Plant matter
Wildflower Seed Starter – to boost the germination of seedsVermiculite granules soaked in smoky w...
Wildflower Seed Starter – to boost the germination of seedsVermiculite granules soaked in smoky water. Extensive research over many years at Kings Park and Botanic Garden and at several other organisations has shown that the seeds of many species of Australian native plants benefit from - or even require - the naturally occurring chemicals found in smoke from the burning of Australian bush litter, as a catalyst to germination. Australian bushlands often regenerate quickly after a bush fire. M...
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Western Australian Christmas Tree Seeds
Western Australian Christmas TreeBotanic name: Nuytsia floribunda This is the only member species...
Western Australian Christmas TreeBotanic name: Nuytsia floribunda This is the only member species of the genus nuytsia in the world. A member of the mistletoe family. One of Australia’s most spectacular trees with its brilliant, heavy coverage of golden-orange, honey-scented flowers in late spring and early summer strikingly displayed against the dark green mass of soft needle-like leaves. An evergreen which grows gradually to about 7m (23'). Drought and frost resistant. So bright are the flo...
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Swan Peach MyrtleBotanic name: Hypocalymma robustumAlso known as: Swan River myrtle One of the lo...
Swan Peach MyrtleBotanic name: Hypocalymma robustumAlso known as: Swan River myrtle One of the loveliest of Western Australia’s flowering shrubs. The deep pink blossoms, often flecked with mauve and tipped with gold, cluster around stems forming dense sprays up to 45cm (18″) long. The profuse spring flowers have an attractive scent. Evergreen shrub to 1m (3′) with short dark green, soft, needle-like leaves. Excellent in the garden, pots or tubs or as cut flowers. Drought and light frost resis...
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Fringed LilyBotanic name: Thysanotus multiflorusAlso known as: frilly knickers A delightful and d...
Fringed LilyBotanic name: Thysanotus multiflorusAlso known as: frilly knickers A delightful and delicate-looking small flowering plant with beautiful clusters of up to 20 violet and blue three-petalled flowers, each surrounded by a lengthy, delicate fringe. The long narrow leaves spring straight from the ground stiff and grass-like, up to 30cm (1′) or 45cm (18″) long. Spectacular when in full bloom in spring. A hardy, easy to grow, drought resistant perennial which can be grown in almost any ...
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Blue Rottnest Island Daisy Seeds
Blue Rottnest Island DaisyBotanic name : Trachymene caeruleaAlso known as: blue lace flower Lovel...
Blue Rottnest Island DaisyBotanic name : Trachymene caeruleaAlso known as: blue lace flower Lovely, sturdy small annual shrub with attractive long-stemmed soft blue to mauve flowers in pin-cushion shaped clusters up to 7cm (3″) across, in spring and summer amongst the pale green 10cm (4″) leaves. Grows to 1m (3′) and 0.5 m (18″) across. Provides an excellent colourful display in a garden, in pots or as long-lasting cut flowers. Easily grown from seed sown in autumn or winter and requires litt...
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Australian Grass TreeBotanic name : Xanthorrhoea preissiiAlso known as: palga or balsa A distinct...
Australian Grass TreeBotanic name : Xanthorrhoea preissiiAlso known as: palga or balsa A distinctive Australian evergreen plant with its striking, unusual trunk and shock of thin grass-like leaves 1.5–2m (5–7′) in length sprouting from the top. In late winter or early spring it produces a flower spike up to 3m (10′) long from the head of the plant from which it disperses its seeds on the wind in late summer. The minute white flowers are clustered thickly along the whole of the flower spike. T...
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Native WisteriaBotanic name: Hardenbergia comptoniana A highly attractive climber, hanging vine o...
Native WisteriaBotanic name: Hardenbergia comptoniana A highly attractive climber, hanging vine or ground cover with long dense sprays of scented, deep blue to purple flowers for several months in late winter and spring, against a thick mat of deep green foliage. Quick and easy to grow and extremely hardy. A vigorous, attractive and useful evergreen plant in a garden, courtyard or patio. If supported, climbs to 2m (7′) on a slender, twining stem and branches. Also useful as a dense and beauti...
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Albany BottlebrushBotanic name: Callistemon glaucus (formerly Callistemon speciosus)Also known as...
Albany BottlebrushBotanic name: Callistemon glaucus (formerly Callistemon speciosus)Also known as: showy bottlebrush Spectacular and profuse-flowering, the largest flower among all the bottlebrushes, with rich scarlet cylindrical brushes 25cm (10″) or more in length at the ends of its branches from early spring through summer. Attracts nectar feeding birds. A hardy evergreen shrub growing to 3m (10′) with a spread up to 2m (7′). Very adaptable to damp conditions (sometimes found thriving in w...
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Orange BanksiaBotanic name: Banksia burdettiiAlso known as: Burdett's banksia A lovely small ever...
Orange BanksiaBotanic name: Banksia burdettiiAlso known as: Burdett's banksia A lovely small evergreen tree with a spreading, dome-shaped habit. Flowers profusely, starting in its second or third summer from seed, producing a full display of large, bright, two-tone orange cone-shaped flowers up to 18cm (7″) long, scattered among its contrasting green serrated-edged leaves. Grows to about 2.5m (8′) and 2m (7′) across. Attracts nectar feeding birds. Provides plenty of flowers for garden display...
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GungurruBotanic name: Eucalyptus caesia ssp magnaAlso known as: silver princess An outstanding or...
GungurruBotanic name: Eucalyptus caesia ssp magnaAlso known as: silver princess An outstanding ornamental tree growing to 5m (16′) with a weeping or pendant shape. The flower buds are silver, grey or white, opening in the spring to reveal a stunning and profuse display of bright pink and red flowers against the blue-grey leaves. The pendular, urn shaped, silver coloured seed capsules extend the beauty and appeal of this very special tree through the summer. Quick growing and early flowering, ...
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Bush RoseBotanic name : Eucalyptus macrocarpaAlso known as: mottlecah. This unusual small tree is...
Bush RoseBotanic name : Eucalyptus macrocarpaAlso known as: mottlecah. This unusual small tree is the largest flowered eucalypt. Its large spectacular flowers often measure 10cm (4″) across, appearing from late winter to early summer, emerge from large and unusual buds of silver-green to display a thick mass of bright red stamens with gold tips, eventually producing attractive silver-grey to brown seed vessels among the highly unusual silver green leaves which are closely arranged along the s...
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Red Flowering GumBotanic name: Corymbia ficifolia (formerly Eucalyptus ficifolia – often still r...
Red Flowering GumBotanic name: Corymbia ficifolia (formerly Eucalyptus ficifolia – often still referred to by its former name) A most spectacular flowering evergreen tree, producing a brilliant profusion of flowers in mid-summer ranging in colour from deep crimson or scarlet red to orange, pink or even white against the thick mass of large mid-green leaves. A beautiful shade tree – most attractive to birds for its good nectar flow. Grows to about 10m (33′). Height can be restricted by prunin...
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