Berries

The Blueberry Ash is an Australian native found naturally along the Eastern coast of Australia. It has spectacular foliage beginning reddish-pink when young, turning a bright, vivid green when mature and returning to a deep red upon aging. The Blueberry Ash produces fragrant white to pink feathery flowers with fringed edges that hang like tiny lampshades during spring and summer. The ornamental display continues with the appearance of dark blue berries from which the native tree gets its name. This hardy tree is ideal as a specimen tree, informal hedge and, with pruning, can be kept as a large shrub.

Soil: Suits most soil types but must be moist and well-drained.
Conditions: Suits full sun to heavy shade. It is adaptable to many climate zones provided water is available. Moderate frost tolerance.
Size: Height 10-15m x width 3-6m

Vaccinium corymbosum Pink Icing™ Blueberry has breathtaking foliage colors and large, robust flavoured berries. Spring foliage has many shades of pink mixed with blue and deep greens, and turns a stunning iridescent turquoise blue in winter. Small, white, pendant, urn-shaped flowers bloom in loose clusters in late spring. The flowers are followed by plump, round blueberries which ripen in mid-summer. Plant this variety in decorative patio pots or in the landscape for year-round color and beauty. This plant sets fruit on the previous year’s canes and will produce new canes each year. Each year, prune only the canes that produced fruit for that year.

Soil: Rich, well-drained acidic soil.
Conditions: Full to partial sun. Frost and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 0.30-1m x width 0.30-1m

Raspberry Ripple is a small evergreen native shrub with soft, needle-like foliage. The shrub produces a spectacular mass display of varicoloured spider flowers of raspberry pink and white from autumn to early spring. Dense in habit, Raspberry Ripple is a great native bird and bee attractor and is excellent for use in rockeries. It is a useful shrub where areas require low-level cover.

Soil: Adapts to most well-drained soils.
Conditions: Full sun to dappled shade. Light frost tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 1.5m

Rubus fruticosus Thornless Blackberry is a gardener’s delight — vigorous, productive, and easy to harvest without the worry of sharp spines. These hardy berry shrubs produce masses of sweet, dark purple to black fruits through mid to late summer, following a charming display of white or pink blossoms in late spring. The glossy, dark green foliage forms a dense, bushy plant that makes an attractive addition to the edible garden or a soft feature along a fence or trellis. The berries are perfect for eating fresh, adding to desserts, or turning into homemade jams and preserves. For best results, prune during winter or early spring to remove old, weak, or damaged canes and maintain a tidy, open shape. Thornless Blackberries thrive with strong support and regular care, rewarding you with an abundant harvest year after year.


Soil: Well-drained fertile soil. If your soil is heavy or prone to poor drainage, consider planting in raised beds or mounds to ensure good water flow around the roots
Conditions: Full sun. While they are hardy in most climates, you may need to protect them from harsh winter winds in colder areas by mulching heavily or using row covers during the coldest months.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m ( with pruning)

Sunshine Blue is a semi-dwarf, self-fertile blueberry plant that is perfect for anyone looking for a versatile plant that produces delicious berries. This plant is known for its showy hot pink flowers that fade to white in spring, and it yields a large crop of medium-sized, sweet, and dark blue berries. Sunshine Blue fruits from December to January, while its flowers bloom from October to November. This plant is a great addition to patios and gardens in cooler areas. Apply a complete fertiliser in spring.

Soil: Prefers an acidic soil with a pH of 4.5-5.5. Before planting, improve the soil by adding decomposed manure and compost. This is especially important in clay soils, as blueberries prefer a free-draining soil high in organic matter.
Conditions: Sunny position that is protected from wind. It requires 150 hours of winter chill, making it an ideal choice for the subtropics.
Size: Height 1.2m x width 1.2m

Grevillea Raspberry Dream - bred by Kings Park and Botanic Garden - is an exceptional performer that produces vivid red-pink flowers all year round. Each flower head is densely packed with small flowers, with long styles that bend over like hairpins before straightening out. With its naturally compact growing habit, Raspberry Dream is ideal for borders along paths, fence lines, driveways, and beds. Prune lightly as necessary to maintain its shape, and occasionally use a slow-release native fertilizer for optimal growth. 

Soil: Adaptable to most soil types.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost, and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m

Peach Sorbet™ is a compact, bushy blueberry celebrated for its stunning, colour-changing foliage and generous crops of sweet fruit. New growth emerges in shades of peach, pink, orange and emerald green, deepening to rich burgundy and eggplant purple as the seasons cool. In spring, delicate white bell-shaped flowers appear, followed by an abundant summer harvest of flavourful blueberries. This low-chill, self-pollinating variety fruits reliably in warmer climates with approximately 300 chill hours required for best production. Peach Sorbet™ produces fruit while still young and is equally at home in a pot or planted in the garden, making it ideal for courtyards, balconies and small spaces. In mild climates, it remains evergreen, while in colder areas the foliage turns vivid red and purple before shedding in autumn

Soil: Prefers acidic (low pH 4.5 to 5.5) soils or potting mixes
Conditions: Be sure to plant in full sun with well-drained soil protected from high frosts and droughts. More tolerant of warmer winters - for best fruiting Peach Sorbet requires 300 chill hours - suited to areas south of Brisbane.
Size: Height 0.45- 0.60cm x width 0.60cm

Caroline Blueberry is a Northern Highbush Blueberry - a deciduous, fruiting plant that is native to the colder areas of Canada & the United States. These varieties of blueberry plants perform well in Australia and provide a bounty of berries. Caroline is an early fruiting blueberry producing medium-sized, fragrant fruits with a beautiful sweet taste. It is a deciduous shrub with oval leaves, producing pretty bell-shaped white flowers in spring, followed by small blue-purple berries in summer. The leaves of Caroline take on attractive red-orange tones in autumn. Self-pollinating, but cross-pollination with another type with the same bloom time produces higher yields. Blueberries can produce an abundance of fruit over many months, keep them evenly watered with good drainage and use a low nitrogen fertiliser.

Soil: Well-drained acidic soil.
Conditions: It grows best in a sunny but protected position with some shade from the hottest afternoon sun during summer. Approximately 750-1200 hours chilling required for proper dormancy. 
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m