| Description | Callistemon "Candy Pink"
Candy Pink is a medium shrub that is incredibly adaptable. Its large flower spikes are a lovely dark pink colour and are borne in flushes virtually all year round after a flush of new growth happens.
Candy Pink requires low maintenance and is suitable for coastal gardens. It is drought resistant. Likes a position of full sunlight to light shade.
6" pot size. | Abies nordmanniana
Abies nordmanniana or the Caucasian Fir or the Nordmann Fir is a densely branched conifer with regularly arranged branches and a cylindrical habit. Cones are 15 cm long and 5 cm wide.It is very popular as a Christmas tree, due to it''s excellent glossy deep green needle foliage and symetrical shape. The needles, which point forward and grow round the branches are soft and thick with white lines on the underside. The bark is smooth and grey.
Height roughly 18m advanced. | 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 | Serruria phylicoides
Serruria phylicoides 'Raspberry Burst' is a compact, fine-foliaged shrub featuring delicate, raspberry-pink flowers that bloom from late winter to early spring. Its soft, ferny foliage and intricate flower heads give it an elegant, lace-like appearance—ideal for adding gentle colour and texture to rockeries, native borders, or decorative pots.
- Mature Size: Approx. 50–80cm tall x 50–70cm wide
- Flowering Season: Late winter to early spring
- Uses: Feature plant, rockeries, native gardens, containers, cut flower use
6" / 14 cm pot |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Callistemon spp
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| height x width |
3m x3m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 1-1.5m
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| features |
A profusion of candy pink bottlebrush flowers a few times throughout the year, bird attracting
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade, best in well drained soil but will tolerate dry or poorly drained soils
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| landscape use |
Screening, windbreaks, general garden planting, specimens, bird attractor
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| botanical name |
Bacopa Monniera, or Indian Pennyworth, or Water Hyssop
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