December 2023 Catalogue
Welcome to your December Catalogue. Beautiful rain and humidity has come our way. Have a look at our first Magical Orchid Promotion. Our Magical Orchid Promo continues….everyone loves an Orchid so we imported a heap of babies from Thailand and potted them up for You with the intention of giving them away at half price!!
We got onto the Genises 1:29 Superfood mix years back when talking to people helping those affected by Cancer and Diabetes. We use it everyday..and are making it available to our clients..it is magic and you can throw away most of your vitamin pills and other supplements. Please have a look at the Nutritional Value and Benefits Sheet. We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
….From Bob & Bev Chalmers
QLD, NSW, VIC SA & TAS Customers
Our final sending day of the year is Monday 18th December. Please have your orders in before Friday 15th December 2pm QLD time.
WA & NT Customers
Our final sending day of the year for WA & NT is Monday 11th December. Please have your orders in before Monday 4th December 2pm QLD time.
Any orders created after Friday 15th December 2pm QLD Time will be processed and organised to be sent on the week of Monday 8th of January 2024.
West Australian & NT & Tasmanian Orders
These states have strict quarantine protocols in place. All have inspection procedures in place at both ends. Please note you do nothing… we do all the work and payments. These order are intended to be sent on the following day:
Western Australia, Northern Territory & Tasmania Sending Date
Monday 11th December We need your order by 2.00 PM Monday 4th December, QLD time before this date as we go through an intricate Quarantine Inspection process & need to do this in one batch to make the process feasible.
Tasmania is sent every Monday. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WA, TAS & NT ORDERS ……………PLEASE GO TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS CATALOGUE AND THE FAQ’s.
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LATEST PLANTS
….Don’t Miss Out….Dont Miss….
MAGICAL ORCHID PROMOTION
…Floral Emblem of Queensland…
COOKTOWN ORCHID
Dendrobium bigibbum. Gorgeous variety from North QLD. Lovely 40mm purple flowers in late summer and autumn. This marvelous hard cane orchid has been the floral emblem of Queensland since 1959. Grow in a pot or on a tree. Sent in 50mm pots. 1 Per Customer.
…..Priced at $6.90 each!
….Pink Stem Stripes!…
PHILODENDRON WHITE PRINCESS
Philodendron erubescens ‘White Princess’. Gorgeous apple green and bright white splashes on its luscious leaves. Look out for the pink stem stripes! Variegation develops more under strong light but not full afternoon sun. Philodendrons are epiphytes adapted to warm humid tropical rainforest where they climb trees with aerial roots as they reach for more light…..epiphytes living off their host don’t need a lot of water but do like some moisture. They can be grown under shadecloth in warmer areas or indoors where there is reasonable light. 75mm pots. One per Customer.
…..Priced at $29 each
…Rarely Available Tuberous Sinningia…
Sinningia bullata
(50cmAbCD) Incredible plant that develops a huge above ground tuber. Member of the amazing Gesneriad Family. Unusual & elegant orange trumpet like flowers on long upstanding stems growing tall above the foliage! Fuzzy green leaves. Flowers from late spring through summer. Will become dormant during winter in cool areas. Cold hardy. Treat every few weeks with water-soluble fertilizer. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $17.90 each
HELICONIA DECEMBER COLLECTION
HELICONIA PITON POINT
(3.5mAbcD) Heliconia bihai x caribaea ‘Piton Point’. Red with green-yellow tips. Will take warm frostfree temperate conditions & are proven flowerers in Perth WA so will flower at least north of the Sydney-Perth line. Sent as strong rhizomes ready to go in the ground…with sensible preparation.
…..Priced at $25 each
…Fantastic colour…Luxuriant plant…
FISHPOLE HELICONIA
(2mAbcD) Heliconia rostrata. Be amazed by the great big long flowers (easily 60cm) in the most brilliant colours imaginable. This loveliest of Heliconias has huge contrasting bright red & yellow curious lobster-claw like bracts in summer. Large pale green leaves and ribbed foliage. Makes a great garden speciman.Native to Central America.If you live south of Sydney or equivalent you will need to protect the rhizome from cold with mulch. This is one of the more cold hardy of the Heliconias. Light or mottled shade. Sent as rhizomes.
…..Priced at $19.90 each
HELICONIA HOT RIO NIGHTS
(3.5mAbcD) Heliconia caribaea x H. bihai ‘Hot Rio Nights’
Spectacular large twisting red bracts lined with silver flowering in spring. This one pictured is growing in our backyard grows in Nambour and will take a light frost. Huge leaves. These come as big rhizomes. Full sun to part shade.
…….Priced at $29 each
All 3 Heliconias for $67
Seemakohleria ‘Heartland’s Joy’
(60cmAbcD) A flowering sensation you will have these gorgeous and unusual flowers from spring right through to autumn. This delightful indoor and patio plant will present you with hairy magenta trumpet flowers with darker lips and a yellow/white throat speckled with purple spots. A Gesneriad growing on a rhizome so every year you get a bigger stronger and more spectacular plant! Native to Sth America. Can be grown indoor or outdoors. Keep the soil moist. Prefers bright indirect light. The brighter the light is, the more flowers you will get! Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries)
…Very Adaptable Native Groundcover…
PURPLE MAZUS
(5cm**FABCD) Mazus pumilio is a pretty free growing native groundcover with attractive quaint hooded purple butterfly wing like flowers that are borne freely over winter, spring and summer. Mazus spreads rapidly and is a great bank holder as it readily sets roots from the new nodes as it grows. Very low growing it is great on banks, rock gardens, between stepping stones and in small tight situations between plants. Native to Tasmania, SA, Vic, NSW and Queensland this one will grow anywhere and is frost resistant. Likes moisture and will take a reasonably wet situatiom. Full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $7.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
UNUSUAL PLANTS
YELLOW BUTTONS
(40cm**FABCD) Chrysocephalum apiculatum. This is a lovely light grey foliage plant with pretty cluster of yellow summer flowers. It has rounded leaves about 4cm across. Indispensible in any garden it provides lively contrast. In bright sun the leaves become a collage of small white grey pieces of carpet. Great for banks and creates an illusion of distance when planted at the end of a yard or bed. This is a frost and drought hardy low spreading shrub. Likes good drainage. Full to part sun. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries)
MEXICAN BLUEBELL
(1.5mABCD) Ruellia simplex. This is a great colourful shrub with bright blue to purple open flared bell flowers on short stems. Flowering from spring through summer. Gets a spread of 1m. Medium soft light green foliage. A native of Mexico & Brazil but can be grown in colder climates. Great in the ground or in a pot, especially in colder climates where more protection can be given. Drought tolerant once established. Suited to warm and coastal climates. Full sun to part shade. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries)
ACHIMENES DECEMBER COLLECTION
…Rarely Available Gesneriad…
…Magic Flower…
ACHIMENES JUBILEE GEM
(30cmABCD) Achimenes species ‘Jubilee Gem’. Very pretty houseplant. Dark purple 5cm flowers. Upright green fuzzy leaves with serrated edges. This is a rhizomatious plant from the amazing Gesneriad Family. So it will always shoot off the rhizome and will multipy. Will go dormant in winter in cool areas. Native to Mexico & Central America. Requires warmth & well drained soil that is kept moist. Bright indirect light. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries) or 3 for $26
ACHIMENES TANGO
(30cmABCD) Achimenes species ‘Tango’. Very pretty houseplant. Pinkish Red 5cm trumpet flowers. Upright green fuzzy leaves with serrated edges. This is a rhizomatious plant from the amazing Gesneriad Family. So it will always shoot off the rhizome and will multipy. Will go dormant in winter in cool areas. Native to Mexico & Central America. Requires warmth & well drained soil that is kept moist. Bright indirect light.
…..Priced at $9.90 each
Both Achimenes for $17.90
…We found these in New Guinea!..
HOYA NEW GUINEA GOLD ‘SIDEA’
(VAbcD) Hoya coronarium. This is an amazingly beautiful hoya with thick gold solid star shaped flowers and thickish slightly crinkled. Takes full sun and handled our winter outside down to 5oC. At least morning sun recommended. This is an eriostemma hoya. We collected this one right on the edge of the ocean on the island of Sidea 4 hours out of Alotau off the eastern end of Papua New Guinea.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
…. Rare New Guinea Hoya….
HOYA DISCHORENSIS….Provenance Sideia
(VAbcD) Hoya dischorensis. This is another amazingly beautiful hoya we found in New Guinea a few years back. This one from the Island of Sidaea. This is our first release with light yellow star shaped flowers and darker corona and big leaves. Flowers in a large cluster of 25 to 30 flowers during the warmer months. Tolerant of most coastal climates, fine at 5oC in winter here but best to move undercover during colder periods and protect from frost. Morning sun….part shade. Found this one on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
…..Priced at $12.90 each.
….Lovely Air Plant with Pink Flowers….
TILLANDSIA STRICTA
This is a great Air Plant with dense symmetrical silver green foliage and attractive pink and light mauve flowers. Flower in winter in our climate. Can be hung anywhere or placed in a terrarium. Let them multiply over time.Filtered light. Mounted on bamboo.
…..Priced at $16.90 each (350 Parries)
…Potent Healing Herb…Great Multiplier…
TURMERIC
(70cmEdAD) Curcuma longa. There are over 6,000 peer peer reviewed scientific articles on the effectiveness of turmeric on a range of ill health conditions. Try it as a preventative. Suggested anti cancer & anti dementia. ..read the reports. Turmeric is one of the key ingredients for many Asian & Persian dishes such as in curry and many more. Used as a powder but also used fresh, much like ginger. Ancient Indian medicine, Ayurveda has recommended its use in food for its medicinal value. Nice flower. Warm conditions but a cold winter will not harm the foliage as it is deciduous. Full sun or shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 or 3 for $25
PS Turmeric acts as an anti coagulent …a blood thinner… be aware of taking it with other blood thinners. Talk to your GP.
…Great Multiplier in a Ginger Patch…
EDIBLE GINGER
(1mEdAbcD) Zingiber officinale
Edible ginger we know so well. Actually it is the rhizome (thickened root) we use in cooking. Rich green lance shaped leaves and yellow green and purple unusual and attractive flowers. This is a perennial plant and dies down in winter to reemerge in spring, growing off its rhizome. Its the rhizome we eat.Native of Southern Asia and likes warm conditions in part shade or light sun. Rhzimes in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 (180 Parries)
PHILODENDRON ‘BURLE MARX’
(60cmAbD) Philodendron burle-marxii. Develops enlogated heart shaded leaves….what an interesting and eyecatching plant indoor or patio. Easy to care with this one. Good in shade, indoors or morning sun. From the tropical rainforests of South America, named after a landscape archtitect, Roberto Burle-Marx. Great indoor plant or will climb a tree or trellis in warm areas. Water once a week. Prefers indirect sunlight.
…..Priced at $17.90 (250 Parries)
BLUE POTATO BUSH
(1.5mABCD) Lycianthes rantonnetti.
This is a mass flowering bright blue purple bright mauve flowered little shrub that will fit in with any colour scheme. It has a contrasting golden centre. Blooms from spring to autumn and all year in mild winter areas. Suited to all but the Tablelands. Full sun.
…..Priced at $7.90 each
WHITE RUFFLES ANGELS TRUMPET
(3mFmABCD) Brugmansia suaveolens ‘White Ruffles’ will give you huge (25cm long) fragrant, white trumpet flowers in summer and autumn. They are beautifully fragrant towards the evening. They are very fast growing and are native to the cool areas of South America and can survive a mild frost. Suited to all areas except the harshest. Best in full sun.
….Priced at $12.90 each (300 Parries) or 3 for $33
…Garlic Flavour Without Garlic Breath!..
