slow growing
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| features |
The shiny bright green fronds are almost circular
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| conditions |
Full sun in well drained soil, protected from heavy frosts
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| landscape use |
Specimen, avenue
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| botanical name |
Thymus Vulgaris, or Garden Thyme
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