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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 '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 'BACON'

PLANTS: WAVB

This broad-spreading avocado makes a majestic shade or screening tree that rivals anything purely ornamental. It is so productive, fruit growing guru Louis Glowinski counted 200 fruits on his one tree! `Bacon' is a B-type ...

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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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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 and red clivias for a massed effect. Perfect for low light positions.

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HILL'S FIG

PLANTS: WFIHI

The ultimate lush tree, Hills Fig can also be grown as a large hedge or pruned for topiary. In low rainfall areas, it has the perfect shape to provide dense shade. In areas of summer rainfall, like Sydney, it will ...

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MULTIFLORA PINK ROSE

PLANTS: RMULP

A profusion of apple-blossom-pink flowers in spring smother this vigorous, self-supporting rose. This fast growing thicket becomes an ideal farm fence or informal hedge.

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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 to pass through. A regular prune will restrain its height and provide a more compact form.

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PISTACHIO 'CHINESE'

PLANTS: WPIS

BARE ROOT POTTED. 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 for smaller gardens and planting near paved areas.

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Rock Samphire

PLANTS: WROS

As the species name suggests, this plant will thrive in coastal gardens, forming a tight ground cover in rocky cracks and sandy soils. The fleshy, green-blue leaves are prepared as a pickle and used as a condiment ...

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SILVER TRAILING GAZANIA

PLANTS: PGAZR

Bright yellow sunny daisies are sprinkled across the neat silver-grey leaves of this incredibly tough ground cover in spring and early summer. An excellent living mulch which grows well in sandy soils and coastal ...

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VARIEGATED SUN ROSE

PLANTS: PAPTV

The perfect ground cover for sun-drenched slopes, soaking up the searing summer sun while keeping the soil cool and weed-free. This variegated form produces a silvery-green carpet, contrasting beautifully with the ...

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WHITE CEDAR

PLANTS: WWHC

BARE ROOT POTTED. This rare deciduous Australian native makes an impressive umbrella-shaped shade tree and is tolerant of a wide range of conditions from waterlogging to drought. Fragrant flowers appear in autumn with fruit soon after. Caution: fruit is toxic.

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ALGERIAN OAK

PLANTS: WALO

The Algerian Oak is found throughout the Mediterranean basin, forming a broad canopy of evergreen lobed leaves, similar to the English Oak. Semi-deciduous in cooler climates. Dry-tolerant and fire-resistant, plant these as a future fire buffer and then welcome the glorious summer shade they provide.

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ARGENTINE OMBU

PLANTS: WARO

The Argentine Umbrella Tree, or Ombu, is a botanical curiosity that is very rarely seen in nurseries. It’s a fast-growing tree that grows 2 metres high in 2-3 years and has a massive swollen trunk that gives rise to snake-like buttressed roots. A superb evergreen shade tree that thrives on neglect, it can withstand the longest of droughts by dra...

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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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CHERRY LAPIN

PLANTS: WCHLA

Sumptuous dark cherries produced 2 weeks after Stella. Delicious fresh off the tree, LAPIN is the ideal companion for anextended harvest. Resistant to cracking, perfect for high summer rainfall areas. ...

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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. Great performance in dry shade conditions. A useful plant for planting beneath trees and large shrubs.

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COTYLEDON ORBICULATA 'SILVER'

PLANTS: PCOOR

Powdery silver-white 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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DWARF APPLE 'CRIPPS PINK'

PLANTS: WAPPI

This popular Australian apple variety from 1973 is a cross between `Golden Delicious' and `Lady Williams'. It combines the sweet juiciness of `Golden Delicious' with the tartness of `Lady Williams' to produce one of the best ...

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DWARF APPLE GRANNY SMITH

PLANTS: WAPGA

Australia's own heirloom apple, this chance seedling in Mrs Anne Smith's garden in Ryde NSW has been winning gardeners over since 1868. Bake, bottle, or wait until it turns dull yellow for maximum sweetness. Long ...

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DWARF APPLE STURMER PIPPIN

PLANTS: WAPST

Highly valued in Tasmania for it's juicing qualities, Sturmer can also be eaten fresh, used in cooking or for drying. A late variety that stores well for up to three months. Pick from the tree as late as possible for ...

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ECHEVERIA 'VIOLET QUEEN'

PLANTS: WECVQ

A fast-growing, spreading succulent with silver foliage edged in pink. Plant in full sun for maximum colour.

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STRAWBERRY 'CHANDLER' POTTED

PLANTS: PSTCHP

The most delicious of all the large fruited strawberries. Huge berries up to 60g are produced in profusion in summer. Easy to grow in most climates, these have to be the chef's choice. 82/100 in our taste tests.

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MULTIFLORA PINK ROSE CLUB SPECIAL 10

PLANTS: RMULP10

A profusion of apple blossom pink flowers in Spring smother this vigorous self supporting rose. This fast growing thicket becomes an ideal farm fence or informal hedge. 10 plants.

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

Membership: MNE2VS

Grow the best tasting vegies with free Tomato 'Tigerella, Beetroot 'Bulls Blood, Silverbeet 'Fordhook' and Spring Onion 'Red' seeds (one packet of each, valued at $21).

Member $79.00
Non-Member $79.00

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