Evergreen Plants

Pittosporum tenuifolium Golf Ball is a compact, ornamental evergreen shrub prized for its tidy, naturally rounded form and attractive foliage. The small, glossy leaves emerge a fresh mint-green and create a dense, lush canopy that maintains a neat ball shape with minimal maintenance. Because of its naturally compact habit, it rarely requires heavy pruning to keep its structure and size. This versatile shrub is well suited to borders, low hedging, mass planting, and containers, where its uniform shape adds year-round structure and colour to the garden.

Soil: Well-drained soils.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.50m x width 0.50m

Juniperus communis is a hardy evergreen conifer that grows as a small tree or shrub, forming a naturally neat cone of grey-green foliage. It is best known for its fragrant berries, which have been the defining flavour of gin for centuries. In fact, the distinctive taste of gin comes directly from the aromatic berries of this plant. When ripe, the berries are intensely aromatic, and the entire plant releases a pleasant resinous fragrance when brushed or handled. The flavour of the berries can vary slightly depending on growing conditions such as soil type, altitude, rainfall and temperature. This variation is one reason different gins develop their own unique character. Thriving in full sun to part shade, the berries can take up to two years to fully ripen. When mature they turn black, develop a leathery texture and are covered with a soft white “bloom” or dusty coating. Because of the long ripening period, plants often carry both green cones from the current season and ripe black cones from the previous year at the same time.

Soil: Adapts to most soil types.
Conditions: Full sun or part shade. Frost and drought tolerant.
Size: Height 4m x width 1.5m

Anigozanthos Landscape Tangerine Kangaroo Paw is a strappy-leafed plant with tall spikes of bright flowers in tones of orange and gold in spring and summer. The flowers attract birds and are long-lasting as cut blooms. It grows from an underground rhizome, so once established, if the leaves suffer blackening from frost or high winds, the plant can be cut back hard to the ground and will reshoot with fresh clean growth. Feed with a good native fertiliser from late winter to spring.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, light frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1-1.8m x width 1.2m

The Acca Feijoa, or Pineapple Guava, is a dense, bushy evergreen shrub or small tree valued for both its ornamental appeal and delicious fruit. It produces small, oval, olive-green fruit in autumn and early winter with a sweet, aromatic flavour often described as a blend of pineapple, apple, and mint. Fruit is best picked when the skin turns a lighter shade of green and then left to ripen at room temperature to avoid bruising. The plant itself is highly attractive, with leathery green leaves that feature distinctive silvery undersides. In spring it produces beautiful pink-white flowers with striking large red stamens, adding ornamental interest to the garden. Allo Feijoa is very versatile in the landscape and can be grown as a single-trunked small tree, trained as an espalier along wires, or clipped into a hedge or rounded shrub.

Soil: Plant in well-drained soil, mulch and fertilise when planting.
Conditions: Feijoas prefer a sunny location sheltered from strong wind. This fruit tree will tolerate frost once established. Suitable for cold, temperate and sub-tropical climates.
Size: Height 4m x width 4m

Chrysocephalum apiculatum Cates Orange is a stunning native groundcover with a mounding, compact habit with grey-green foliage. In spring and summer, Cate’s Orange produces golden-yellow miniature daisy-like flowers on tall slender stems. Perfect in cottage gardens, verges, rockeries, landscapes and native gardens. Its spreading habits make it popular for cascading over banks, pots and hanging baskets.

Soil: Prefers well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun. Tolerant to most Australian conditions.
Size: Height 30cm x width 50cm