SOCIETY GARLIC
(35cmFABCDE) Tulbaghia violacea. Flowers for long periods in spring & summer. Will surprise you with the beauty of its abundant lilac-pink flowers on tall slender stems. Narrow blue-grey leaves. Cook the leaves and flowers to enjoy the garlic flavour without killing everyone with garlic breath! Hardy clumping plant. Tolerant of cool temperatures. All climates. Full sun.
…..Priced at $8.90 each (180 Parries) or 3 for $23
PS It is not in the same genus as garlic so those intolerant of alliums (garlic, onions, chives etc) can still enjoy the garlic flavour.
VOODOO LILY
(90cmAbcD) Sauromatum venosum. A tropical aroid with an interesting patterned spathe, green with purple mottled spots and a long growing purple spadix. The flower emits an odor that will attract flies which the flies are the main pollinator. Grows well in a sun dappled position with moist well drained soil.
One per Customer.
…..Priced at $39
CALADIUM DECEMBER COLLECTION
(35cmABCD) Caladiums are brilliant variably coloured and marked foliage plants that die back to a bulb in winter.
Caladium Thai Beauty
Amazing pink splashed white and green variegated leaves. White fades into more pinks when matured.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
CALADIUM RASPBERRY RIPPLE
(35cmABCD) Caladium ‘Raspberry Ripple’. This is a pretty caladium with green heart shaped leaves covered with pink specked spots. Pink veins when matured. Flowers are pretty with a small cream spadix and wrap around spathe. Sent in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
Caladium White Lace
Heavy white leaves with green veins. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each
Caladiums are tubers originally from Brazil grown for their brilliant foliage. Displaying a variable attractive hooded white flower this is one of natures marvels..Caladiums like warm conditions and reemerge from winter when the soil is warm in later spring. Ideal plant for use in patio boxes, window sills or as border plants. Can grow in cool areas as they are dormant when cold. Like shade but if you are careful you can grow a nice specimen in full sun….morning or late afternoon sun is safest. Leaves are long lasting in floral arrangement (Sent as bulbs during winter).
All Three Caladiums for $42
SNAKE LILY
(1mABCDe) Amorphophallus bulbifer
Your Snake Lily will be a great talking piece as it goes through its strange life cycle. The one metre stem is patterned like a carpet snake skin and unfurls into an interesting leaf arrangement. At around its third year it will push up a thick short stem which produces a lovely pink arum flower. After flowering bright red fruit is produced on the spadix. There is a seed inside each fruit..Snake Lily dies off in autumn each year & comes back in spring. Dappled shade to full sun in a moist position. These are plants in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each (300 Parries)
PS Amorphophallus species produce some of the worlds most amazing flowering arrangements.
GERMAN BAMBOO
(30cm ABCD) Pogonatherum crinitum.
A clump forming compact grass (not a bamboo) with a bushy habit with tiny “bamboo-like” dense leaves. Interesting and beautiful in containers. It is also used worldwide as a houseplant. Plant in full to part sun and irrigate well.
…..Priced at $9.90 each or 3 for $27
…Natural Protection…
GARDEN COMPANIONS
These two beneficial flower species attract Butterflies, Bees and Predatory Insects that protects your garden by chasing down caterpillars and other bugs.
Marigold
…..Priced at $2.90 each
Sent in small 50mm pots.
Dianthus
Pinks and Whites.
…..Priced at $2.90 each
Sent in small 50mm pots.
…VEGETARIANS, DIABETICS, VEGANS AND CANCER PATIENTS…
…..or Anyone who wants to stay healthy or Slimmer…..
…..Chuck your Vitamin Pills & Get Natural Vitamins & Lots More…..
GENISES ‘All the Seeds in the field are Good’ Genises1:29. Get all the goodies you need from this formulated natural food. A mix of 11 seeds and nuts… it is made up of Almonds, Psyllium, Pepitas, Linseed, Lecithin, Sesame Seeds, Brewers Yeast, Wheatgerm, Sunflower Kernals, Chia and pure Cocoa.
If you suffer from a health problem this nutritious food will help you. If you are a vegetarian this will make life much better for you and enable you to escape the anaemia many vegetarians suffer. If you are overweight this will help you by eating high protein low fat and low sugar food. If you are healthy now help keep yourself that way. One packet will last a man 20 days and ladies about 30 days. This replaces all breakfast cereal and will provide twice as much energy as a plate of Weeties etc. Also all essential minerals and vitamins.
Genises Health… Seed and Nut Mix…..800 grams
x 1 $25, x 2 $50, x 3 $75, x 4 $100
Plus Freight
FERNS
ADIANTUM ELEGANS
(70cmAbcD) Adiantum raddianum ‘Elegans’. This is a beautiful fern in this pure form with small leaves and bronze new growth. Looks half way between a Charlotte & Fragrans. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $13.90 each (300 Parries)
CLIFF BRAKE FERN
(90cmABCD) Pellaea ovata. Very unusual fern with a unique characteristic feature of having zig zagged rachis with a green oviod leaf coming off each turn. Native to Texas and Mexico. Found on dry ledges or at the base of cliffs in the wild. Partial shade to full shade. In 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $13.90 each (300 Parries)
VICTORIA PTERIS
(60cmABCD) Pteris ensiformis cv. Victoriae. Very decorative, easy to grow fern with narrow leaflets banded in silver and edged in green. Suitable for pots, indoors, bush houses and shaded garden positions. In 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $13.90 (300 Parries)
THESE 3 FERNS FOR $38
ORCHIDS
Phalaenopsis Lianher Squid
Large white flowers with a contrasting red lip, very nice shape. Approx 160mm leaf span.
…..Priced at $19.90 each
Epidendrum Comet Valley ‘Orange’
Mini or compact growing crucifix with clusters of bright orange yellow flowers. These plants are sent in 50mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
December Saintpaulia African Violets
Saintpaulia ‘African Violets’ hybrids. These are your latest named hybrids and not your common old garden type. There are thousands of varieties. Easy to grow inside on your window sill. We have 2 New African Violet Hybrids. They are…
Rob’s Zipper Zapper
Pink flowers with purple edges and yellow center.
Frosted Freckles
Purple flowers with a yellow center.
Moderate light to indoor light. Small plants in 50mm pots.
…..Priced at $11.90 each or both African violets for $22
Delicious Collection
Delicious December Collection 1
Meyer Lemon – Sold Out
(3mEdFmABC) Citrus x meyeri. Easy to grow and fruit. Highly flavoured delicious fruit with high nutritional value. Full sun & likes well drained but not dry conditions. Add a little charcoal (20%) to your mix if you prefer pot culture. Takes a light frost….most climates.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
Betel Leaf
(80cmAD) Piper sarmentoum. Lovely spicy flavoured leaves. Popular in south east Asian cooking. Have a go raw or cooked in a salad or use as a wrapping. Prefers well composted, moist, well drained soils in a protected, sunny position. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries) each or 3 for $33
Diabetes Plant
(1mEdABCD) Gynura procumbens tastes fine and can be eaten raw, in smoothies, salads and stir fries. Good in a tea. Fast growing in all areas…fleshy leaved evergreen. Full sun light shade.
….$10.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $29 or 5 for $39
ALL THREE FOR $33.00
Delicious December Collection 2
Mushroom Plant
(60cmEdABcD) Rungia klossii. Highly nutritious leaves with a mushroom taste about them when cooked. Great in a salad raw or stirfry. High in protein, calcium, iron & Vitamin C. Shade to part sun.
….Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
Rakkyo
(30cmEdAbcD) Allium chinense. The bulb and narrow leaves are eaten raw or cooked. Will have a crisp texture and will taste like onion. Popular in asian cooking. Prefers well drained soil, will tolerate poor soil. Full sun.
…..Priced at $9.90 each or 3 for $25
Rose Tamarind
(15m+EdAbCD) Mischarytera lautereriana. The orange summer fruit can be eaten fresh and used to make a pleasantly tangy & juicy drink! Very easy to grow! Can tolerate light frost. Grows up to 15m. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 (150 ) each or 3 for $27
ALL THREE FOR $25.00
Hoya Collection
Hoya December Collection 1
HOYA OBSCURA
(M) Big 10cm clusters of bright fragrant flowers that have yellow centre & white edges. soft gold toned veined foliage.
…..Priced at $12.90
HOYA KRIMSON PRINCESS
Hoya carnosa ‘Krimson Princess’. Hanging with lots of light to dark pink flowers with dark red magenta centers. Green leaves with white edges and some entirely white leaves.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
HOYA ‘RED’
(C) – Hoya pubicalyx ‘Red’. Red flowers with chimeras. Long leaves. Large red clusters.
….Priced at $12.90
THESE THREE HOYA FOR $35
Hoya December Collection 2
HOYA NICHOLSONIAE
Will give you eyecatching yellow flowers with white corona in the centre. It has a spicy fragrance and blooms in the warmer months. The leaves are light green with visible veins. It is an easy fast growing hoya.
…..Priced at $12.90 (180 Parries)
HOYA LONGIFOLIA SHEPHERDII
(Vine AbcD) Unusual 10cm narrow dark green leaves The flowers are smallish in clusters of 15 plus & white to pale pink and furry edged with a white crown and a dark pink centre.
…..Priced at $15.90
HOYA ‘SILVER LEAF’
(C) Hoya publicalyx ‘Silver Schillachi’. Red flowers with gorgeous long silver flecked leaves. Large clusters.
…..Priced at $12.90
THESE THREE HOYA FOR $38
Hoya December Collection 3
HOYA LAS BANOS
(VAbcD) Hoya Los Banos. This is an amazing beautiful hoya. Clusters of gold reflexed star like flowers with a maroon centre. Flowers in a huge clusters of 12 flowers per cluster. Non twining. Good drainage & light to part sun.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
HOYA DISCHORENSIS
(VAbcD) Hoya dischorensis is beautiful hoya in New Guinea. Light yellow star shaped flowers & darker corona & big leaves. Flowers a large cluster of 25 to 30 flowers during the warmer months. Morning sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
HOYA AUSTRALIS
(V**AbcD) Hoya Australis. Provenance Nambour. Large clusters of star shaped fragrant white red centered flowers.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
THESE THREE HOYA FOR $35
Your plants are sent in the pots they are grown in …usually 20cm+ tall out of a 75mm diameter pot. We rarely send in 45mm tubes and rarely bareroot our plants because it sets them back. A 75mm pot has the capacity for a 4 times bigger root system than a 45mm tube!
PHILODENDRON COLLECTION
Philodendrons are ideal landscaping plants due to it’s compact growth and can be grouped together. They’re also excellent as indoor plants! Let it dry out a little between waterings. Bright indirect light. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…Clumping Silver Foliage…
SILVER SWORD
Philodendron ‘Silver Sword’
This is a gorgeous genuinely silver Phildendron with pointed foliage. Clumps magnificently and nice climber. Lovely chunky white aroid flowers. Prefers well drained soil. Part shade. These are sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
PHILODENDRON PRINCE OF ORANGE
Orange pointed foliage against its green background. An ideal landscaping plant due to it’s compact growth and can be grouped together. And is also excellent as an indoor plant! 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (200 Parries)
PHILODENDRON BRASIL
Quite an unusual plant with lustrous variegation on its pointed foliage against its dark background. This is a climbing plant that are great indoors in good light. Let it dry out a little between waterings. 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
PHILODENDRON ROJO CONGO
Enjoy this fabulously foliaged indoor plant. Rojo Congo in particular is quite an standout plant with its copper undertones and its reddish brown stems. Excellent indoor plant. Also a good landscaping plant due to it’s compact growth and can be grouped together. And is also e! Let it dry out a little between waterings. Bright indirect light. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (300 Parries)
FLOWERING NATIVES
…..Bird Attracters
…Leaves Exude Lemon Aroma When Wet…
LEMON SCENTED TEATREE
(5m**FABCDE) Leptospermum petersonii is the perfect small tree for a limited space. Cascading growth habit, glistening golden-green 5cm long foliage and starry white spring flowers. This is a real charmer and as it ages it retains its weeping habit with an attractive grey paperbark trunk. As you brush past this one on a misty evening you will take in the lovely lemon perfume. For all climates. Full sun.
