Banksia marginata
Our local banksia which is widespread across Tasmania. This is the upright form which makes a large shrub or small tree which is lovely as a specimen, or clips well as a hedge or screen. Also a good pot plant.
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Our local banksia which is widespread across Tasmania. This is the upright form which makes a large shrub or small tree which is lovely as a specimen, or clips well as a hedge or screen. Also a good pot plant.
Tasmanian native bottlebrush with pale yellow flowers in spring. Makes a good bushy hedge, particularly good on clay soils. Trim annually for best results from an early age.
A wonderful variety with large white flowers like Romneya coulteri, unfortunately difficult to propagate so only a few.
Mounding grey foliage plant resembling ballota, useful for larger coastal gardens where it forms an effective ground cover with westringea, correa, prostrate rosmary and native grasses. Can also be grown as a low hedge if planted 80cm apart.
White hydrangea, rounded clusters, vigorous and long flowering, colour not effected by soil pH.
Medium hydrangea with large heads of blue lacecaps. Note all blue hydrangea need acid soil to produce correct colouring; in alkaline soil they will tend toward pink.
Old fashioned blue mop top hydrangea, needs acid soil to colour up well. Will go towards pink in alkaline soil.
Deep pink hydrangea, flatter lacecap type like 'Tokyo Delight'; note pink varieties are less affected by soil pH than blue varieties.
Vigourous old fashioned mop top type, pure white flowers, useful for specimen or border plantings. Strong stemmed upright variety, useful for floral work.
White lace cap variety, flatter flowers with lilac centre buds; stable colour and lovely.
Lavandula officianalis (syn. angustifolia) . Like 'Hidecote' but a more intense darker purple colour with slightly shorter flower spikes.
Superb variety with attractive glossy foliage and rich golden blooms in winter. This variety prunes well and does not develop the scraggly appearance of other varieties if trimmed once a year.
Semi prostrate medium blue form with cascading habit, useful winter flowering ground cover.
Portugese form of the pink rosemary, more true pink than Majorca pink and less upright, bushier and lower growing.
Attractive shrub with pepper flavoured berries and leaves . Also a superb container specimen for part shade. Large plants.
Drought hardy silver foliage plant for topiary and background, use in place of Italian lavenders which are disappointing and die out after a few years. Attractive blue flowers, drought tolerant.
Deciduous 'snowball tree' with fluffy white snowball flowers . Lovely variety, good specimen shrub or small tree.
A worthwhile silver foliage variety, named after the Welsh castle and gardens. Will grow in low fertility soil, and makes an effective ground cover when combined with cistus, lavender, and rosmary.
Traditional hedging plant which looks good all year round and forms compact tight growth. Ideal for edging pathways, borders and formal plantings.
The silvery foliage in combination with the abundant single soft pink flowers creates a lovely effect. Like a wild rose but much easier to look after and without the thorns.