Plants

This is a native Australian bamboo with straight upright culms and branchless lower section. Being tight clumping this bamboo creates a good screen for areas with limited space.

A nice, tight clumping garden bamboo with straight culms, branch free lower part and nodding tops, useful timber and edible shoots.

This scindapsus features dark green heart shaped leaves splashed with iridescent silvery grey, giving them a satin sheen. You'll see the best leaf colour and variegation by keeping it in bright, indirect light. Great for totems or hanging baskets.

A particularly unique small running bamboo with small oval shapes leaves. A great bamboo for pots and planter boxes. Resistant to the mites which plague so many of the running bamboo species.

A fantastic bamboo for planter boxes, troughs and pots. The long thin elongated leaves gives the bamboo a really great look. Does best in slightly shaded areas. This is a running (spreading) bamboo, so best for planting in containers or planter boxes.

A fairly easy to grow landscaping plant and ornamental pot plant. Grows best in well drained soil in partly shaded positions. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

The Mellow Yellow is a new hybrid Spathoglottis.An easy to grow terrestrial orchid, great as a landscaping plant and ornamental pot plant. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

A new hybrid with vivid plum coloured flowers and creamy yellow centre. Grows best in well drained soil in partly shaded positions. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

Snow Angel is a new hybrid Spathoglottis. Great landscaping plant and ornamental pot plant. Grows best in well drained soil in partly shaded positions. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

A fairly easy to grow landscaping plant and ornamental pot plant. Grows best in well drained soil in partly shaded positions. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

An easy to grow terrestrial orchid, great as a landscaping plant and ornamental pot plant. Will flower almost year-round in warm climates. May die down during winter in cool climates.

The Nicolai is the large form of the common 'Bird of Paradise'. Nicolai wil grow to about 6m tall, and is very hardy and reasonably drought tolerant. Great as a two-storey screening plant in suburban gardens.

A well known Aussie garden favourite. A very hardy plant that produces the easily identifiable flowers. Tolerates full sun to part shade and copes well in areas with lots of competition from surrounding plants (ie. around palms and bamboo).

Renowned for its vibrant, iridescent foliage, the Persian Shield is prized in both tropical and subtropical gardens for its stunning appearance. Best grown in shady spots in garden or in brightly lit indoor positions or patios.

Evergreen dark green foliage with light-green tones and reddish-brown undersides of the leaves. A great landscaping plant or indoor pot plant.

Brighten up dull corners of your garden with this dramatically coloured Stromanthe. Dark green leaves with white variegations and pink undersides of the leaves. A great landscaping plant or indoor pot plant.

It's not hard to see why the Jade Vine is considered one of the most magnificent vines in the world with its large pendulous turquoise coloured flowers. A vigorous grower when grown in the right conditions.

A spectacular tropical tree with large glossy leaves which produces edible apple-like fruit during Summer. The flowers of the Giant Lau Lau are truly amazing, forming all along the stems of branches and on the trunk. Grows quick in moist heavy soils.

A fantastic plant in pots indoors or on patios. There is usually some variation in the exact colour of the flowers - younger plants are usually a bit paler in colour. Also the colour of the whiskers varies from black to white.

This exotic and rare beauty that flaunts its clear, pure white and dark purple blooms like a bat in flight. 'Nivea' features long white trailing filaments and large, lush pleated foliage that makes it a stunner all year round. Fantastic potted plant.

A colourful marginal plant suitable for growing in boggy soils, shallow water or water bowls. A very attractive feature plant with upright tidy foliage with small lavender coloured flowers.

A fairly rare yet easy to grow and hardy aroid which is popular among collectors. The spiralling stems with swirls of leaflets give this plant quite a dramatic appearance making it an interesting indoor plant or garden specimen.

An absolute stunner of a plant with long narrow and wavy leaves which can get close to a meter long. A great indoor pot plant or understory feature plant in the garden.

This plant creates a tropical feel in any garden. Lush, compact, tidy growth with glossy lobed leaves. Great as an understory filler or mass planted in feature gardens or borders. Grows well in pots, provided they are positioned in bright, well lit areas.

Tight clumping ornamental with slightly weeping culms, very fine leaves and edible shoots. The solid or near solid culms makes it a good strong timber bamboo.

Tight clumping ornamental with very fine leaves and edible shoots. Very erect. The solid or near solid culms makes it a good timber bamboo. This clone is much like Clone 1, except larger and more erect.

