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Due to unprecedented demand, we are temporarily unable to accept new orders. Whilst we have good supply of products, our priority is to reduce the extensive delays on existing orders. Our phone lines are also unfortunately down. Telstra is working on this fault. If your matter is urgent please email info@diggers.com.au and our customer service team will respond. Please stay safe, and keep checking back here as we will be back up to full service as soon as possible. See the home page for further COVID-19 information and updates.

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

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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. Plant in full sun for maximum colour.

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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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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 ...

Member $69.95

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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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LEMON LEMONADE - COX

PLANTS: WCITLEC

A sweet lemon that's perfect for eating fresh from the tree. Kids love the refreshing, low-acid fruit. Easy to peel. Tip prune regularly to encourage bushy, compact growth.

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MACADAMIA 'PINKALICIOUS'

PLANTS: WMACP

The perfect flowering and fruiting Australian native garden tree. The delectable nuts are reason enough to plant a macadamia, but this one also has bright pink flowers in spring. Growing to no more racemes of than 4- ...

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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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ORANGE VALENCIA SEEDLESS - TRIFOLIATA

PLANTS: WCITVS

The best juicing orange that keeps producing fruit into the cooler months. Fruit can be stored on the tree for up to 7 months.

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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 'CORELLA'

PLANTS: WPECO

Developed by German settlers in the Barossa Valley and named after that colourful Aussie parrot, 'Corella' produces a profusion of small-medium greeny-yellow pears that blush with red on the sunny exposed side late in ...

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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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PINK VALERIAN

PLANTS: PVAR

This perennial valerian is a spring stalwart, producing huge airy heads of reddish-pink flowers. This rosy display combines well with most cottage plants. After a hard summer trim, centranthus will repeat flower during ...

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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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Non-Member $19.95

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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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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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THE FAST FEAST COLLECTION

SEEDS: SFFC

Forget fast food and grow your own fast feast! This is a collection of our fastest growing cool season vegies and greens suitable for sowing and growing now. Collection includes enough vegetables to feed a family of four in a 2x1m plot, with 14 packets of seeds that will have some produce available for harvest in just 4-6 weeks right through to ...

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Complete Autumn Vegie Patch Collection

SEEDS: SCAVPC

A collection of our favourite cool season crops to fill your garden with produce this winter and early spring. Includes Broad Bean 'Çhocolate Flowered', Broccoli 'Green Sprouting', Cabbage 'Mini Wombok', Carrot 'Paris Market', Cauliflower 'Mini', Kale 'Halbhoher Gruner', Lettuce Heirloom Mix, Parsnip 'Hollow Crown', Pea 'Greenfeast', Radish 'Fre...

Member $44.95

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

Membership: MNE2VS

Grow the best tasting vegies with free Beetroot'Bulls blood', Carrot 'St Valery', Broccoli 'Romanesco' and Silverbeet 'Fordhook' seeds (one packet of each, valued at $21).

Member $79.00
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