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Trees and Shrubs

Trees and shrubs are a vital first step in any garden design. They provide a permanent anchor to frame the house or view.

Categories in Trees and Shrubs

Australian Rainforest Trees

australian rainforest trees
Fast growing shade trees that survive droughts and provide lush foliage to your summer garden and protect from bushfires.

Autumn Colour

autumn colour
Fill your garden with Autumn foliage and colour. Plant deciduous trees with bright autumn foliage around the borders of your garden to enjoy a boldly coloured backdrop.

Trees and shrubs From Seed

trees and shrubs from seed
Trees and shrubs from seed, from little things, big things grow!

Shrubs

shrubs
With their woody stems and deep roots, shrubs are the ultimate garden survivors. They are a vital garden addition around which decorative flowers can be grown.

Shade Trees

shade trees
Plant shade trees to keep summer heat at bay. Many of them have handsome foliage and our selection includes some of the less common garden varieties for something a bit different.

Oaks

oaks
A selection of oaks suitable for the Australian climate. With outstanding shade canopies and deep tap roots, oaks are long-lived protectors from the flammability of eucalyptic bushfires. Proven survivors, over 150 years in all parts of Australia.

BABY PANDA GRASS

BABY PANDA GRASS

A graceful small bamboo-type perennial for full sun or heavy shade. Brilliant for borders, rock gardens and around water features.

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CEANATHUS 'YANKEE POINT'

CEANATHUS 'YANKEE POINT'

This horizontal form with its shiny green leaves and pale-blue flowers fits elegantly in the landscape. A compact and tough plant from the Californian hills, this spectacular shrub flowers in profusion from early ...

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CHOCOLATE PUDDING FRUIT

CHOCOLATE PUDDING FRUIT

A ready-made dessert, just scoop out the rich, chocolate mousse-like flesh and add some whipped cream! A handsome subtropical closely related to the persimmon and packed with four times more Vitamin C than an orange. ...

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ECHIUM WILDPRETII 'BIG BUDS'

ECHIUM WILDPRETII 'BIG BUDS'

Stunning large spires of rose-pink flowers bring drama and theatre to the dry garden. A tall unbranched biennial echium, plants will flower in the second year before senescing. Needs dry soils.

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A cultivar of the delicious Armenian Fig, once established, 'Yum Yum' is prolific, bearing copious amounts of sweet, honey-like fruit. Lime-yellow skin with deep red-pink pulp, similar in shape to 'White Genoa' with the ...

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HYDRANGEA 'ANNABELLE'

HYDRANGEA 'ANNABELLE'

One of the hardiest hydrangeas available. Come late summer and autumn, `Annabelle' is covered in huge, snowball-white flowers up to 30cm in diameter. Stunning in the garden or as a cut flower. Plant in dappled ...

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This deciduous woody vine produces unusual berries with five flavours in one - salty, sweet, sour, bitter and pungent. Self-fertile, the berries have been used in Eastern medicine for centuries.

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NATIVE FRANGIPANI

NATIVE FRANGIPANI

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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NEW ZEALAND LANCEWOOD

NEW ZEALAND LANCEWOOD

Long slender leaves with saw-toothed edging arrange themselves symmetrically around the trunk in the juvenile form. After about 10 years, the top branches out to form a lush canopy with rounded leaves. One of the ...

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QUEENSLAND BOTTLE TREE

QUEENSLAND BOTTLE TREE

If you want to plant a tree to get the neighbours talking then this is the one for you. The Bottle Tree is an Australian native and can be grown in a large pot in cooler climates or in the garden. The swollen trunk give it a ...

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The best species for much of Australia due to its incredible heat- tolerance. Extraordinary shaggy paper bark peels off to reveal fresh bark with a soft, salmon-pink hue. These seedlings have no graft so you can ...

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The Tulip Tree is a wonderful specimen tree grown for its autumn colour and tulip-like bicoloured green and orange flowers.

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WEEPING LILLY PILLY

WEEPING LILLY PILLY

A popular choice for hedges, the Weeping Lilly Pilly features bright-green foliage. Prune to mainain shape and density or it makes a wonderful shade tree when left to grow unimpeded.

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The Algerian Oak is found throughout the Mediterranean basin, forming a broad canopy of lobed leaves, similar to the English Oak. Semi-deciduous in cooler climates. More drught tolerant than English Oak and fire- ...

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A gardening secret grown in the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and Melbourne, the Black Booyong has enormous potential for gardens and farms throughout Australia to mitigate against our warming climate. Fast-growing when ...

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CALIFORNIAN BUCKEYE

CALIFORNIAN BUCKEYE

The horse chestnut to survive a warm climate. Featuring ghostly-white branches through winter, flowers in spring, and bark that turns white when the leaves drop, exposing impressive seed pods. Drought-tolerant.

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CHINESE CORK OAK

CHINESE CORK OAK

A rare deciduous oak with chestnut-like leaves that produce a wonderful dappled shade under a shapely habit. Suited to hot and humid gardens, but not coastal exposure. Deeply-creased corky bark provides added interest. If you have some room, plant a row of these as a unique large hedge.

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ECHIUM 'STAR OF MADEIRA'

ECHIUM 'STAR OF MADEIRA'

Few plants make as much impact as the 'Star of Madeira'. Its flower spikes of deep blue contrast dramatically against the backdrop of stunning variegated foliage during spring and summer. A wonderfully hardy shrub ...

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ENGLISH OAK FRENCH TRUFFLE

ENGLISH OAK FRENCH TRUFFLE

The world famous English Oak now comes inoculated with French Truffles. They also make great shade trees and survive drought and bushfires. 100-year-old specimens are a testament to their success. ...

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One of Australia's most famous and endearing trees, in no small part thanks to Aussie band, Cold Chisel. The tree loses its leaves at flowering time, creating a spectacular show of red like a daytime ...

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A living fossil, this ancient deciduous tree is grown for its wonderful habit and spectacular golden, autumn foliage. The perfect urban tree, it's tolerant of pollution and confined spaces, and grows in a wide range ...

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Arching fans of fringed leaves up to 30cm across create an impressive sculpture. Columns of deep crimson-red flowers rich in nectar are produced on one-year-old wood.

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JAPANESE ZELKOVA

JAPANESE ZELKOVA

A rapid growing deciduous tree that bears many branches from its short trunk, creating a wonderful canopy. Brilliant yellow autumn colour. Green/ yellow flowers appear in the spring. This tree can also be grown as a ...

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A European tree that is very much at home in our urban environment. Tolerates pollution, pruning, soil compaction and periods of drought - all whilst providing a deep and cool shade throughout summer. A feature ...

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Member Exclusives

THE FAST FEAST COLLECTION

THE FAST FEAST COLLECTION

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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BUDGET BREAKER (aka LOW INCOME OFFER)

BUDGET BREAKER (aka LOW INCOME OFFER)

Make a limited income stretch further with this collection of our highest yielding varieties. Grow 2 tonnes of food for under $20!* This collection has helped over 3,500 Aussie Battlers and the unemployed get started. With 13 packets of seed you can grow 120kg pumpkin, 21kg beans, 824kg tomatoes, 560 lettuces, 268kg cucumbers, 42kg carrots, 22kg...

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

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).

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