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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.

CALATHEA ORBIFOLIA

CALATHEA ORBIFOLIA

Calathea orbifolia is a large-growing variety from Bolivia. The pale silver-green, rounded oval-shaped leaves are lined with both thick and thin light-green striping with the undersides of the leaves being pale ...

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MAIDENHAIR FERN

MAIDENHAIR FERN

One of the most loved ferns, Maidenhairs make beautiful indoor plants and will naturalise outdoors in a cool garden.

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A perennial garden favourite for its year-round bright variegated foliage. Wonderful indoors in a pot or hanging basket and equally brilliant in the garden.

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BABY PANDA GRASS

BABY PANDA GRASS

A graceful small bamboo type perennial that is at home in full sun or heavy shade. Brilliant for borders, rock gardens and water features.

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A majestic broad canopied tree providing deep summer shade - perfect to hang a hammock under. Leaves turn a golden bronze in the autumn before falling and leaving exposed the stately trunk with bark that is smooth, ...

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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 given ...

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A horticultural treasure, the Black Tupelo is always a feature in any garden. Stunning autumn colour that spans the spectrum from deep orange through to vibrant scarlet. Prefers a cool root run where the branches can ...

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CHINESE CORK OAK

CHINESE CORK OAK

Evergreen oak that makes a shapely shade tree in hot and dry gardens. The deeply creased spongey bark is a tactile feature that is just so touchable. If you have some room, plant a row of these as a unique large ...

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Thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1942 in China, this is the most unique conifer in that it is deciduous. Fossilised remnants have been found dating back 225 million years. An amazing statuesque addition ...

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GOLDEN RAIN TREE

GOLDEN RAIN TREE

A very underutilised and underrated deciduous tree that can adapt to virtually any conditions. Stunning autumnal shades from orange through to pink. A covering of delicate golden flowers in the summer that rain down, ...

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Japan's answer to the English Walnut, the Heartnut is a medium sized tree that provides a luxurious shade in summer and a delightful heart-shaped edible walnut in the late autumn. Self-pollinating with a medium ...

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With its majestic vase-like shape and stunning autumn colours, there's a reason Japanese Maples continue to be a staple in the Diggers garden. Perfectly sized for small gardens or set among larger settings, it ...

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

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MONTPELIER MAPLE

MONTPELIER MAPLE

A common hedging plant in the south of Europe this maple is seriously drought tolerant. If you are a maple fan and have restricted irrigation this is the tree for you.

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This is the tree that millions of tourists travel to see in its autumnal splendour. In April the rich green fire-retardant summer leaves turn to fiery red, as if signaling the passing threat of fire that its summer ...

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With a flower like no other, Smoke Bush is a small tree that fits perfectly into any garden, big or small. Adaptable to most soils and able to cope with part shade to full sun, it brings interest into the garden at ...

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SWAMP WHITE OAK

SWAMP WHITE OAK

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

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TRUFFLE TREE - HOLM OAK

TRUFFLE TREE - HOLM OAK

Truffles don't just grow on trees you know. They grow on special trees that have been inoculated with the spores of French fungus and these trees have been carefully 'infected' so you can start you own culinary delicacy. ...

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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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This deciduous Australian native makes an impressive shade tree and is tolerant of a wide range of conditions from waterlogging to drought. Fragrant flowers appear in autumn with fruit soon after.

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