A fast growing ornamental grass with thick lush foliage. It makes a great screen or hedge and also looks good as a filler in tropical gardens. Tiger Grass is one of the fastest growing screening plants available, capable of growing to about 3m in 2 yrs.

An outstanding small bromeliad which produces bright pink bracts or quills during summer, with small blue or mauve flowers. Can be grown in pots, atop logs and rocks, or as a ground cover in part shade areas (protected from hot afternoon sun).

A rare climbing orchid grown not only for its ability to produce vanilla pods but its stunning variegated foliage. Large green/yellow flowers are produced which must be hand pollinated in order for them to produce the pods.

The vanilla vine is actually a climbing orchid which produces the valuable vanilla pods. Quite large green/yellow flowers are produced which must be hand pollinated in order for them to produce the vanilla pods.

A fast growing hardy shrub with large glossy leaves. A fantastic screening plant between neighbours. Can be pruned to desired shape and height. Fragrant flowers during Summer which also attract birds. Tolerant to high wind and light frost.

A hardy, slender, tall and compact growing Australian native Palm perfect for lining driveways, fence lines and for creating a small but striking top canopy in tropical gardens. The foxtail palm is self-cleaning, with bright, feathery foliage.

A wonderful pot plant or under-story filler with large dark green leaves with black veins on the back. The stems are dark purple/black with a white residue covering. The plant is often cultivated for its edible roots and leaves in parts of the tropics.

A very robust landscaping plant which will grow in full sun to part shade. The leaves are long and tend to remain horizontal (especially if grown in shade) with rounded leaflets which are particularly stiff and thick with a furry texture.

A very compact and shrubby cycad from Southern USA and Caribbean Islands. This cycad doesn't get a trunk like most other cycads, but it will however form a dense clump over time making it a great filler or border plant in a garden.

The thick glossy leaves and compact growth habit makes this a fabulous indoor pot plant or under-storey filler in the garden. The popular slogan 'Thrives on Neglect' sums it up - it doesn't need much water or light. Suitable for 'brown thumbed' people.

A long flowering perennial with white trumpet shaped flowers from late winter to early summer. Plant in moist soils, bogs or shallow ponds.

A long flowering perennial with white trumpet shaped flowers from late winter to early summer. Plant in moist soils, bogs or shallow ponds.

A small plant with grassy looking strappy foliage which produces flowers during Spring right through to Autumn. It oftens tends to produce new flower after a good rain - hence the name. Great for borders or mass plantings. Can also be grown in pots.

Produces small light green cones which age to bright red. Usually deciduous during winter.

This is the common eating ginger whereby the roots are used as a spice in cooking. This plant is deciduous. Its after the foliage dies down in late Autumn that the ginger rhizomes are harvested.

A great landscaping plant producing apricot coloured inflorescence during summer, which tend to get quite dark red in Autumn.

A beautiful beehive ginger producing long lasting flowers. Prefers a warm position in the garden, frost free. Flowers rarely in subtropical or temperate climates, therefore best suited to the tropics.

A small and compact dwarf beehive ginger.

A small and compact ginger producing dark brown cones with cream coloured flowers during Summer. Usually deciduous in cooler climates.

A good hardy landscaping ginger with quite unusual bright red bracts which grow almost horizontally out from the base of the clump.

One of the largest and most spectacular of the beehive gingers. Very attractive chocolate brown inflorescence.

A fantastic feature plant with massive orange bracts. Every tropical garden should have one of these!

A real show-stopper which is sure to make a great addition to any garden. Flowers start out green/yellow and become larger and redder with age.

A beautiful beehive ginger producing long lasting flowers. Prefers a warm position in the garden, frost free.

A prolific flowering beehive ginger producing large bright yellow inflorenscence in early Summer that darkens in colour towards Autumn. A great landscaping plant.

A ginger which produces a clear fragrant juice from the mature red cones which can be used as a shampoo and conditioner. The roots are also a valuable herbal medicine, usually ground, and used for various ailments. Deciduous.

Green leaves with white variegations. Reddish cones on basal stems with white flowers. Deciduous during winter.

A fantastic fine leafed grass which makes excellent ground covers, especially around rocks and ponds, as well as plantings between stepping stones. Its low growing growth habit and sometimes wavy appearance makes it a great architectural plant.