| Description | Pittosporum eugenioides variegata
Pittosporum eugenioides variegatum (Lemonwood or Tarata) has glossy pale green oval shaped leaves with crimpled edges and produces cream flowers which are scented in Spring and Summer like honey. The leaves are lemon scented when crushed.
A fantastic tree for screening. Can also be used as a specimen tree or in parks and gardens. | Osteospermum 'Zion Red' African daisy
Osteospermum Zion Red. These low growing ground covers are very easy to grow and maintain. Heat and frost tolerant, and will bloom repeatedly most of the year in a sunny position. Once established the weeds will really struggle to push through and over run these. 50cm x 40cm wide | Rosa floribunda 'Korbin'
Iceberg roses are the most popular variety in Melbourne! Striking white roses bloom in clusters continually from late spring to the first frosts of autumn.
• Thornless
• Hardy rose, tolerating poor soils
• Disease resistant
8"/20cm pot - approx 3ft tall (90cm) | Hybrid tea 'Elina Rose'
Beautifully formed blooms of a creamy yellow colour and fragrance. Available as a bush rose and 3ft standard.
8" pot size.
Available online ONLY - Not in store. | Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan Gold'
Large, dense hedging plant for medium to large properties
- Very hardy once established
- Easy to maintain & shape
- Brilliant gold colour
| Fuchsia
Fuchsia Coralle produces clusters of tubular orange pink flowers from early summer to autumn. It is a perfect plant for a shady locations, as it can handle part sun but not extreme heat in Australia's summers. Keep soil nice and moist, without over watering.
Mature growth: 90cm x 60cm wide.
6"/14cm pot |
| Content | | | 3ft Standard Iceberg Roses are our single best selling rose every year, and there's a good reason why.
Why are 3ft Standard Icebergs the most popular roses?
The irresistible pull of the "Iceberg" rose variety
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The first part of it probably has to do with the fact that they're "Icebergs", as we affectionately call them. Iceberg roses are a white floribunda rose, which are a family of rose breeds whose name means "flowers" + "abundant". As this name suggests, they have a long flowering season and put out masses of flowers.
The Iceberg rose shot to popularity among all the floribunda roses and became the best selling rose in Australia over the last decade or two, because of 3 key features:
- Iceberg roses are low maintenance because they are incredibly disease resistant, and is much less likely to suffer from black spot, the most common and unsightly rose disease
- Iceberg roses are practically thornless
- Iceberg roses are a lovely bright white, fitting in with almost all garden styles and colour schemes
The only downside of Iceberg roses is that they have no real detectable fragrance.
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The fantastic versatility of a 3ft standard rose
Iceberg roses come in a variety of shapes: a bush form, a standard form (as is the 3ft Standard Iceberg rose), and even a climbing rose.
Standard roses grow in a "ball on a stick shape", and their main stem never gets any taller than the height you buy them at. With only their bushy head growing larger and denser, they will never really get out of control and can be easily maintained to a neat shape and manageable size. Standard roses are usually available at a height of 2ft, 3ft and 4ft, these measurements being the length of the main stem, or "cane" as this is called among growers.
The second factor in the popularity of a 3ft Standard Iceberg rose is that 3 foot (roughly 1 metre) is the most popular size of standard roses. This is a very useful and aesthetically pleasing height for a standard rose that works really well in a variety of garden settings. It's not too tall so that it requires a real heavy duty stake and protection from wind/exposure, and not so short that it can be engulfed by plants planted underneath it.
One of the big uses of 3ft standard iceberg roses is in a bed or row with other plants growing underneath it, in a layered technique called underplanting. Their height makes them ideal for growing other plants underneath.
For more information on selecting and growing roses, visit our Rose Factsheet.
For other white flowering roses, check out our Guide to Selecting Roses. | 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. Renown for their flowers and beauty they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit, the rose hip which can be made into an old fashioned jam or for garden uses such as ground covers and hedging.
Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses right up there with your climbers and weeping varieties, amongst all their beautiful colour, variety and hardy nature there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. | Need a plant perfect for hedging? Castlewellan Gold Conifer is an evergreen conifer plant that produces stunning golden-yellow foliage. Ideal for improving privacy, it thrives well in almost every condition including wind and dry spells.
The Conifer Castlewellan Gold is a highly popular, fast-growing hedging plant that gets its name from its golden foliage, achieved by planting in full sun. It can grow up to 10 meters tall in 5 years on a rural property. However for the urban block they are easily maintained at a height of 3m, perfect for hedging, avenues, and windbreaks. Recommended planting is 1.5m apart for dense hedging. It is very tough and hardy and will cope with extended dry periods and extreme cold once established.
The Castlewellan Gold Conifer plant requires continuous care as it tends to grow very quickly. However, its growth can be easily regulated with regular trimming plus, along with Leighton Green conifers they are one of the most neat and dense hedges around. | |
| Additional information |
| Sunshine |
Full Sun, Part Shade
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| Fertilise Me |
November, October, September
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| Fertilizer Frequency |
Annually
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| Flowering |
No
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| Fragrance |
None
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| Fruit / Seed |
No
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| Growth Speed |
Fast
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| Leaf Drop |
Evergreen
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| Origin |
New Zealand
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| Other Common Names |
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
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| pH |
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
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| Plant Type |
Shrub
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| Soil Type |
Loam, Loamy – Clay, Sandy – Loam, Well drained
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| Tolerances |
Pollution Tolerant, Poor Soil Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Drought Tolerant
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| Water Requirement |
Low
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| Max Height |
6m
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| Max Width |
4m
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| Toxic To |
Non-toxic
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| Prune Me |
3-5 times a year
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| Planting Distance |
1 per 1.5 metres
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| Size Maintained at |
2.5m
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| Uses |
Hedging & Screening
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| Foliage Colour |
Green, White, Yellow, Variegated
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| Botanical Name |
Pittosporum eugenioides 'Variegatum'
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| botanical name |
Cupressocyparis leylandii
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| height x width |
8m x 4m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 2m
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| features |
Attractive golden foliage which is brightest in summer, fast growing
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| conditions |
Full sun, well drained soil, mulch around base, free of grass and weeds around the base. Wind, frost and salt tolerant.
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| landscape use |
Hedges, screens, windbreaks and specimens.
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