…..Priced at $8.90
WEEPING LILLY PILLY
(8m**FmABCD) Waterhousea floribunda is a graceful sight with its pendulous long foliage arching over. Small white fluffy flowers in summer clusters, followed by pinkish-green fruit. Likes moisture and good drainage. Handles light frost and known to grow well in Melbourne as well as drier western areas if moisture is available. Full sun or shade.
…..Priced at $8.90
…Juicy Edible Fruit…
WILD RASPBERRY PLANT
(2m**EdABcD) Rubus probus. A delightful shrubby bush tucker plant, producing bright red 1-2cm edible berries, tasting similar to Raspberry. The fruit berries can be eaten raw, or make into jam, cakes and jelly. Native to QLD and Papau New Guinea, can be found throughout the wild in QLD. Thrives in warmer climates and is drought tolerant. Will need protection from frost. Prefers well drain loamy soil. Plant in full sun for more fruits. Can be planted in pots. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 each
BUSH MINT
(40cmAbcD) Mentha satureioides. A native ground clumping pennerial herb. Tiny white flowers. Leaves can be used for tea & salads. Traditionally used for colds & flus. Sunny to partial shaded position.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
HOP GOODENIA
(2m**FABCD) Goodenia ovata is a lovely native matforming shrub groundcover with attractive golden flowers in spring and summer. The golden flowers are small and fanshaped in clusters. Its leaves are bright green with toothed edges. Native to South Australia and likes a well drained situation in part shade or full sun. Frost and drought resistant.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
..Very Thick Foliage…Succulent Like..
COASTAL PIGFACE
(10cmEd**ABCE) Carpobrotus virescens is a very thick native pig face with brilliant 5cm purple daisy like flowers with a yellow center in summer. Forms an edible fruit! Develops in a low mat about 1 metre across with succulent leaves. Native to the sea shores of Western Australia. Likes it dry and not suitable to humid conditions. Full sun.
….Priced at $8.90 each
HANDSOME FLAT PEA
(1m**AbcD) Platylobium formosum
Attractive evergreen shrub with wirey stems with large bright yellow pea flowers with a red center and rough textured flat lime green foliage with visible small veins. Flowering in spring and summer. Native to rainforest and heathland areas in NSW & QLD. A hardy shrub that can grow in moist and shaded areas. Prefers well drained soil. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
OVAL LEAF MINT BUSH
(2m**ABCD) Prostanthera ovalifolia will give you lovely open tubular flowers that can be mauve and very attractive blue-green highly aromatic oval shaped serrated foliage. Native to inland NSW & Qld. Likes dry conditions. Well drained conditions in full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $23
SARSAPARILLA PLANT
(50cmV**FABC) Hardenbergia violacea
This gorgeous little native climber will give you masses of dazzling bright violet pea flowers in late winter. Attractive and contrasting dark leathery leaves with heavy veins. The boiled leaves make a tasty refreshing beverage. This is a native vine from SE Australia a tough little plant and is hardy to frost, drought and adverse conditions. For all areas but probably not tropical. Full sun. 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each
…Rare Native with Masses of Flowers…
HOLLY FUCHSIA
(1.5m**AD) Graptophyllum illicifolium. You will love the bright mauve-red 4cm tubular flowers that this one is covered in in late winter early spring for 5-6 weeks. A rare plant native to QLD this is a wonderful small shrub with shiny serrated holly like leaves (to10cm) that are a feature in themselves. Also good in a pot. Suited to warm areas. Likes well drained conditions in full sun or shade.
…..Priced at $7.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
PINK EUODIA
(5m*,**RfFmAbCD) Melicope elleryana flower bunches in abundance for weeks in summer and grow straight out of the branches! They are replaced with large green aromatic capsules. Native of North Australia. Grows in full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
PURPLE PEA BUSH
(2m**AbcD) Hovea acutifolia. An upright growing hardy shrub with blue purple pea sized flowers occurring from late winter to spring. Flowers stand out from the dark oval leaves. Native to rainforest on east coast. Well drained soil. Part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
…Native Birds & Butterflies…
SWAMP HIBISCUS
(2mAbcDE) Hibiscus diversifolius. This spreading shurb produces abundant huge (14cm) pale yellow flowers with red-purple centres for many months during spring, summer and lasting til autumn. Native to NSW & QLD. This is found to be growing usually in swampy areas and in coastal areas along the east coast. Salt tolerant for sea side planting. Prefers well drained soil. Full sun.
…..Priced at $7.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
QUININE BERRY
(4m***AbcD) Petalostigma triloculare. An attractive large native feature shrub with glossy green pointed leaves with visible veins. Blooms yellow fragrant butterfly attracting flowers in summer. Which are then followed by bright orange cherry sized fruits. The bark and fruit have been reported to be medicinal. Native to Australia. Naturally found on the outskirts of rain forests. This is a handsome hardy shrub which can tolerate most soils. Full sun and part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each (180 parries) or 3 for $23
African Violets
Saintpaulia ‘African Violets’ hybrids. These are your latest named hybrids and not your common old garden type. There are thousands of varieties. Easy to grow inside on your window sill. We have plenty of left over African Violet Hybrids from several of our previous catalogues. They are…

African violet Ness Crinkle Blue – Compact style, very full shape double deep blue flowers with a white picotee edging.
Moderate light to indoor light. Small plants in 50mm pots.
…..Priced at $11.90 each
DIABETES PLANT
(1mEdABCD) Gynura procumbens. A reknowned reputation as a blood balancer. Reports are that if Diabetics eat 6-12 leaves a day they will no longer require insulin. Diabetes Plant is reputed to have other medicinal values like lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure and inhibiting cancer cells. Diabetes Plant tastes fine and can be eaten raw, in smoothies, salads and stir fries. Good in a tea. Fast growing in all areas….fleshy leaved evergreen. Full sun light shade.
…..Priced at $10.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $29 or 5 for $39
NB Gynura procumbens contains asparaginase which is an enzyme that lowers acrylamides in the body….acrylamides are cancer causing substances.
These plants will not continue to grow in cold areas in winter but will not die, so if you have them in winter just maintain them and keep them dry until they will grow in spring.
…Fast Grower…
MORINGA
(8mAbcD) Moringa oleifera. By weight more than 7 times the vitamin C of oranges, 10 times the vitamin A of carrots, 17 times the calcium of milk, 9 times the protein of yogurt, 15 times the potassium of bananas & 25 times the iron of spinach. Valuable deciduous tree with clusters of yellow and white scented flowers. Every part of it is edible and the leaves and seed pods contain 38% protein with nearly all essential amino acids, making it a great alternative to meat. Packed with vitamins and anti oxidants. Used in traditional Asian medicine. Promoted as very useful for diabetes, cancer and auto immune problems. See back page for more. Native of India. Full sun. In 75mm pots.
……..Priced at $12.90 each (250 Parries) or 3 for $33
TUBEROSE
(70cm**ABCD) Polianthes tuberosa is famous for its pure white fragrant flowers in summer and autumn. Crowded onto long spikes the spectacular flowers are 2.5cm long. Used in floral arrangements for its perfume and flowers, they are popular in bridal bouquets. Each one will multiply up for you each year – can be easily divided. Native to Mexico. For all climates except the coolest Tablelands. Full or morning sun. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 (180 Parries)
…Shape and Holed Beauty…
MINI MONSTERA
(1mAbcD) Rhaphidophora tetrasperma
Beautifully shaped and holed foliage plant for indoors and your patio. Easy to care for and a low maintenance plant. Also fast growing too! Grows smaller than a philodendron making it perfect for small spaces. Let the foliage flow out of the pot or let it climb up a trellis! Native to Thailand and Malayasia. Bright indirect light. 75mm Pots.
……Priced at $12.90 each.
PS Not actually a monstera at all despite the name but is very similar in appearance to other Monstera plants, this one is actually from the Rhaphidophora family.
…Ceremonial Perennial…
HOLY BASIL
(2mABCD) Ocimum gratissimum is a highly valued perennial bush..Holy Basil is a ceremonial plant of Indian spiritual tradition. Medicinal uses also & aphrodisiac. Widely used both in cooking for flavouring. Flush with the oil of eugenol, this is the clove smell associated with all plants known as Holy Basil or Tulsi. A robust plant it grows as perennial so long as it is protected and warm in winter. Native to India and Africa. Can be grown as a container plant. Full sun.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries) or 3 for $25
Please Note: This is not Krishna Tulsi – Ocimum tenuiflorum used for Ayurvedic medicine & goes purple in the sun.
EASTER LILY CACTUS
(75cmABCD) Echinopsis oxygona
Can grow to 75cm in height and spread! Its single pale green globe shaped body stretches upward in maturity becoming barrel shaped. Huge 10cm scented white showy flowers with outer pale purple petals from the top in summer in mature specimen. Ribbed and has attractive spines patterns. Although these will grow in low temperatures they do not like heavy frost. Likes dry well drained conditions. Native to South America. Full sun (best) or part shade. Small plants in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
BETEL LEAF
(80cmAD) Piper sarmentosum. Heart shaped green leaves. Lovely spicy flavoured leaves. Mostly cultivated in South & Southeast Asia. Leaves of Betel Leaf are popular in south east Asian cooking, being used raw and cooked. Have a go raw in a salad or use as a wrapping. These wraps are a favourite In Thailand. Shiny heart shaped leaves and tiny white flower spikes.Prefers well composted, moist, well drained soils in a protected, sunny position. Drought and frost tender. A tropical evergreen Requires well drained fertile moist soil. Full sun to part shade. Sent in 70mm pots.
….Priced at $12.90 each or 3 for $33 (250 Parries)
El MIRADORES GOLD
(1mABCD) Agave desmettiana ‘El Miradores Gold’. Spectacular specimen succulent. Has lovely shiny recurved highly sculptured variegated foliage with golden edges. When it flowers it sends up a spectacular 3m spike with golden flowers. A native of Mexico it is very fast growing and hardy..almost indestructible. Great in a large pot or in the ground. Matures at 1mx1m at about 5 years. Protect from heavy frost, handles moist or dry conditions. Full sun or shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (250 Parries)
SERENITY ROSE MAGIC
(30cmFABCD) Osteospermum ecklonis ‘Serently Rose Magic’
These large flowers come in surprise shades as they age from warm pinks to an apricot colour. They have a purple centre. A superb selection of African Daisy, Serenity Rose Magic is a tidy perrennial plant of very compact form. Great in the garden or in a pot. A very hardy native of South Africa. All areas. Full sun.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries)
CHINESE MUGWORT
(1m*ABCD) Artemisia argyi. This is an old favourite as a medicinal herb. The leaves have a pleasant pungent smell due to their oil content. Good in a fragrant garden or as an informal hedge.This is a fast growing small shrub with attractive grey green foliage. All climates. Full sun.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $25
SOLOMON’S SEAL
(80cm*AbcD) Polygonatum odoratum.
A shade loving pennerial with arching stems with scented little white trumpet flowers with green lips dangling off. Plant in a cool partly shaded position. Part shade to full shade.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
CANARY BALM
(1.5m*AbcD) Cedronella canariensis
An aromatic upright growing shrub with eye catching sprays of tubular pink flowers. Brushing against the foliage gives off a pleasant fragrance. The leaves can be used for herbal tea and potpourri. Drought & frost tender. Prefers a well drained soil in a warm sunny position.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries)
COLUMNEA COLLECTION
(40cmAbcD) Columnea crassifolia ‘Hunter’. Attractive broad slightly furry red tipped leaves (4cm) and arching foliage. We have 2;
Columnea ‘Hunter Yellow’
Gorgeous bright yellow tubular flowers about 7cm long.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries)
Columnea ‘Hunter Red’
Bright 7cm long red tubular flowers.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries)
Columneas are epithytic plants from South America. They need warm dry conditions and good light under shade. Morning sun is fine. They are mostly grown as basket plants where their luxurious hanging foliage and bright flowers are seen to full advantage. Light shade. Keep dry in winter. Sent in 75mm pots.
