Shrubs

Rosemary Chef's Choice is an outstanding rosemary specially selected for its higher oil content and spicy flavour. It is an attractive semi-prostrate shrub with fragrant blue flowers in winter and spring. Chef's Choice is great for decorative pots within your outdoor entertaining area, hedges and screens.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Sunny position. Very hardy - tolerates most climates.
Size: Height 0.80m x width 1m

Banksia robur, the swamp banksia, is a dramatic-looking banksia with bright russet new growth, big green leaves, metallic green buds, and impressive gold-tan flower spikes. The hardy native looks good in grouped plantings, wildlife gardens, and along fence lines and driveways. Seed pods are decorative for indoor arrangements as are the banksias themselves. Prune as required to maintain compact growth. Feed with a slow-release native fertiliser during spring.

Soil: Plant in a well-drained sandy or loam soil with neutral-acid pH and regular water. Will tolerate moist, even wet, soil in full sun.
Conditions: It needs full sun for best flowering, but will grow in part shade. Coastal, salt, wind and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 2m

Gaura White is a bushy, hardy perennial shrub with long graceful stems that bloom with soft white flowers in spring-summer. The stems are long and slender with the blooms swaying gracefully in the breeze hence the popular name Butterfly Bush. Plant this gaura in mixed beds and borders, cottage gardens, meadow-style planting, and waterwise gardens. For an extra-long flowering season, remove spent blooms and feed with liquid fertiliser. Cutting plants hard back after flowering will prevent them self seeding.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to light shade. Heat, drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.50-1.5m x width 50cm

Leucadendron Safari Sunset is a dense-growing shrub that produces a stunning mass of burgundy and gold flowers throughout late summer, autumn and winter. With long stems and strong roots, this vigorous and hardy variety is perfect for cut flowers. Safari Sunset looks at home in display pots or in garden beds - bringing colour and contrast to your landscape. 

Soil: Well-drained native soil mix. If you have clay soils, use mounds to plant into to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Prefers full sun, These plants are coast, heat, drought and frost tolerant once established.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m  

A sensational alternative for smaller courtyard gardens, Callistemon viminalis Slim has the usual flush of classic red bottlebrush flowers in the warmer months. A very popular callistemon, Slim is ideal for driveways, paths, narrow beds, and against fences as a privacy screen due to its slimline, upright habit.
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Soil: Adapts to most soil types however well-drained soils are preferred
Conditions: Full sun or partial shade. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 1-1.5m

Lomandra grasses have become an Australian garden staple thanks to their dense growth, compact foliage, excellent landscape performance, and reliability. With soft, fine, lime-green leaves and charming small yellow flowers that appear in spring, Misty Green is a standout variety ideal for modern gardens. This versatile plant works beautifully in landscaped beds, borders, or mixed plantings, and also performs well as a feature plant or in mass plantings. Extremely hardy and low maintenance, it tolerates both frost and drought, making it a dependable choice for a wide range of Australian garden conditions.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Frost, drought and coastal hardy.
Size: Height 0.50m x width 0.50m

Camellia Marge Miller is a glorious, low-growing evergreen that forms a cascading ground cover of deep green, glossy foliage. From autumn, it produces a profusion of full, soft pink double blooms that bring exquisite colour and texture to shaded areas of the garden. This graceful variety looks superb spilling over retaining walls, draping from containers or hanging baskets, or mass-planted beneath trees to create a lush, flowering carpet. Perfect for adding romance and year-round interest to both formal and cottage-style landscapes

Soil: Well-drained soil. Raised beds are recommended for heavy clay soils.
Conditions: Best planted in semi-shaded positions protected from the hot afternoon sun. Frost and drought tolerant- very adaptable to most Australian climates
Size: Height 0.30m x width 1-1.5m (Groundcover variety)

Blue Rose Blueberry is an evergreen, dwarf variety that combines ornamental appeal with productive fruiting. In spring it produces delicate white to soft pink bell-shaped flowers, which develop into delicious blue berries during summer. The fruit is sweet and rich in antioxidants and vitamins, making it perfect for eating fresh straight from the bush or using in jams and desserts. Compact and easy to grow, Blue Rose is well suited to pots, small gardens, or as part of an edible landscape. In addition to its fruit, it provides seasonal interest with attractive reddish foliage in autumn. While it is self-fertile, planting it near another blueberry variety can improve pollination and result in a heavier crop.

Soil: Free-draining loose soil.
Conditions: Prefers full sun/part shade. Coastal, drought and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 1.5m