Evergreen Plants

The Emperor Mandarin is a classic favourite, prized for its rich, sweet flavour and easy-peel skin. Its fruit features a distinctive loose, puffy rind that separates easily from the juicy flesh, making it perfect for fresh eating. Ripening from around June depending on seasonal conditions, it’s considered a mid-season variety and pairs beautifully with the earlier-ripening Imperial mandarin, helping to extend your citrus harvest across many months. This attractive evergreen tree showcases glossy green foliage year-round, complemented by small, fragrant white blossoms that appear in spring. It produces medium-sized, round fruit with deep orange skin and only a few seeds. With its long ripening window—often from April through to late October—the Emperor Mandarin is a reliable and rewarding addition to home gardens, offering both ornamental appeal and an abundant, extended harvest.

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Protect from strong winds during flowering or while the fruit is forming. Light frost, humidity and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2-4m x width 2-4m

The Emperor Mandarin is a classic favourite, prized for its rich, sweet flavour and easy-peel skin. Its fruit features a distinctive loose, puffy rind that separates easily from the juicy flesh, making it perfect for fresh eating. Ripening from around June depending on seasonal conditions, it’s considered a mid-season variety and pairs beautifully with the earlier-ripening Imperial mandarin, helping to extend your citrus harvest across many months. This attractive evergreen tree showcases glossy green foliage year-round, complemented by small, fragrant white blossoms that appear in spring. It produces medium-sized, round fruit with deep orange skin and only a few seeds. With its long ripening window—often from April through to late October—the Emperor Mandarin is a reliable and rewarding addition to home gardens, offering both ornamental appeal and an abundant, extended harvest.

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Protect from strong winds during flowering or while the fruit is forming. Light frost, humidity and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2-4m x width 2-4m

An elegant groundcover succulent, Sedum Cape Blanco captivates with its elegant, rosette foliage of silver-white. During summer, tiny yellow star flowers burst through the fleshy foliage, providing a stunning colour contrast. Cold winters can induce an eye-catching magenta flush. Ideal for use in rockeries, garden edges, retaining walls and container planting.

Soil: Plant in raised beds or containers with drainage holes and mix 50% coarse sand, pumice, or perlite into the soil to prevent rot.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, heat, light frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.15m x width 0.30-0.60m

Sometimes referred to as the Golden White Pine, Pinus parviflora Ogon Goyo is a slow-growing, compact specimen ideal for the rockery, or as a bonsai. Beautiful red buds emerge from the depths of the unusual cream to golden needles in spring. The foliage matures to bluish-green, contrasting against the small decorative brown cones. Like all Japanese pines, it responds well to pruning, allowing for the creation of a living sculpture over time.

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to partial shade. Coastal and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 1.8m x width 1.5m