Both Plants for $17.90
…Rare Pink Flowering Goldfish Plant…
Nematanthus monanthos
(15-10cmAbcD) Unusual bright pink fuzzy goldfish shaped flowers radiating from a glossy deep green textured foliage. The flower blooms in spring to summer and even in winter! Native to Brazil. Requires filtered light and very good indoors. A rarely available fibrous rooted Gesneriad. Takes morning sun.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (200 Parries) or 3 for $25
…Leaves like a Love Heart…
VALENTINE HOYA
Hoya kerrii has unbelievably thick heart shaped leaves which grow to 5-15cm long and wide. A very reliable bloomer it has tight bunches of attractive reflexed flowers that are white with a tint of lime green and change to pink with a maroon corona. 3 to 4 leaf. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $25 each
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CTENANTHE GOLDEN MOSAIC
(80cmAbcD) Ctenanthe lubbersiana. This is an attractive evergreen densly clumping foliage plant. The leaves are almost green with attractive golden yellow markings. Grows to 80cm. This is an excellent indoor or patio plant which can be grown in the garden in warm areas. Indirect light.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (250 Parries)
CALADIUM COLLECTION
(35cmABCD) Caladiums are brilliant variably coloured and marked foliage plants that die back to a bulb in winter.
Caladium X
Heavy red pink center fading into white then green on the edges. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each (300 Parries)
Caladium ‘Icicle’
Heavy white centered leaves fading to a green edge. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each (300 Parries)
Caladiums are tubers originally from Brazil grown for their brilliant foliage. Displaying a variable attractive hooded white flower this is one of natures marvels..Caladiums like warm conditions and reemerge from winter when the soil is warm in later spring. Ideal plant for use in patio boxes, window sills or as border plants. Can grow in cool areas as they are dormant when cold. Like shade but if you are careful you can grow a nice specimen in full sun….morning or late afternoon sun is safest. Leaves are long lasting in floral arrangement (Sent as bulbs during winter).
Both Caladiums for $27
…Rarely Available…
VARIEGATED MAIDENHAIR
(40cmABCD) Adiantum raddianum ‘Variegatum’.
Unusual white striped medium sized leaves and a medium 40cm grower. Lovely bushy plants. Indoor shade position. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $25 each
Phlebodium aureum ‘Blue Star’
(60cmAbcD) This is a wonderful rabbits foot type with classy curvy blue-green foliage. Likes filtered light & you can keep in a trendy pot in a well lit bath-room or living room all year round if the temperature remains above 10oC.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
CRETICA BRAKE FERN
(80cmABCD) Pteris cretica albo-lineata. Very decorative, easy to grow fern, with light green fronds each having creamy-white bands down the centre. Suitable for indoor pots, bush-house and shaded garden positions. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 (300 Parries)
THESE 3 FERNS FOR $37
Vanda Pachara Delight ‘Pink’
Stunning large pink flowers. 50mm pots approx 120mm leaf span.
…..Priced $15.90 each
November Saintpaulia African Violets
Saintpaulia ‘African Violets’ hybrids. These are your latest named hybrids and not your common old garden type. There are thousands of varieties. Easy to grow inside on your window sill. We have 2 New African Violet Hybrids. They are…
Optimara Trinidad
Purple flowers with white center.
Playful Spectrum
Pink and white flowers with a yellow center.
Moderate light to indoor light. Small plants in 50mm pots.
…..Priced at $11.90 each or both African violets for $22
…Regal Red & Gold…
JACOBEAN LILY
(50cmFmABCD) Sprekelia formosissima produces interesting flowers with regal red and gold tonings from Spring. Used in expensive formal floral arrangements. Jacobean Lily can be grown in all climates. Where winters are extreme grow in pots and protect the bulbs from frost. Native to Mexico. The bulbs multiply over the warm weather.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
CANTERBURY BELLS
(2mAbcD) Gloxinia perennis
Showy bell shaped creamy pink flowers. The flowers have a mint like scent, blooming from summer to autumn. Large fuzzy dark green leaves with serrated edges, growing on an upright stem from an underground scaly rhizome. Native to South America. This is quite a robust plant, perfect for rockeries, water banks and tropical gardens. Moist soil. Prefers to be in a humid and shady or filtered sunlit spot. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each
GOLDEN FRUIT OF THE ANDES
(1mEdABCDe) Solanum quitoense is also known as Naranjilla. It is a very unusual looking and rather spectacular foliage plant with a fruit that looks like Kiwi Fruit and is made into a refreshing drink. The leaves are large (40cm) and light green with mauve strips along its veins. there are small surface prickles. It is always picked out as something unusual in our nursery. Native to the northern Andes of Colombia and Equador. Should grow in all areas. Full sun to part shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 (200 Parries) or 3 for $33
…Rare…..Hort. Society Merit Award…
PEACOCK ORCHID
(70cmFABCD) Abyssinian gladiolus. Big 5cm fragrant hooded white with purple center flowers in profusions in spring and summer. Graceful and airy, the flowers are carried on arching slender tubes. Clumping bright green sword like foliage. Won the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Garden Merit Award 1993. Great cut flowers. Decidious, they shoot back from a multiplying corm each spring. Sun to light shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 (200 Parries) or 3 for $26
ARNICA
(60cmAbCd) Arnica chamissonis.
Arnica is a medicinal plant, used to reduce pain, swellings & bruises after an accident. Can also relieve joint & muscle pain as well as osteoarthritis. Also good for the skin and reduces wrinkles. Just rub in an oil made from its flowers. Blooms yellow daisy like flowers on tall green stems over its narrow medium green foliage. Native to North America. Frost tolerant. Prefers well drained moist soil. Part shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 each
…Make a Tangy Drink with this Bird Attracter…
ROSE TAMARIND
(15m+**FmRfEdAbCD) Mischarytera lautereriana. The orange summer fruit can be eaten fresh and used to make a pleasantly tangy and juicy drink! Bird attracter. A very easy to grow and attractive rainforest tree! Grow it shorter and wider by removing the leading branches.Long wavy edged narrow leaves accompanied with a cluster of tiny white flowers in autumn. Rose Tamarind can tolerate light frost. Growing up to 15m easily. Native to NE & SE QLD. Full sun to part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 (200 Parries) or 3 for $25
KNOBBY CLUB RUSH
(1m**aBCdEF) Isolepis nodosa (syn. Ficinia nodosa). Ficinia nodosa is a tough, fast growing native Australian grass with upright, dark green foliage and a tufting habit. Although native to the coastal zone it can be used in protected inland climates if it gets protection from heavy frost. Brownish/cream flower heads are produced on top of the stems throughout the year. Useful for growing around and in water features, ponds, dams and pools. Also effective in containers and mass plantings. Provides habitat for water birds. Full Sun.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
REGAL LILY
(75cm*AbcD) Lilium regale. Gorgeous petalled creamy white flowers with yellow throats and purple on the petals outside! Noted for its intense fragrance, especially at night! Will bloom profusely in mid to late summer… later than most. Usually 10 blooms per plant and 40 as the bulb matures. Excellent border plant. Can be planted in a container pot. Easy to care for. Prefers well drained soil. Full sun to part shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (300 Parries)
….Sculptured and Ornate….
NEOREGELIA TUNISIA
(30cmABCD) Neoregelia species Tunisia. This is an unusual small growing deep red-brown Neo with even darker brown bands. Serrated slightly spiny ornate sculptured edges. Neoregelias are very colourful bromeliads grown for their foliage colour variations. Neos have rosetting broad leaves (slight serration) which open out almost flat leaving a central throat which likes to fill with water. They are easy to grow in a coarse mix or in a very well drained situation in bright filtered light. Plant in the garden in pine bark or the like. Take the pups off the mother plant when they are about half her size. Neos can be grown in all climates. Shade to morning sun. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each (250 Parries)
DWARF TIBOUCHINA JAZZIE
(1mFmABcD) Tibouchina Jazzie will smile at you all day with its rich purple flowers in autumn, winter and spring. This is an attractive colourful dwarf evergreen shrub with medium sized velvety leaves. Tibouchinas are also known as Lasiandra and are native to Brazil. Can take a light frost and is suited to all but the coldest Tablelands. Full sun.
…..Priced at $7.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN
(3-4m**ABDE) Cyathea cooperi is an extremely attractive fast growing native tree fern with lacy fronds and this one will grow in full sun if hardened slowly. Will come back from a frost. Hardy, fast & gorgeous. Grows in all areas except the cool temperate. Native to Eastern Australia from the Illawarra to Cooktown. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90
…Finest of the Fine…
CHARLOTTE MAIDENHAIR
(50cmABCD) Adiantum raddianum ‘Charlotte Parvifolium’. This is a beautiful extremely fine foliaged compact grower. Tear dropped shaped pinules. Takes down to 2oC in a sheltered spot. Bronze new growth. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $13.90 each (300 Parries)
Phlebodium aureum ‘Blue Star’
(60cmAbcD) This is a wonderful rabbits foot type with classy curvy blue-green foliage. Likes filtered light & you can keep in a trendy pot in a well lit bath-room or living room all year round if the temperature remains above 10oC.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
THESE 3 FERNS FOR $37
Rhyncattleanthe Shinfong Little Sun
Miniature/compact growing Cattleya with clusters of full shape bright orange flowers. Shade house conditions, 70% recommended. These plants are near flowering size in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $25.00 each
…Rare…Rare…Rare…Rare…
Encephalartos kisambo
(2.5mABCD) Found in its natural state on only two solitary rocky hills in Southern Kenya. In Conservation terms they are accorded the highest Category of Protection in Kenya and until recently was unknown in cultivation. This is one of the fastest growing and most ornamental of the Encephalartos Cycads. With outstanding appeal the fronds are to 3m and new foliage is lime green. Eventually the trunk grows to 2.5m with up to twelve of them clumping. Both male and female cones are up to 60cm long and coloured from yellow to orange. They occur in cool mist forest at 900m elevation, and can handle conditions cooler (mild) and moister than most Cycads. Will grow well in southern coastal frostfree climates, as well as all the warmer climates. Two leaf plants in 75mm pots. Full sun.
…..Priced at $29.00 each
…Unusual Alocasia…
ALOCASIA SARIAN
(1mAbcD) Alocasia hybrid ‘Sarian’
Stunning broad green arrow shaped leaves with pale green veins! This is a sizeable plant that is great as an indoor plant as they will take low light but they do like humidity…so place a bowl of water nearby. Will give your garden the tropical look. Keep it drier to retain winter foliage. Shade to bright shade to morning sun.These are 200mm tall in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
…Long Cascading Foliage…
Hoya longifolia shepherdii
(Vine AbcD) Will provide you with the most unusual long (10cm) narrow dark green leaves that hang like string beans in an attractive cascading effect. The flowers are smallish in clusters of 15 plus and white to pale pink and furry edged with a white crown and a dark pink centre. Suited to patio shadehouse or indoors, Hoyas like to dry out a little between waterings and don’t require too much moisture during winter. Reasonably cold hardy if kept in a warm protected spot and dry in winter. Native to India & Burma Hoya longifolia shepherdii will grow in dull conditions but requires better light for flowering.
……Priced at $15.90 each
…$35 Plant for $8.90!…
MYSTERY CHILLI
(60cmAbcD) Capsicum sp.
