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Bushfire Gardening

Plan & plant to reduce your risk of property loss during a bushfire. There are many garden design strategies and plants that could help to protect your home during a bushfire. Here are a collection of our least flammable varieties.

AGAVE ATTENUATA

PLANTS: WAGA

The ultimate architectural plant that is perfect in containers as well as in the garden. Dramatic structural foliage that is almost completely neglect-proof. Ideal for pots in sun baked positions but will also take a ...

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AGAVE 'SILVER TRIM'

PLANTS: WAGS

A cool selection of agave with an icy-silver margin on the leaf giving this tough summer performer an edge in the garden. Agaves are the easiest of plants to grow and provide a `set-and-forget' textural focus either in ...

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ALOE 'FAIRY PINK'

PLANTS: PALFP

A unique aloe with delicate, white buds lightly brushed in apricot-pink at the base. Popular with bird watchers as the birds will flock to your garden to sample their sweet nectar. Flowers for weeks with flower spikes ...

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AVOCADO LAMB HASS

PLANTS: WAVLH

A smaller growing and heavier fruiting variety than it's close relative 'Hass'. 'Lamb Hass' will fruit longer in the season and is a great choice for small backyards and large pots. The skin darkens as the fruit ripens. ...

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BABY SUN ROSE

PLANTS: PAPT

The perfect ground cover for sun-drenched slopes, this spreading succulent soaks up the searing summer sun while keeping the soil cool and weed-free. Not just a hardy living mulch, toss the piquant leaves into a salad too! ...

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BLUE CHALK STICKS

PLANTS: PSERE

This ground cover is one of the most valuable landscaping succulents. Planted en masse, it creates a dense rippling mat of compact silver-blue leaves that flow between other succulents and shrubs like a turquoise ...

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BLUE CHALK STICKS ( 3 Pack )

PLANTS: PSERE3

This ground cover is one of the most valuable landscaping succulents. Planted en masse, it creates a dense rippling mat of compact silver-blue leaves that flow between other succulents and shrubs like a turquoise ...

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CLIVIA 'CREAM'

PLANTS: PCLMY

Pastel cream flowers colour the garden in winter and spring, while the arching dark-green foliage makes a handsome clump in shady positions.

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CLIVIA PEACH

PLANTS: PCLP

The softest of luscious peach trumpets with a delicate creamy-yellow throat are held in compact bunches on 30cm long stems. Complements cream yellow and red clivias for a massed effect.

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COTYLEDON ORBICULATA 'SILVER'

PLANTS: PCOOR

Powdery silver-white wavy leaves create a sea of foliage. As this variety does not flower it is perfect with all pastel colour schemes. This ground cover is as tough as they come, it will take the extremes of ...

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ECHEVERIA 'VIOLET QUEEN'

PLANTS: WECVQ

A fast-growing, spreading succulent with silver foliage edged in pink.

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FEIJOA - PINEAPPLE GUAVA

PLANTS: WPIG

Highly aromatic, delicious, torpedo-shaped fruits are produced in abundance from fluffy red and white flowers with edible petals. A tough screening shrub, hedge or small tree, feijoas are drought-tolerant once ...

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FEIJOA - PINEAPPLE GUAVA Hedge Pack

PLANTS: WPIGH

Highly aromatic, delicious, torpedo-shaped fruits are produced in abundance from fluffy red and white flowers with edible petals. A tough screening shrub, hedge or small tree, feijoas are drought-tolerant once ...

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HAZELNUT DUO BUTLER & CASINA

PLANTS: WHAEB

Here we offer two plants in one pot so you can plant two of these new varieties together (in the same hole!) to produce a handsome nut tree that has a pollinating partner to reliably yields nuts. 'Casina' is a small ...

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HYDRANGEA PANICULATA

PLANTS: WHYP

An impressive hydrangea with panicles of showy flowers from late summer through autumn. Tolerant of sun, best results are still achieved in dappled light. Plant en masse to create a stunning hedge of garden screen.

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JELLY BEAN PLANT

PLANTS: PSERU

Jelly bean-like rounded foliage makes an outstanding ground cover with the added attraction that its leaves turn a bright red in the heat of summer then revert to bright green again when the days cool down.

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KALANCHOE PUMILA

PLANTS: PKAP

Clean, silver new leaves age to dark grey with a pink-blushed wavy margin. Delicate cup-shaped lilac-pink flowers with prominent yellow stamen sit comfortably amongst this charming, decorative foliage for up to five ...

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LAVENDER 'HIDCOTE'

PLANTS: PLAH

Famous for the deepest of purple flowers borne on a compact, silvery- leaved shrub. Prized for its highly aromatic flowers, this lavender is favoured by oil producers, but is equally valuable as a garden plant that ...

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NATIVE FRANGIPANI

PLANTS: WNAF

The exceptional perfume that comes from the Native Frangipani's striking, yellow spring flowers is reason enough to grow this fast-growing rainforest tree. Shiny, dark-green, pittosporum-like foliage allows light ...

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PEAR 'CONFERENCE'

PLANTS: WPECON

With elegant, tapered fruit, this heirloom pear was named for the National Pear Conference of England in 1885, from which it was awarded first prize. The medium-large elongated, golden fruit yields crisp and juicy pears with ...

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PEAR 'RED BEURRE D'ANJOU'

PLANTS: WPEBR

A luscious, creamy pear, which takes its name from the French word for butter (beurre). Bred in the 1950s, this late season pear has excellent storage qualities, keeping for months with no detriment to flavour or ...

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PISTACHIO 'CHINESE'

PLANTS: WPIS

Spectacular autumn foliage for gardens in the arid zone. In spring, small, white flowers will attract birds, followed by the red-purple berries. The deep root system and upright habit are suitable ...

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POMEGRANATE 'AZERBAIJANI'

PLANTS: WPOAZ

Available from 1st week of February 2020. Prepare your taste buds for this incredibly sweet and juicy pomegranate. Widely grown throughout the rest of the world, this beautiful mid-to-large...

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POMEGRANATE 'WONDERFUL'

PLANTS: WPOWO

Exported from California throughout the world, this variety of pomegranate has become the world standard. Noted for its rich, red colour and piquant flavour, 'Wonderful' can be eaten as fresh fruit or juiced. Popular ...

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GERANIUM 'ROZANNE' 3 pack

PLANTS: PGERO3

Bright, violet-blue flowers, each with a white central eye, adorn this cranesbill for months on end. Delicate, red veins radiate outward into each petal. Come early spring, beautiful lobed foliage emerges, forming a neat, low mound. Flowers are soon produced and will extend throughout autumn after a light trim in summer. A perfect choice for pla...

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SOLANUM WENDLANDII

PLANTS: WSOW

This rare climber just loves the heat. Huge frilly heads of lavender flowers cover it for five months and are dramatically framed by glossy leaves. Plant beside a north-facing wall in the south where it's deciduous. Evergreen in the subtropics.

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2yr membership + FREE garlic

Membership: MNE2G

Get a free bag of Early Purple garlic, valued at $10.95. This is a great way to save and start growing your own delicious garlic. Available whilst stocks last.

Member $79.00
Non-Member $79.00

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