| Description | Adenanthos sericeus
Common names: Albany woolly bush or Silver streak plant
Woolly Bush is a native Australian shrub with a conifer look originating from Western Australia. It gets its name from the silky feel of its foliage, which also makes it popular in the cut flower industry. It is a terrific hardy native screening plant that can grow several meters tall and is drought and also salt tolerant. Woolly Bush looks great in the garden with its lovely silver green foliage that appears to be dusted with snow. | Sweet Marjoram is a delicately flavoured cousin or Oregano. It has mild pine and citrus flavours. It is native of North Africa, the Mediterranean region and South-Eastern Asia. Although it is a herbaceous perennial, it is treated by most as an annual due to its sensitivity to frost and cold temperatures. It like a sunny well drained position, and regular watering. It can grow up to 50cm tall, but due to its spreading nature is brilliant to use at the edge of large containers to trail, in hanging baskets, in rockeries and for borders. Excluding the roots, all parts of this plant is edible, even the little white or very pale pink flowers. This herb is great used fresh or dried. In the kitchen, sweet marjoram enhances many dishes, and is deceivingly strong. The tender fresh leaves are great in salads, or mixed with spring veggies. And used fresh or dried goes great in any tomato, pork or beef dishes. It also adds a nice flavour to pizza. When adding this herb to a hot dish, add it in the last 10 minutes of cooking. This herb has many remedy uses. It has been used as a therapy for headaches, toothaches, indigestion, asthma, rheumatism, flatulence, earache, epilepsy, as well as for providing relief from labor pains. The oil extracted from this herb has been used as a healing cream for bruises and sprains. Sweet marjoram is an excellent common tonic, and it has a more potent affect on the nervous system than its close cousin oregano. However pregnant women should not take this herb medicinally.
4"/10cm pot | Caprosma repens
Caprosma Karo Red is a very hardy shrub with beautiful green/maroon foliage that intensifies in the cold.
This shrub thrives in a sunny to partly shaded position in a well drained soil. It is great for hedging and can be trimmed to shape, if required. It will grow to 1.5 meters tall.
10"/25cm pot size. -Shaped into a topiary ball. | Lavandula angustifolia
Munstead Lavender is a dwarf-rounded bush with aromatic grey-green foliage. It produces dense spikes of aromatic beautiful tiny purple to violet flowers during summer. These are lighter in colour than Hidcote Lavender, and the plant grows slightly larger.
8" pot size | Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica'
The Cut-Leaf Birch is a very graceful tree with distinctive feathery foliage and fine white bark. It is slender and graceful enough to be a part of a small garden without appearing too dominant, and is also effective in larger areas planted alone or in groups. A moderate growing and medium sized tree, ideal for either a small garden setup or even a larger forest-like vista, this tree will grow well in most soils in a sunny to part shade position. A beautiful specimen tree not to be looked over!
10"/25cm pot size | Cercis canadensis alba
Cercis 'White Eastern Redbud' is a large, spreading Redbud with rich, dark green leaves with a tinge of blue in the summer. In the autumn the leaves turn yellow and fall, leaving bare branches, ready for the spring blossom of which it becomes covered in clusters of pure white flowers.
See our Cercis Factsheet here for more about the different Cercis varieties!
For care instructions, features and more, check out Additional Information below
8"/20cm pot |
| Additional information | |
| botanical name |
Origanum Majorama
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| botanical name |
Lavandula angustifolia "Munstead"
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| height x width |
60cm x 60cm
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| planting distance |
For border: 30cm
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| conditions |
Sunny open position in well-drained soil, lavender will not tolerate wet feet, please read Wet Feet Kills, prune after flowering
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| landscape use |
Borders, low hedges, single specimens, containers, cut flowers, pot pourri, lavender sachets
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| botanical name |
Betula pendula ?Dalecarlica?
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| height x width |
7m x 3m
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| features |
Slender tall tree with elegant hanging branches and fine light green deeply cut leaves which turn golden in autumn
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, group planting, avenues, great for small gardens
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| Botanical Name |
Cercis canadensis f. alba
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| Other Common Names |
Eastern Redbud, Redbud, White Eastern Redbud, White-flowered Redbud
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| Origin |
North America
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| Plant Type |
Tree
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| Leaf Drop |
Deciduous
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| Sunshine |
Full Sun, Part Shade
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| Tolerances |
Soggy Soil Sensitive, Frost Tolerant
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| Soil Type |
Loam, Loamy – Clay, Sandy – Loam, Well drained
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| pH |
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
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| Water Requirement |
Moderate
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| Fertilise Me |
April, May, November, October, September
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| Fertilizer Frequency |
Bi-annually
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| Planting Distance |
4-5m apart
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| Max Height |
6m
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| Max Width |
6m
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| Growth Speed |
Moderate
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| Prune Me |
Only if required, Only in winter
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| Size Maintained at |
4m
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| Flowering |
Yes
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| Flowering Time |
October, September
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| Flower Colour |
White
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| Fragrance |
None
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| Foliage Colour |
Green
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| Autumn Colour |
Yellow
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| Fruit / Seed |
Rarely, Yes – Non-edible
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| Attracts |
Bees, Birds, Butterflies
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| Toxic To |
Non-toxic
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| Uses |
Shade Tree, Feature Tree
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