I bought this plant at the famous Nambour Garden Expo 2 years back for $35. So it is something special but my Brush Turkeys stole the tag and the inscription on the pot wore off to my disbelief. So we will have no ID for a while! So if you wish to take a punt you will get good value here. Native to the Caribbean & South America. Chilli heat, flavour and flora aroma has made it popular in sauces and spicy foods. Small multibranched rounded shrubs. Thrive in warm to hot weather. Freezing weather ends the growing season and kills the plant, but otherwise they are perennials which grow all year, slowing in colder weather. Full sun. Double planted in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 each or 3 for $23
SYNGONIUM 3 KINGS
(30cmAbcD) Syngonium podophyllum ‘3 Kings’. Variegated white and green foliage.Tough indoors and will survive drying right out, in fact it seems to thrive on it – in addition it will also grow in water! This would have to the hardiest of all indoor plants. From Tropical America. Gorgeous creamy pastel shades with light and dark green soft heart shaped leaves. They form aerial roots and will climb a totem or trail from a basket and if you want compact growth just tip prune. Very attractive indoors or in the garden. Syngoniums need warm conditions. Shade. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $17.90
…Gorgeous Colours for Indoors & Ruby Colours…White Variegations…
RUBY INDOOR PLANT
Ficus elastica ‘Ruby’. Big shiny green leaves with striking red-pink overtones splashed in white variegations. Very hardy evergreen plant that can handle indoors. Great in a patio or indoors pot in good light. Gorgeous colour. Easy to hold in a pot but in the garden grows into a large plant. Keep just moist so you should not overwater. Strong filtered light to full sun. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (250 Parries)
….Unusual Colourful Display….
PINEAPPLE LILY
(50cm*AbCD) Eucomis autumnalis
Eyecatching and different with the strangest flower you have ever seen! Blooms in summer continuously lasting till autumn. Pineapple like cluster on top! Waxy white, burgundy centred, star shaped flowers. The flowers produces a sweet scent. Wide long brown spotted leaves. Can attract bees, butterflies and birds. Goes dormant in winter but springs back bigger and flowers every year. Easy to care for, low maintenance. Native to South Africa. Well drained soil. Full sun to light shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (200 Parries)
…Flowering in Autumn…
GIANT HOSTA LILY
(40cm*FABCD) Hosta plantaginea ‘Grandiflora’. Plantain Lily it produces many large pure white spikes of fragrant tubular bell shaped flowers on top of its large soft velvety green foliage which forms a mound. Brings that luscious mid green colour to your garden. Blooms in summer. Dormant in winter. Takes shade, cold, dry & wet in its stride. Native from Japan. Keep soil moist. Part shade to full shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 (350 Parries)
..Tiny Variegated Leaves..Pink Flowers..
SNOWLEAVES
(45cmABCD) Serissa foetida ‘Snowleaves’ is a striking and compact little plant with dainty tiny white variegated leaves and small 1cm pink terminal starshaped flowers in spring. A wonderful little contrast plant Snowleaves is a nice controlled grower. Also good for Bonsai and can be nicely placed in rockeries, borders, in the garden and is also suitable for tubs. Native to southern Asia it will grow in moderate frost free climates. Snowleaves likes full sun or part shade and have been grown indoors. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
…If its Difficult to Find the Grass They Need…Great for Dogs too!…
CAT GRASS
(30cmAbcd) Dactylis glomerata. Dogs, cats and guinea pigs love Cat Grass. This is their medicine with a supply of essential minerals and vitamins and famous for MSM. Indoor and many outdoor pets will not get that from their current diet. Cat Grass also aids animals with hairball removal. Usually green in shade and turns red in full sun. Drought and frost tender Full sun to part shade. In 100mm square pots. Multiplies easily.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
Phalaenopsis Tying Shin 2969
Beautiful concolor lemon with big lip. Indoor filtered light conditions best, keep moist. 140mm leaf span.
…..Priced at $33 each
…Clusters of Pink & Purple Flowers!..
PURPLE WEIGELA
(2.5mABCd) Weigela florida ‘Eva Rathke’. This gorgeous shrub will bloom beautifully in spring to summer with clusters of dark pink and purple flowers with mid green foliage. Perfect for a low maintenance gardens. An easy to grow shrub and one will add real beauty along your fence, walls and walkway. Almost carefree and needs to be watered regularly. Native to Japan and Korea. Deciduous in cold areas in winter. Full Sun.
…..Priced at $9.90 (250 Parries) each
..Unique Weeping Foliage & Bright Flowers..
FISHTAIL HOYA
(70cmABCD) Hoya polyneura named after its lovely veined bright soft green leaves in fishtail formation. Distinctly different foliage to any other Hoya. It is not a vine but a hanging plant which grows on trees as an epiphyte in the Himalayan area of India at altitudes 3000-5000 feet. Attractive light yellow -cream flowers with a contrasting clear red-purple centre crown, in clusters in spring and summer. Can dry out a little between waterings. Needs to be under well lit hard shelter in winter in all climates. Like all Hoyas do not over pot and doesn’t mind being rootbound. Light shade. All climates.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (250 Parries)
….Medicinal Values….
MUSHROOM PLANT
(60cmEdABcD) Rungia klossii has highly nutritious leaves with a mushroom taste about them when cooked. Great in a salad raw or stirfry for a few seconds. Reported (Sunshine Coast Daily 24/8/97) to be good for Candida and Thrush. Reported excellent for blood cleansing, it is high in protein, calcium, iron and Vitamin C. Has dark glossy soft leaved plant with lovely blue spring flowers. Shade to part sun. Sent in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
Vriesea erythrodactylon
This is a lovely compact vriesea with soft light green leaves & a long bright red broad feather shaped flower. Vrieseas like to be under about 50% shade in a very coarse well drained mix, Bromeliads are epiphytes which you can easily kill with too much moisture with poor drainage.
….Priced at $12.90 each
…Unusual & Rare…
Philodendron squamiferum
A marvellous rare and unusual oak leaf Philodendron from South America. Also different are its very soft red hairs developing on its stems. Dark green long glossy 5 lobed leaves. Great indoor plant and outdoors in the sub tropics and north. Filtered light. Don’t overwater. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
WHITE CROCUS
(15cmFmABCDE) Zephyranthes candida. Lovely white yellow anthered erect crocus like flowers come forth in summer and autumn. This is a fine clumping plant with narrow needle like soft dark green foliage. Bulbs about 25mm wide develop and multiply greatly in little time. Great as a border, in a rockery or pot. There are about 70 species of Zephyranthes all from the Americas. Full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
…Unusual Reverse Variegation…
DRACAENA ‘SONG OF INDIA’
(3mAbcD) Dracaena reflexa aurea Variegata. This is a beautiful gold variegated shiny foliaged dracaena with the white on the inside. Branches readily and twists a little. Famous indoors and great in a sub-tropical or tropical garden. Very hardy and requires minimum maintenance.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (180 Parries)
…Lushe Foliage…..Delightful Winter Flowers…
DARWIN BELLS
(2mAD) Strobilanthes ‘Darwin Bells’. syn. ‘Pacific Bells’ will provide you with absolute masses of rich pink bell shaped spikes of flowers in autumn and winter. Darwin Bells attractive small leaves are a nice addition to any foliage garden and the the flowers will really set the scene on fire. Needs a warm climate from Sydney NSW northwards or grown indoors in winter. Full sun or shade.
…..Priced at $7.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
…Love Indoors…Low Light…
PRAYER PLANT
(40cmAbcD) Maranta leuconeura (Syn. Calathea). Strikingly striped leaf in two tones of dark and lime green. Purple undersides. The leaves are held upright at night (in prayer). This is a non fussy clumping plant, native to South America. Put in the garden as a low growing contrast plant in warm climates. Highly favoured as indoor plants as they romp ahead in low light conditions. Shade.
….Priced at $12.90 (200 Parries)
RED BRAZILIAN TREE FERN
(1mAbcD) Blechnum brasiliense.
Lovely bronze-red foliage. This is a most attractive small Tree Fern with crinkled arching fronds to 1m long and 30cm broard. Trunk is dark brown and scaly. Striking tub speciman. Likes dense shade and more suited to warm temperate to tropical climates or indoors in winter. Sent in 100mm pots.
….Priced at $12.90 each (250 Parries)
Epidendrum Candypops
Large flowered modern crucifix with deep orange/red flower heads. These plants are 200mm tall in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $25.00
…Gorgeous Hanging Miniature Hoya…
HOYA HEUSCHKELIANA
(3mAbcD) Very unusual small pink urn shaped flowers in clusters. These little creations can have tones of yellow blended and have a butterscotch/caramel fragrance. The small rounded weeping foliage is fantastic in a small hanging basket…it is quite vigorous for a miniature. Originating from the Philippines. Hoya heuschkeliana enjoys wetter conditions than most Hoyas. Likes conditions at least as flow as 5oC. Morning sun to Partial Shade. Sent in 70mm pots.
…..Priced as $12.90 each (200 Parries)
PHILODENDRON BRASIL
Enjoy this fabulously foliaged indoor contrasting plant. Brasil in particular is quite an unusual plant with lustrous variegation on its pointed foliage against its dark background. This is a climbing plant that are great indoors in good light. Let it dry out a little between waterings. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (250 Parries) or 3 for $33
CYCAS DEBAOENSIS
(70cmAbcD) A highly attractive small to medium sized cycad with a short trunk 20cm in diameter with dark green glossy fronds that can grow out to 3 meters. Each frond having many little leaflets giving it a bushy appearance! Only recently discovered over 25 years ago and is already endangered. Grows on stony hillsides in its native mountain habitat in Guangxi, China. Prefers well drained soil and moist environment. Reported to be cold tolerant. Full sun. Full sun. 2 leaf seedling in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $29
PHILODENDRON PINK PRINCESS
(Lightly Variegated)
Philodendron erubescens ‘Pink Princess’. Gorgeous dark green and bright pink splashes. Grow in a bright spot for maximum colouration! These are lightly variegated and gorgeous….not the heavily variegated type. Philodendrons are tough plants adapted to warm tropical rainforest living where they climb up and along trees gripping with aerial roots as they reach for more light. They can be grown under shadecloth in warmer areas or indoors where there is reasonable light. They are epiphytes living off their host so don’t need a lot of water but do like some moisture and humid conditions. Easy to grow. 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each
…Clumping Silver Foliage…
SILVER SWORD
Philodendron ‘Silver Sword’
This is a gorgeous genuinely silver Phildendron with pointed foliage. Clumps magnificently and nice climber. Lovely chunky white aroid flowers. Prefers well drained soil. Part shade. These are sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each
LADY MOXON MAIDENHAIR
(60cmAD) Adiantum tenerum Lady Moxon. One of the most sought after Maidenhairs this fern is large and has attractive weeping fronds with broad pinnules. Several bright green shades on the one plant and in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $13.90 each (200 Parries)
Vanda Adisak Happiness
Big spotted maroon flowers. Leaf span 130mm in 50mm pots.
…..Priced at $18.90
Phalaenopsis Lianher Jellyfish
Medium size cream white flowers. Approximately 150mm leaf span in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $22
DARWIN PALM
(20m**AbcD) Carpentaria acuminata is a native to the northern Gulf areas. Fast growing and and highly ornamental it is tall and slender. It is the only known species of the genus Carpentaria. An excellent landscaping palm in small groups. For frostfree areas north of Sydney. Takes full sun.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
RAKKYO – Asian Onion
(30cmEdAbcD) Allium chinense. The bulb and narrow leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The bulb will have a crisp texture and will taste like onion. The whole plant is astringent, carminative and expectorant. It is used in the treatment of stuffiness sensation and pain in the chest, angina pectoris, pleurisy, bronchitis, diarrhoea and tenesmus in cases of dysentery. Regarded as a plant for general health if added to your diet. Lovely mauve flowers on 30 cm stalks in spring and summer. Native to Asia and popular in South East Asian, Chinese and Japanese cooking. Prefers well drained soil, will tolerate poor soil. Full sun. Multistemmed in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 or 3 for $25
XANTHOSTEMON ‘LITTLE GOLDIE’
(2mRf**AbcD) Xanthostemon ‘Little Goldie’. A gorgeous free flowering compact form of Golden Penda. Will give you eyecatching clusters of long lasting bright lemon flowers in autumn and throughout the year. Its dense foliage has a trademark golden lustre with bronze-pink new growth. Dense bushy habit (2m wide) and will flower best for you in an open sunny position. Native Golden Penda is rare in natural NE QLD habitat. All warm or coastal climates.
