Category: Australian Native plants

Lechenaultia formosa

‘Scarlet O’Hara’   This native shrub is an ideal flowering perennial, with a very long flowering season from January to November. A large mass of red flowers are a feature. Size is 50cm tall x 60cm. Great for any bedding, including cottage style and containers. This plant originates from Western Australia but grows well on [Continue]

Banksia integrifolia

‘Roller Coaster’ This integrifolia is a prostrate plant ideal for broad garden beds, sloping bsnks and also as a container plant. Large yellow candle shaped flowers appear in summer and spring. Attractive green semi serated leaves. This plant is suitable for coastal conditions, cool areas as well as tropical.  Tolerates acid soils. Plant in well [Continue]

Banksia spinulosa

‘Coastal Cushion’   This prostrate banksia is a NSW local plant, and id a natural selection growing 50cm high x 1.5m wide. A mass of yellow/maroon cone flowers emerge from February to July. This plants prefers well drained soils on sand and light soils but tolerates heavy soils if well drained.  Great feature plant enjoys [Continue]

Austromyrtus dulcis x tenuifolia

‘Copper Tops’   This ‘bush tucker’ plant produces a mass of greyish edible berries around January from white flowers. This plant due to its crossing, a natural hybrid has an enhanced ‘coppery’ leaf colour. This plant tolerates full sun to full shade spots. It is extremely versatile as it can be used as a small [Continue]

Casuarina glauca

‘Greenwave’   This native Casuarina is a selection which when fully grown is s ‘ball’ 2m x 2 m.  It is one of the most attractive plants for landscape enthusiasts. It grows in full su  to part shade and tolerates heavy frost. It can handle moderate drought and also wet sites. The natural chatacter of [Continue]

Banksia blechnifolia

Prostrate Banksia this banksia is know  for its drought tolerance once established.  It originates from Western Australia but tolerates being grown on the East coast if placed in a full sun, well drained soil situation. Enjoys a regular prune, which promotes more growth. The flowers are red pink in colour and quite beautiful as it [Continue]

Adenanthos sericeus

‘ Silver Streak’ Adenanthos are also known as ‘Woolly bush’ which describes this plant quite well, as the textural qualities of this plant which is soft and furry with amazing silvery highlights always attracts those who enjoy the tactile sensation of this plant, quite unique and hardy for well drained soils. Adenanthos tolerates coastal conditions, [Continue]

Murrays Beach Special free delivery for plant purchases over $500 Free landscape design for all plant orders over $2000 we provide a full range of native plant species that are stipulated in the Stockland landscape developmental consent   here is what we grow TREES   Acacia irrorata   Green Wattle Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak   [Continue]

Podacarpus elatus

plum pine is the common name and this tree belongs to its own family called podacarpaceae and belongs to the conifers group. The Podacarpus family has been used in ornamental gardens, including Japanese gardens for over 1000 years. The native Podacarpus elatus has natural stands in NSW including the Central Coast and Hunter Valley all [Continue]

Alternatives for turf – Myoporum

The history of the lawn is fascinating, especially the development of large tracks of land specifically planted with turf for the wealthy to view all of their lands, and with large lawns meant large tracks of land requiring maintenance. So those who did have large estates with lawn automatically meant that they had the finances [Continue]