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The following describes and illustrates the various species that we grow.
Anigozanthos - Kangaroo Paw
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The kangaroo paw comes in many different colours. These include yellows; bush dawn, bush haze, yellow gem, yellow mist. Reds; bush ruby, bush sunset, big red and in orange; bush noon. The flowers are tubular, 2-5 cm. long, spliting open to form their interesting shape. They appear at the end of a long flowering stalk or scape (0.1 to 3 meters long). The scapes and flowers are covered with velvety hairs. Some species have single scapes while others are branched flowers appear from mid-winter to early summer. |
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| Ceratopetalum gummiferum - Christmas Bush | Our Christmas Bush is available in reds; Alberys red, Festival, Shiraz, KSCL9, pink and Fairleys Coral pink. This shrub produces an amazing rich bright red display in early summer. The true flower is white and insignificant, it's the calyces which produces the display. This flower will be available for shipping late November through to January. |  |
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| Backhousia | Backhousia citriodora - Lemon Myrtle is a native Australian tree growing naturally from Brisbane to Rockhampton in a range of altitudes from 50 to over 800 m above sea level. The Sunshine Coast and Proserpine area are identified as main areas of natural strands The flower industry has discovered Lemon Myrtle as foliar filler enhancing the bouquet and filling the room with the unmistakable fragrance. Once the leaves are dried they can be as air fresheners in wardrobes, shoe cabinets, caravans - any place that needs a lift. |
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| Isopogon Anethifolius | Isopogon anethifolius occurs in the coastal region and Blue Mountains of New South Wales and is one of about six eastern Isopogon species. The common name of Drumsticks alludes to the large knob-like fruits which are a feature of the bush. The bright yellow flowers are crowded in globular heads at the ends of branches in late spring and throughout the summer months. The fruit, of about 2.5 cm in diameter, persists on the plant for a considerable length of time. It is attractive, both on the plant and in floral decorations. |
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| Platysace Lanceolata - Valentines Lace | This shrub belongs to the same family of herbs as the Flannel Flower and the common celery. It is an erect, bushy shrub 1-1.5m high, abundant in woodland and dry sandy heaths on sandstone. This variety of the lance-leaved platysace has alternate, narrow, thin, flexible leaves about 3cm long, with distinctive veins almost parallel. Crushed leaves smell a bit like carrots. The white flowers are densely packed in compound terminal umbels. |
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