…..Priced at $9.90 (200 Parries) each
GIANT RUBRA IMPERIALIS
(1mABCD) Alcantarea imperialis rubra. Its impressive 2m flower spike is burgundy and gold. A huge centre piece of any garden, Imperialis rubra is a highly sought hard to get giant bromeliad. Its broad osetting arching leaves are coloured in burgundy. They will spread to 1.5 m and one metre tall….they are beautiful broad arching burgundy toned, edged & specked on a pastel green background. All frostfree climates. Easy to grow in very well drained conditions in light shade. Can be hardened to full sun over winter. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (300 Parries)
…Magnificent Native…Loves Full Sun…
HOYA AUSTRALIS
…..Provenance Nambour
(V**AbcD) Hoya Australis. Lovely local native Hoya with large clusters of star shaped fragrant white red centred flowers. This hoya loves full sun and its leaves will grow bigger and thicker with more light. Can dry out a little between waterings. Like all Hoyas do not over pot and doesn’t mind being root bound. Remember hoyas are epiphytes growing high up on rainforest trees. Moderate climates. Collected 30 years ago in the Nambour Hinterland. Full sun to light shade.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
QUEEN ANNE AGAPANTHUS
(40cmFABCDE) Agapanthus ‘Queen Anne’. This a brilliant blue violet Agapanthus with a solid violet stripe running up the center of each petal! Great as a border or spot colour plant. The flower spikes are about 50cm tall. Arching evergreen shiny clumping straplike foliage. Like being on the dry side. Drought and frost resistant. Full sun or shade. 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $19
LEOPARD LILY
(25cmABCD) Ledebouria socialis. Small green, pink and white flowers clustered in eyecatching terminal spikes will be yours in spring with this interesting plant. The leaves are very attractive silvery white leaves mottled with dark green spots and are about 10cm long when sun grown. Ledebouria socialis grows from an above ground bulb which will multiply and spread forming a very unusual tight groundcover. Drought tolerant.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
Philodendron August Collection
PHILODENDRON ROYAL QUEEN
Philodendron ‘Royal Queen’. Gorgeous mix of dark shiny foliage on this philodendron ranging from dark green, black and dark red leaves when matured! Philodendrons are tough plants adapted to warm tropical rainforest living where they climb up and along trees gripping with aerial roots as they reach for more light. They can be grown under shadecloth in warmer areas or indoors where there is reasonable light. They are epiphytes living off their host so don’t need a lot of water but do like some moisture and humid conditions. Easy to grow. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
….3 Colour Shade …Character Plant..
PHILODENDRON MCCOLLEY’S FINALE
Enjoy this fabulously foliaged indoor plant. Standout plant with its orange red new growth and 3 colour shades on the same plant! This is an ideal landscaping plant due to it’s compact growth and can be grouped together. And is also excellent as an indoor plant! Let it dry out a little between waterings. Bright indirect light. Sent in 75mm pots ….30cm tall.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (200 Parries)
Both Philodendrons for $19.90
MOSS
Like a lushe green carpet. For terraniums, bonsai, landscaping and germinating ferns.
(Not for WA, NT & Tasmania)
…..Priced at $7.90 each (15cmx10cm)
HOOP PINE
(60m**AbcD) Araucaria cunninghamii.
This is a majestic cone shaped native pine tree with gorgeous dark green foliage. Found in rainforest areas along on the eastern coast of QLD down to NSW. Named Hoop Pine after it’s grey bark which it forms scale like hoops. Great as a specimen tree, nice Christmas tree & narrow yard tree. Slow growing and can live up to 450 years! Good timber.Will grow nicely in all frost free climates. Prefers Well drained soil. Full sun to part shade.
….Priced at $8.90 (200 Parries) each
…This is One Weird Plant…
ELEPHANT TREE
(3mFABCDE) Beaucarnea guatemalensis is a crazy tree like plant with a fat bulbous trunk. The top is crowned with pendulous grass like leaves up to 2m long. Huge spray of small white flowers in spring. Looks great in a big pot or in the garden. A native of Guatemala it will grow Australia wide and is a very hardy plant. Takes frost and cold. Likes part shade to full sun. 70mm pot.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
Epidendrum Topaz Butterball
Reed stem type Epidendrum with clear lemon yellow crucifix with tall stems. Does best in a bright but indirect sunlight situation. Shadehouse conditions. These plants are 120mm tall in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $25.00
…Very Elegant & Colourful…
REDNECK PALM
(6mAbcD) Dypsis leptocheilos. Very handsome ringed trunked Dypsis with a velvet red wine crownshaft. Graceful arching green fronds. Easy to take care of. Grows south of Sydney coastal NSW out of the frost. Great indoors in a well lit position. Native to Madagascar. These are 4 leafed and 25cm tall out of 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $9.90 each or 3 for $25
FAIRY LIGHTS
(30cmFABCD) Scirpus cenuus is an unusual ornamental grass with little luminous bulbs on top of each and every little rush. These shine when reflecting light from around the house. This is a very attractive neat dark green clumping fine rush like grass. The stems are fine and weeping. It will grow in all areas and is frost resistant but likes plenty of moisture. Great for garden borders on the edge of or in ponds and under any light. Full sun (with plenty moisture) or shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
….Priced at $9.90 (220 Parries) each or 3 for $25
PINK RAIN LILY
(20cmFmABCDE) Zephyranthes grandiflora. Lovely light pink yellow anthered erect flowers a little like small asiatic lillies come forth in summer and autumn. This is a fine clumping plant with strap-like green foliage. Bulbs about 25mm wide develop and multiply greatly in little time. Great as a border, in a rockery or pot.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries) or 3 for $21
ALOE HEN SPECKLES
A compact succulent with thick dark green and brown triangular leaves speckled with little white spots and spiked edges. Produces a tall stem with small flowers. Excellent as a pot specimen, especially as a house plant! Requires a well drained soil. Morning sun to part shade. Sent in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 each
VRIESEA EL SALMON
(40cmAbcD) Vriesea ‘El Salmon’. Pretty nicely shaped reddish salmon pink flowers on a short stem from a funnel of flat light green leaves. Flowers during summer. Everything a little finer than many Vrieseas. Light shade to morning sun in a pot or in the garden. Can handle wet and dry conditions. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (250 Parries)
CLEISTOCACTUS SAMAIPATANUS
(1.2mABCD) Attractive 6cm blood red flowers come in flushes right along the stem at all times of year and mainly in summer. This is an erect branching cactus to 1.2m tall with stiff gold to red spines. Will form a clump. Suitable for basket or garden. Does not like long periods of cold or frost. This is an unusual native of Bolivia & Peru & takes very dry conditions. Prefers part shade to full sun. Sent in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each (250 Parries)
…Hard to Get Variegation…
VARIEGATED PEACE LILY
(40cmAbcD) Spathyphyllum Variegated. This is a gorgeous hard to get variegated Spathyphyllum. Its Variegated crinkled leaves are a lushe grey-green. Pure white long lasting hooded flowers. Family Aracaea. For all warm coastal climates. Filtered bright light conditions. Great in pots indoors or patio. or in a warm garden. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (300 Parries)
…Prehistoric Edible Native…
PLUM PINE
(8m**FRfEdABCDE) Podocarpus elatus. If you love native edible food or birds, this is the one for you! Plum Pine is an unusual dense rain-forest tree with attractive thick stiff shiny narrow leaves and pink new growth. It’s a throwback to prehistoric times when the Podocarpus pines flourished. The dense foliage contrasts with its black trunk. Bird attracting with black edible grape like fruit that tastes like a slightly aromatic plum. Plum Pine is used as a street and screen tree and is most adaptable withstanding frost and growing well in both cold and dry western areas. Native to rainforest from Cairns to Bateman’s Bay. Will grow nicely in tubs or Bonsai. Full sun or shade. Long native pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
…Glorious Flowers…Heavenly Scent…
MISTY PLUME BUSH
(2mAbcD) Tetradenia riparia is an imposing compact bush. Strong spicy fragrance (and foliage). Used in Pot Pourri. This one will be covered in small mauve-pink lacy flowers in winter and spring for a long period. Musk Bush has small (5cm) roundish pointed light green-grey leaves with a flannel feel. A native of southern Africa. All warm coastal climates. Full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 (150 Parries) or 3 for $25
STEPHANOTIS
(V*AbCD) Stephanotis floribunda will give you long lasting pure white fragrant summer flowers. The flowers are tubular with flaring petals. The shiny leaves are neat, dark green and oval shaped. Large fruit pods. This one is a nice vine from Madagascar which is not rampant and can be grown against a sunny wall or along the edge of a pergola or the like. For mild frostfree climates. Full sun is best. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 (180 Parries) or 3 for $25
Pineapple Dyckia
Dyckia brevifolia. 20cm bright orange – yellow flowers.Compact green small grower.
…..$12.90 each
Bassolaelia Morning Glory
Vigorous primary hybrid, Cattleya style, Medium size star shaped white through to pink flowers with broad spotted lips. These plants are 200mm tall in 80mm pots.
…..Priced at $33.00
FAN PALM
(3mAbcD) Licuala grandis is one of the most sought after palms with its large bright green fan leaves, up to one metre across and a very attractive growth habit on a single trunk. Good in landscaping, in a tub and indoors if kept warm and moist but not overly so.Native to New Britain and New Hebrides and is best grown north of Coffs Harbour NSW or equivalent, otherwise you need a protected and very warm spot in winter. Shade or part shade.These are four leaf plants 300mm tall, sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $18.90 each
NATIVE SWAMP LILY
(1m*,**RfFABCDE) Crinum pedunculatum is a glorious native lily with big heads (up to 25 flowers) of large drooping pure white fragrant flowers in summer. The dark green leaves are like broad thick straps and are a feature in their own right radiating out from a stout single stem. Native to not only rainforest of coastal NSW Nth of Newcasle, SE Qld , NT and Lord Howe Island. Crinums are hardy plants that can survive a moderate frost. We suggest in areas of moderate frost give it plenty of overhead protection. Very adaptable they love moisture and grow well and flower under heavy shade or full sun.
…..Priced at $9.90 (200 Parries)
GASTERIA ‘RABBIT EARS’
(30cmABCD) Gasteria brevifolia. A slow growing cute compact succulent with thick grey green leaves with white spots that are shaped like rabbit ears! Excellent as a pot specimen. Requires a well drained soil. Morning sun to part shade. 15cm tall in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $14.90 each
STARRY WILD JASMINE
(3m*AbCD) Jasminum multipartitum
Fast growing evergreen climber but can be grown as a shrub, native to South Africa. Produces from small reddish buds flowers at first in spring followed by fragrant five petalled star shaped white flower. Well known as a indoor growing but will grow outside just fine. Cold tolerant. Full sun or part shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each (180 Parries) or 3 for $23
TOWER CACTUS
(20cmFABCD) Aloe zanzibarica. Unusal pyramid arrangement with this little soft ornamental cactus. Thick leaves have white specks and attractive soft teeth. Red/orange flowers on top. Requires good drainage & water sparingly. Grow it in full sun to part shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each (150 Parries)
MEXICAN CARDBOARD PLANT
(1mFmABCDE) Zamia furfuracea is an eyecatching Zamia from Mexico. It has highly arching fronds with unusual stiff, almost oval, blue green leaflets. The barrel shaped female cones are rusty brown to 25cm long while the male cones are half this size. Now rare in its native habitat. These are hardy plants 300mm tall and will grow in full sun to part shade. These are 4 leaf plants sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
…Makes A Great Office Plant!…
ZANZIBAR GEM
(60cmAbD) Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Due to its small size & attractive foliage, its air purifying ability and low light & water requirement makes Zamioculcas zamiifolia a great indoor plant, especially in your office areas! It’s glossy green foliage helps bring colour indoors of your home or work office. Flowers usually around mid summer, the flower is a yellow to bronze spadix with a green spathe. Can go a long time without water. Avoid overwatering. Part shade.
