
Callistemon pallidus
Tasmanian native bottlebrush with pale yellow flowers in spring. Makes a good bushy hedge, particularly good on clay soils. Trim annually for best results from an early age.
Deciduous 'snowball tree' with fluffy white snowball flowers . Lovely variety, good specimen shrub or small tree.
Deciduous 'snowball tree' with fluffy white snowball flowers . Lovely variety, good specimen shrub or small tree.
Data sheet
Tasmanian native bottlebrush with pale yellow flowers in spring. Makes a good bushy hedge, particularly good on clay soils. Trim annually for best results from an early age.
One of the better Westringia erimicola cultivars that shapes very well, and provides a lasting dense hedge or screen. Lavender flowers and great bird habitat, avoid winter wet.
Attractive deciduous specimen shrub, new growth is pink and green which becomes transforms to burgundy and flame red as the season progresses into autumn. Drought and frost hardy, slow growing.
Beautiful grey foliage variety with musk pink flowers in early summer. Trim as lavenders and salvia.
Traditional white mop top Hydrangea, flowers do not discolour with pH variation, plants form a good low hedge or border in shady conditions.
Traditional hedging plant which looks good all year round and forms compact tight growth. Ideal for edging pathways, borders and formal plantings.
Portugese form of the pink rosemary, more true pink than Majorca pink and less upright, bushier and lower growing.
Drought hardy silver foliage plant for topiary and background, use in place of Italian lavenders which are disappointing and die out after a few years. Attractive blue flowers, drought tolerant.
Vigourous old fashioned mop top type, pure white flowers, useful for specimen or border plantings. Strong stemmed upright variety, useful for floral work.
Beautiful semi deciduous shrub with attractive textured multicoloured leaves and white flowers, likes good drainage and shade or dappled sun. Can often retain its leaves but benefits from an occasional light prune to promote basal growth.
More sun tolerant than other hydrangea varieties, but adaptable to part shade also. Beautiful deciduous variety with densely clustered white panicles in summer. Lovely feature plant behind perennials with deciduous viburnums, or grouped in woodland settings.
Old fashioned blue mop top hydrangea, needs acid soil to colour up well. Will go towards pink in alkaline soil.
The best dwarf "English" hedging lavender, which only grows to 60 cm or so. Trim after flowering to encourage bushy plants. Long-lived and not messy like other varieties.
A wonderful variety with large white flowers like Romneya coulteri, unfortunately difficult to propagate so only a few.
A worthwhile silver foliage variety, named after the Welsh castle and gardens. Will grow in low fertility soil, and makes an effective ground cover when combined with cistus, lavender, and rosmary.
Vigorous form with pale flowers and larger leaves than other varieties. Vertical upright growth, suitable for specimen or hedging.
Deciduous 'snowball tree' with fluffy white snowball flowers . Lovely variety, good specimen shrub or small tree.