Drought tolerant and fire retardant oaks | The Diggers Club

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.

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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With a magnificent canopy, aÿwhole restaurant can dine outdoors underneath its enormous spreading branches. Features corky bark and huge acorns with fringed cups. An outstanding shade tree.

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CORK OAK -POLISH GIANT

CORK OAK -POLISH GIANT

A graceful shade tree with distinctive, textured bark. This oak is unusual because it's evergreen, with beautiful, spongy bark that is harvested for sealing that most precious of beverages - champagne!

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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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SOLD OUT - Unlike traditional English oaks, the Mediterranean Holm Oak will thrive in our dry climate. The dense canopy is formed of dark-green, leathery ...

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One of the great landscape oaks, originally from the USA, Pin Oak is a wonderfully uniform tree that transplants easily, has stunning autumn colour and can tolerate high levels of pollution.

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An attractive, wide spreading shade tree that grows well in a wide range of soil types and climatic conditions. Showcases beautiful foliage colour throughout the seasons, changing from gold in spring to dark-green in ...

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SWAMP WHITE OAK

SWAMP WHITE OAK

Despite the name, the Swamp Oak grows well in drier Australian gardens. A generous and deep shade is the result of the thick and broad, fire- retardant foliage that are glossy on top but have a silvery-white sheen ...

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A handsome mid-sized deciduous oak, whose glossy leaves are ornately lobed and change to a buttery-yellow during autumn. Although known as the Turkey Oak, it is widespread throughout Asia Minor and southern Europe. ...

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A stately and majestic evergreen landscape tree, well suited to coastal and mid-latitude parts of Australia. A wide and spreading canopy is held up by twisting, character-filled limbs that give Live Oaks a majesty that ...

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Member Exclusives

PINK STATICE

Brilliant pink, papery flowers bloom for months above a rounded mound of deep green, leathery leaves. This great cut flower is very rarely offered because it is so difficult to propagate. Despite these challenges, it is actually a hardy plant thriving in both the extremes of heat and cold, withstanding scorching summer sun as well as harsh inlan...

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INSECT HOUSE WITH BENEFICIAL INSECT COLL

INSECT HOUSE WITH BENEFICIAL INSECT COLL

Combine the Insect House with our Beneficial Insect Seed Collection for the ultimate way to attract good bugs to your garden. The Seed collection includes Queen Anne's Lace and alyssum for winter and spring flowers, dill, borage and salvia for summer and white cosmos for blooms well into autumn.

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

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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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