…..Priced at $19.90 each (250 Parries)
…Rare Anthurium Giant…
ANTHURIUM DUSSII
(2mAbcD) Hard to get giant Anthurium with huge rippled arrow shaped leaved leaves. Huge spadix on which the bright red fruit develops. Narrow creamy brown spathe. The leaves are light green. Filtered Light to morning sun. These plants are 15cm tall out of the pot. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $29 each (350 parries)
…Rare & Endangered….Glorious Palm…
FOXTAIL PALM
(15m**AD) Wodyetia bifurcata is a hugely attractive native palm with a smooth closely ringed trunk. The fronds are hugely attractive with their cut off leaf formation. Native to rocky areas of North East QLD where it sets down deep roots to offset the long dry period between monsoonal rains. This Palm has only been cultivated in recent times and the cold sensitiveness is still being assessed. The most advanced specimen planted in Brisbane and Sydney are both doing well. Requires a well drained soil in full sun. Sent barerooted as we take from community pots.
…..Priced at $7.90 each
…Unusual Ginger…
SWEET AFRICAN COSTUS
(2mAbcD) Costus lucanusiansus.
A collectors Costus it has 2 white, pink and yellow flowers at a time from green bracts. From Africa. Attractive slightly curvy bright green foliage makes an attractive feature. Likes a well composted position and moisture. Most of the Gingers can be cut back prior to their spring flush when they reshoot vigorously off a strong rhizome. Will grow in warm temperate areas. Full sun to part shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 (250 Parries)
LIRIOPE EVERGREEN GIANT
(70cmFABCD) Liriope giganteum
This is an attractive landscaping plant with tall dark green handsome grass like foliage. Violet flower spikes in mid summer. This plant can be used as a tall groundcover, border plant, or accent plant. Will take full sun to partial shade. Sent in 75mm pots.
…..Priced at $8.90 or 3 for $13.90 (150 Parries)
PILEA RAINDROP
(30cmAbcD) Pilea polybotrya.
Luscious indoor plant that needs to be admired close up. Deep glossy green rounded heart shaped leaves. Nice compact plant. Unusual sweetly fragrant white flowers with a green tip like an Android spadix. Native to South America. Very easy to maintain and a hardy plant that will tolerate a wide array of conditions. Allow it to dry in between waterings. Bright indirect light or part shade.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
ZEBRA HAWORTHIA
(20-30cmAbCD) Haworthia attenuata
A slow growing succulent with upright thick dark green leaves with pronounced bright white stripes which will readily forms offset clumping rosettes. A very attractive indoor plant. Prefers well drained soil. Keep moist in summer. Can withstand cool temperatures as low as 10°C. Position in bright spot with indirect lights.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
BURDEKIN PLUM
(8m**ABCD) Pleiogynum timorense is a lovely native tree with edible purple plum like fruits about 4cm across. Very attractive with red new growth, rough bark and a dense crown …making it a great shade tree. This amazing small tree is highly suited to planting in the dry inland and also cool areas. They withstand frost by becoming deciduous in winter. Burdekin Plum comes from Gympie and Central QLD in dry and subtropical rainforest. Full sun or light shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 (200 Parries) or 3 for $25
BURRAWANG
(2m**RFABCDE) Macrozamia communis. A widespread cycad on the East Coast of Australia. Mainly found in forest areas. A very decorative cycad, perfect for landscaping and a specimen plant for your garden. Will do well in a large container. This is fast growing and easy to care for cycad if given the right conditions. Both male and female of this cycad is needed to produce seeds. Tolerates light frost. Part shade.These are 3 leaf plants 20cm tall.
…..Priced at $17.90 each
Cryptanthus striatum ‘Sunshine’
A Striking miniature bromeliad to 30cm across and low growing. Brilliant bronze with two long prominent stripes. White flowers cluster in centre.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (200 Parries)
….Very Different Foliage….
HOYA AUSTRALIS COMPACTA
(V**AbcD) Hoya Australis ssp.compacta. Lovely native compact Hoya with a large clusters of star shaped fragrant white red centred flowers. This subspecies has much smaller furry leaves than Hoya australis and more compact growth. Spicy fragrance. Can dry out a little between waterings. Like all Hoyas do not over pot and doesn’t mind being root bound. Remember hoyas are epiphytes growing high up on rainforest trees. Full sun to light shade. Moderate climates.
…..Priced at $12.90
BUDDHAS HAND ELEPHANT EAR
(2mABCDE) Alocasia cucullata. This Elephant Ear is a beauty with its dark grey-green broadly heart shaped pointed leaves on longish stems…like Buddhas hand reaching up to the heavens. Chinese beliefs dating back to ancient times say that it will give you long life and prosperity! Each growing to about 35 cm on a stout branching stem. The leaf surface is also attractively marked right through winter. Long white flower. Easy to grow and hardy in most climates except the cooler inland unless in a protected position. Loves shade and part shade. Good indoors. 200mm plants in 70mm pots.
…..Priced at $12.90 each (220 Parries) or 3 for $33
MADAGASCAR PALM
(3mAbcD) Pachypodium lamerii is one weird plant, a bit like a tall fat cactus with spines and amazing ‘Three Stooges’ like foliage arrangement on top. The leaves in this arrangement are long and narrow with silver undersides, which it is likely to drop in the depths of winter. Yes it even flowers with white/cream frangipani like, terminal flowers. Although this one grows to 6m in its native Madagascar, it will not grow as big here. Can be grown in a container indoors in good light. Known to grow as far south as Auckland NZ. Likes a well drained soil in sunny position. Keep on the dry side when cool – if kept dry can survive a light frost. Full sun to part shade. These are sent in a 75mm pot.
…..Priced at $14.90 (350 Parries)
….Medicinal Beauty….
BLUE PASSIONFLOWER
(VEdABD) Passiflora caerulea. Very interesting and unusual flowers and a sought after herbal plant. Flowers are fragrant with a blue and white fringe corona filaments on top of white petals. Used as a dietary supplement for anxiety and sleep problems as well as for pain, heart rhythm problems, menopausal symptoms and attention deficit hyperactivity. Also used as herbal tea Hardy and vigorous,evergreen vine. It will bear orange skinned passionfruit in abundance through autumn, winter and spring. in South America. Suitable for trellis, fence and pergola. For warm sunny positions.
…..Priced at $12.90 (200 Parries) or 3 for $33
…Indoor Special Appearance…
CHINESE MONEY PLANT
(30cmAbCD) Pilea peperomioides
Highly sought extremely popular houseplant! Succulent dark green large circular leaves hanging from a long stem. Praised for both its stand out foliage and for being so easy to grow. A great gift for family and friends! Native to China. Cold tolerant. Indirect sunlight. In 75mm pots. Great indoors or patio plant in a shade position.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
QUEENSLAND KAURI
(20m**RfFABCD) Agathis robusta has unique leathery leaves and a most attractive greyish bark. An outstanding signature tree for important places, Kauri also makes an interesting indoor plant when young and a wonderful tub speciman. Grows well in temperate regions in a wide range of soils. Reasonably fast growing it is drought resistant and frost hardy. Native to QLD tropical and sub-tropical rainforest this one is famous for its magnificent timber also. Full sun or shade.
…..Priced at $9.90 (180 Parries) or 3 for $27
Rlc. Chunyeah ‘Tzeng Wen’
Large golden yellow Cattleya with a red lip. Shadehouse conditions. Flowering Size. These plants are 120mm tall. Sent in 100mm pots.
…..Priced at $35.00
MISTLETOE CACTUS
(30cmABcD) Rhipsalis campos-portoana is a attractive hanging thinly segmented succulent plant. The pendulous narrow sections are about 2-3 millimetre width, hanging together like sticks and branching into 3, 4 or 5 branchlets. Making it look great cascading over the pot, whether it’s on a shelf or hanging basket! This one is pendulous and forms clusters of stems (tassels) like a Tassell Fern does . It is an epiphyte, from the rainforest of South America. Small white flowers in spring & summer. Light shade & keep well drained.
…..Priced at $9.90 each (200 Parries) or 3 for $26
Phalaenopsis Golden Apollon
Clear lemon yellow flowers. Approx 140mm leaf span. Sent in 80mm pots.
…..Priced at $29.00
DRAGONS TAIL PLANT
(Vine**AbcD) Epipremnum pinnatum
Lovely shiny green foliage with this wonderful highly sought climbing plant. Its virtually carefree and is attractively leafy. Great indoors. Takes low or bright light and doesn’t mind collecting indoor pollutants from your house. Also takes waterlogging. Let your Dragons tail hang from a black or white pot or let it climb up a stake on which it will set aerial roots. These plants are in 70mm pots and are about 25cm long and firing on all cylinders. Low light through to full sun. Sent in 75mm diameter pots.
…..Priced at $15.90 each (350 Parries)
ASPIDISTRA – CAST IRON PLANT
(1mAbcD) Aspidistra elatior. Called the Cast Iron plant for a good reason…they are a very tough hard to kill indoor plant. Aspidastras are a broad leaved glossy black green plants that stand out against a dark backgound. Tall slimline and elegant in a long vaselike pot. They are very tough and can exist in low light conditions. Excellent indoors & patios and require shade.
…..Priced at $8.90 each (180 Parries)
…No Leaf Variegation…
WHITE KNIGHT PHILODENDRON ‘ UNVARIEGATED’
Philodendron ‘White Knight’ Unvariegated
These ones have no leaf variegation as yet but as they come from the parents with variegation and their siblings are variegated they may yet throw variegated leaves. The stems are classical red and white. Lovely broadish pointed green foliage with tones. Red stems with white stem stripes. Clumps nicely and good solid climber. Lovely chunky white aroid flowers. Prefers well drained soil. Good indoors with good light. Philodendrons are tough epiphytic types, from tropical America where there is 450 species, so don’t overwater, esp in winter. Part shade. These plants are about 250mm tall.
…..Priced at $39
Mystery Anthurium
We have numerous anthuriums that only remain in small numbers. We are selling these as Mystery Anthuriums. If you order a Mystery Anthurium it will be a Surprise Plant. These are all in 70mm pots.
…..$12.90 each (200 Parries)
SQUARE CACTUS
(30cmABcD) Rhipsalis sulcata is a attractive hanging thinly squared segmented succulent plant. The pendulous narrow sections are about 2-3 millimetre width, hanging together like sticks and branching into 3, 4 or 5 squared branchlets. Making it look great cascading over the pot, whether it’s on a shelf or hanging basket! This one is pendulous and forms clusters of stems (tassels) like a Tassell Fern does . It is an epiphyte, from the rainforest of South America. Small white flowers in spring & summer. Light shade & keep well drained.
…..Priced at $12.90 each
CHIRITA SINESIS
(30cmABcD) Lovely houseplant with 15cm attractively marked velvety leaves. Big open tubular blue flowers. Native to Indo-malaysia. Easy to care for. Treat like an African violet. Shade or filtered light. These amazing plants are in 80mm diameter pots and the plants have a leaf span of approximately 150mm.
…..Priced at $14.90 each
If you can’t find all your plants in our latest catalogue please search our website as every plant on our website is available
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Newsletter December 2023
Welcome to your December Catalogue. Beautiful rain and humidity has come our way. Have a look at our first Magical Orchid Promotion. Our Magical Orchid Promo continues….everyone loves an Orchid so we imported a heap of babies from Thailand and potted them up for You with the intention of giving them away at half price!!
