Hedges

Callistemon ‘Little Caroline’ PBR is a compact, dense-growing bottlebrush featuring soft green foliage and vivid red flowers that light up the garden from spring through summer. This hardy, low-maintenance shrub is ideal for hedging, borders, and container planting, bringing year-round structure and colour to landscapes. The bright red brush flowers attract birds and pollinators, adding life and movement to the garden. For best results, prune tips while young to encourage a dense form and fertilise in spring with a slow-release native fertiliser.

Soil: Very hardy and forgiving in all types of soil.
Conditions: Prefers full sun but will tolerate dappled shade. Suits a range of Australian conditions, including coastal areas, drought and light frost.
Size: Height 0.9-1m x width 0.75-1m

These advanced English Buxus have been carefully trained into a perfect cone shape for you to strategically plant in your garden and continue to maintain with ease. Little Flinny fell in love with them when they came in! If you want to add a touch of class to your garden and formal English gardens are your jam then these are for you. You could easily keep these in decorative pots as features either side of a front door, driveway or pathway or use several in to line a pathway as an interesting feature ‘hegde’. English buxus is a dense-leaved evergreen shrub that is slow growing and shade tolerant and well suited to topiary. New growth can be clipped during the growing season to maintain the shape. It is also recommended to prune in late winter and late summer/early autumn with sharp secateurs or pruning shears.

Soil: Acid, alkaline or neutral. Moist but well-drained. Chalk, loam or sand. Use a good compost when potting on.
Conditions: Tolerant of shade and full sun. Water well during the spring and summer but sparingly in the winter. Apply dolomite lime and complete fertiliser in spring.
Size: H 2m x W 1-2m

Add charm to your garden with the ornamental, non-fruiting Piccolo Olive tree. While Piccolo does not bear fruit, it offers stunning silver lanceolate leaves and can be shaped into spherical mounds or used as a low hedge.
It is a perfect potted specimen plant, screening shrub or a hardy small feature tree in a courtyard or small garden. Piccolo is a resilient olive variety that thrives without additional water and has deep roots suited for reactive clay soils.

Soil: Adaptable to poor soils.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, wind, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 2m

The Obsidian Collection includes stunning varieties of hydrangeas that have beautiful dark stems. Storm Cloud produces large blue to mauve mop-head flowers that mature into a bold, bright pink! The unusual black stem colour provides a strong contrasting effect in a winter garden. These vigorous growing varieties will reward you with gorgeous bloom displays set against fresh green foliage in late spring. Prune back to promote the set of buds during winter. True to form, this beautiful hydrangea will brighten your home as it has a long vase life.

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full to part shade. Hydrangeas do not like hot, direct sunlight so plant with morning sunlight and partial shade in the later parts of the day.
Size: Height 1.2m x width 1.2m

Embrace the beauty of the Australian native Hakea bucculenta Red Poker, a captivating small tree or shrub hailing from Western Australia. Adorned with striking orange-red flowers that bloom in abundance during winter and spring, this evergreen plant boasts an open habit that showcases its vibrant blooms amidst the foliage. Beyond its ornamental appeal, it attracts native wildlife, making it a valuable addition to any garden or landscape.

Soil: Thrives in well-drained, sandy to loamy soils, preferably slightly acidic.
Conditions: Prefers full sun for optimal flowering but can tolerate partial shade. Exhibits good drought tolerance once established and handles coastal conditions well. While it prefers mild winters, it can endure light frosts with proper care.
Size: Reaches approximately 4m H x 3m W, forming a bushy, attractive silhouette.

Pittosporum tenuifolium Golden Sheen is a fast-growing, attractive evergreen shrub which can grow up to 1m per year. Golden Sheen has small, bright yellow-green leaves with variegated white leaf margins resting upon almost black stems. Its compact growing habit makes it useful for both garden beds and a decorative subject in a patio pot or container. When planting in a hedge it is best to space them 1m apart.

Soil: It requires good drainage but grows well in most soils.
Conditions: Full sun to semi-shade. Frost, wind and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2-4m x width 1-2m

A stunning deep magenta sasanqua variety of the Paradise Camellia range, Paradise® Exotic Jewel has delicately fragranced, double blooms that seem to glow against glossy, deep-green foliage. The flowers age over time to a deep crimson red - bringing even more contrast and colour to the garden. Blessed with an elegant appearance, Exotic Jewel has an upright habit with lateral branches arching in habit. Perfect for espalier, hedging or mass planting.

Soil: Prefers to be grown in humus-rich, well-draining soil.
Conditions: Full sun to semi-shade. Tolerant of mild-medium frosts.
Size: Height 2-4m x width 2-4m

Rhododendron Wedding Gown is simply magnificent in full bloom! Masses of funnel-shaped, fragrant white flowers with a golden throat appear in profusion over a compact evergreen shrub. The glowing flowers are beautifully contrasted against the small, deep green foliage. Planting Wedding Gown as a screen will add a wall of white in your landscape!
Alternatively, it will thrive in containers and small cottage gardens.
Apply mulch once a year to keep root system cool and retain moisture.
Note: Toxic to horses.

Soil: Well-drained, acidic soil.
Conditions: Partial shade.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m