We got onto the Genises 1:29 Superfood mix years back when talking to people helping those affected by Cancer and Diabetes. We use it everyday..and are making it available to our clients..it is magic and you can throw away most of your vitamin pills and other supplements. Please have a look at the Nutritional Value and Benefits Sheet. We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
….From Bob & Bev Chalmers
Date of Last Orders etc
Except for Christmas Day and probably New Years Day we do not need to take Holidays…so allowing for sleeping in you can contact us by text or phone anytime between 10am and 5pm any day.
QLD, NSW, VIC SA & TAS Customers
Our final sending day of the year is Monday 18th December. Please have your orders in before Friday 15th December 2pm QLD time.
WA & NT Customers
Our final sending day of the year for WA & NT is Monday 11th December. Please have your orders in before Monday 4th December 2pm QLD time.
Any orders created after Friday 15th December 2pm QLD Time will be processed and organised to be sent on the week of Monday 8th of January 2024.
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DID YOU KNOW
* You can go on a River Cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam over 8 days. We did it with the Pandaw line after our expedition to Burma. First Class accommodation on board & the worlds most wonderful Cambodian Crew. The cruise does not keep going to the same locations…so you are seeing it off the tourist track to a large degree. If you take this trip your life will never be the same again…we promise!
* One of the wonders of the world is how the people of Indo-China…..Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos & Vietnam can still be so warm & friendly to Westerners & the Chinese after the centuries of interference in their cultures. There is a unifying force in these countries called Buddhism..90% of the people practise it….one of the worlds most peaceful & tolerant religions.
* The answer is simple! Why is it nearly Christmas already. The fact is that when you were four years old, one year represents 25% of your entire life. When you are 50 years old one year represents only 2% of your life. Relatively speaking a year would seem 12 times as long to a four year old compared to a fifty year old!
* Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch’s head instead.
* Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.
* It takes a lobster approxiamately seven years to grow to be 500 grams.
* At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail all the way around the world.
* The hyoid bone, in your throat, is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
* The correct response to the Irish greeting, “Top of the morning to you,” is “and the rest of the day to yourself.”
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
West Australian, NT & Tasmanian Orders
These states have strict quarantine protocols in place. All have inspection procedures in place at both ends. Please note you do nothing… we do all the work and payments. These order are intended to be sent on the following day:
Western Australia, Northern Territory & Tasmania Sending Date
Monday 11th December, We need your order by 2.00 PM Monday 4th December, QLD time before this date as we go through an intricate Quarantine Inspection process & need to do this in one batch to make the process feasible. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WA, TAS. & NT ORDERS ……………PLEASE GO TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS CATALOGUE AND THE FAQ’s.
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Our Mail Order Business started in 1984 as Paradise Distributors. Our first website was called www.paraplants.com and we had to change it later to www.rareplants.net.au for reasons I forget…who knows now!
Paradise Place was named after our Nursery a few years back. We have never been open to the public and are not a garden centre….more of a Botanists Dream with plants here..there …and everywhere. We are open by appointment to people who have an idea what they are after as our time is precious in the balancing act of growing, packing and cataloging your plants. We send plants to all States and Territories of Australia.
We live on the nursery property only one km from the heart of Nambour QLD. which I rate as easily one of the best towns in the world with its hilly nature and hinterland backdrop…older homes and great rainfall and greener than green landscapes.. laden with subtropical plants. It has always been a friendly town with a country atmosphere.
Early next year we will have packaged and personally sent our one millionth plant.
Many of our lovely customers have been with us for over 20 years.
TRUE LIES
One of our customers out Lake Cargelligo named Dennis is an avid duck hunter and was in the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him especially his pessimistic mate Patrick. He decided to try to break the wonderful news to Pat , the eternal pessimist who refused to be impressed with anything. This, surely, would impress him. He invited him to hunt with him and his new dog.As they waited by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. they fired, and a duck fell. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog, however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve the bird, never getting more than his paws wet. This continued all day long; each time a duck fell, the dog walked across the surface of the water to retrieve it. Pessimist Pat watched carefully, saw everything, but did not say a single word.On the drive home Dennis asked his friend, “Did you notice anything unusual about my new dog?” “I sure did,” responded Pat. “He can’t swim.”
Plant Quarantine….What we have to do to carry out the Plant Quarantine Protocol for WA, Tasmania and NT.
* We have to hold the plants in a dedicated quarantine area but its not how long they are held that matters …its the specified treatment and a lot more.
* All plants are sent in their pots in a soiless potting mix.
* We get permission to send the plants from WA, Tas and NT. Plants must be identified with their correct botanical names.
* All plants are sprayed and dipped wuth the approved chemicals
* Plant Health Certificates are prepared for signing by the Authorised Officers
* All plants are inspected for certain pests and diseases important to the receiving States by the Qld .Dept of Agriculture who sign off on the documents.
*We then prepare the plants for sending so they have moisture and and are protected in transit. Then we pack the plants into cartons.
* The cartons are sent by overnight Air Freight.
PS We also do this Quarantine Protocol for other Growers and the details are listed in the Concierge Quarantine Hub.
INTERSTATE CONCIERGE QUARANTINE SERVICE
Plants cannot simply be sent into Western Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania without satisfying the protocols of the particular Depts of Agriculture.
We have been providing a Concierge/Quarantine Service for Interstate Plants for a couple of years now. Clients from Western Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania who want specific plants we do not have here… simply get those plants sent to us and we repot and label them, hold them till our next 3 weekly send out date, treat them with insecticides and fungicides as required, do all the necessary paperwork and then repackage and send out Courier by Air Express. This is an expensive process when you add in the freight and government fees. If you require further information go to our Concierge Hub on our website.
Message from Martin Thearle
My name is Martin Thearle. I have been collecting Hoyas for 7 years. This book is a record of all the knowledge l have collected. l hope you enjoy and benefit from the book. The cost of the book is $65.00 each +Australia Post charges. If you are interested, please send me your details to my email address listed below.
Thank you,
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Genises $25 for 800 grams plus freight or order with your plants.
Chuck your Vitamin Pills & Get Natural Vitamins & Lots More
GENISES ‘All the Seeds in the field are Good’ Genises1:29
Nutritional Value and Benefits Sheet
Get all the goodies you need from this formulated natural food. A mix of 11 seeds and nuts… it is ground and made up of Almonds, Psyllium, Pepitas, Linseed, Lecithin, Sesame Seeds, Brewers Yeast, Wheatgerm, Sunflower Kernals, Chia and pure Cocoa.
If you suffer from a health problem this nutritious food will help you. If you are a vegetarian this will make life much better for you and enable you to escape the anaemia many vegetarians suffer. If you are overweight this will help you by eating high protein low fat and low sugar food. If you are healthy now help keep yourself that way. One packet will last a man 20 days and ladies about 30 days. This replaces all breakfast cereal and will provide twice as much energy as a plate of Weeties etc. Also all essential minerals and vitamins.
…VEGETARIANS, DIABETICS, VEGANS AND CANCER PATIENTS…
….or Anyone who wants to stay healthy or Slimmer……
Did you know you need about 60grams a day of protein or you will waste away!
Since I have suffered from a condition causing pain from connective tissue tightening, inflamation and internal bleeding…. and am also vegetarian I decided to make up a mixture of seeds that are low carb, low Glycaemic Index, High Protein and full of vitamins and nutrients as well as inflamation reducing Omega 3 Fatty Acids.
NB If those conditions sound serious I can assure you they are not….we all get used to these sort of things and always remember there are people and animals who truly suffer.
Last time I told you we were making up our own blend made up of a known successful mix.
Well we did it and the initial results are its entirely edible!!
But whats more the pain from inflamation has disappeared completely. We call this mix Genises ……and Here is our Genises Mix:
Almonds, Pepitas, Linseed, Sesame Seeds, Sunflower Kernals, Chia all 1 TableSpoon and Cocoa, Lecithin both 1 Teaspoon and Psyllium, Brewers Yeast, Wheatgerm all 1/4 Teaspoon.
This enough for One day. All these ingredients are available at your health food store. Mind you… it would take you hours to sort it all out and you would pay a lot more.
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For example; here is one of our plant growing lights
Taking orders for Plant Grow Lights
The PRO GROW LED 60 W Model X LED single bar emits 140 1-1mol/s of 6,500 K vegetative spectrum with an industry leading CRI of 90. Coupled with ultra-reliable Optimum drivers, these lightweight bars offer cool, fanless & totally silent operation. Extended reliability is assured via IP-65 water resistant, cleanable, l 00° clear lenses that protect the diodes from high moisture environments. Compatible light stands are available if required.
60 W MODEL X 1 BAR
Philips 6500 K Blue Diodes
Sosen Driver
LED Efficacy 2.4 µmol/J
Total PPFD 140 µmol/s
These Grow Lights are plugged into mains electricity and give its brightest light to one square metre but would effectively provide enough light tp grow plants over two square metres. It is set mainly in the blue light spectrum for maximum growth not red for flower production. They can be easily fixed to a roof or hung from our inexpensive light stand ($41.20). Multiple lights are easy. Next shipment available from 25th August from the Warehouse.
10cm White Label Tags (100)
Blank white 10cm long labels tags.
…..Priced at $15 per 100 label tags.
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Combined Postage/Shipping
We do combine postage/shipping with all our orders. This means you can buy as many plants as you like for a single postage/shipping price. eg, in NSW you might buy 100 plants for $18 freight.
Our Plants are not sent Bare Rooted
All our plants are sent in pots. Mostly in a pot of 70mm diameters and 110mm deep. This pot is 4 times the volume of the tiny 40mm tubes that many other suppliers use. Our Ferns are sent in 100mm pots. * Very large plants from large pots (Bamboo, Fiddle Leaf Fig, Heliconias) may be sent bare rooted.
If you can’t find what you’re looking in our catalogue, you can use the search bar at the top of all our pages, above navigational menu and also below the side Menu.
All Plants on our website are available, not just the ones in our latest catalogue.
We send our plants in 70mm pots! We do not bareroot our Plants.
If there is an exception we tell you.
Please Note; We send our plants in 70mm diameter pots. We do not send in 40 mm tubes which are only 25% of the volume. Most other online sales are in either 40mm tubes or bareroot plants. We do not set plants back by taking the plant out of its pot and barerooting it.
WA, NT & Tasmanian Customers see Below
Roughly every 3-4 weeks so we can put all orders together & complete the WA & NT Quarantine Protocols in one batch & minimise the cost to you.
Western Australia, Northern Territory & Tasmania Sending Date
Monday 11th December, We need your order by 2.00 PM Monday 4th December, QLD time before this date as we go through an intricate Quarantine Inspection process 7.00am Thursday & need to do this in one batch to make the process feasable. (Tasmania is sent every monday)
The Quarantine Protocol cost of $10 is included in your freight charge.
Mrytle Rust Alert now affects some plants into the NT & SA, Tas as well as WA…..which means we cannot sent plants from Family Myrtacea to these states. Restrictions will soon be lifted in Victoria as Myrtle Rust has been found in 60 locations. In reality it has probably been around Australia the last 100 years but it needs a very wet year to be noticeable.
…WA & SA, Tas & NT Customers….
There is an very old alert for Myrtle Rust still standing in WA & NT the following potential host genus are not allowed entry for probably an extended period:
Austromyrtus, Callistemon, Eugenia, Feijoa, Kunzea, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Myrciaria, Psidium, Syzygium, Xanthostemon, Rhodomyrtus.
These are the plants that may appear in our catalogue & is not the complete list. The complete list includes all the Family Myrtaceae. It was hoped this would be a short term measure…..but the authorities are in no rush to take action that would lead to lift the restriction.
There are other plants that are not permitted into WA for various reasons. We get all our plants approved by the State Dept of Agricultures when sending.
Here are a few more for your information.
Euphorbia species, Citrus species, Microcitrus species, Hibiscus species, Azalea species, Feijoa species, Vaccinium species Blueberry, Rhododendron, Vireya.
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