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aka Spreading Guinea Flower

Spreading Guinea Flower. A prostrate and spreading groundcover shrub with yellow flowers in autumn and spring. Grows best in full sun and well drained soil. Ideal for coastal gardens. Perennial.

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aka Australian frangipani

A handsome dwarf Australian frangipani which forms a low bushy mound. Highly fragrant yellow to gold flowers in late spring early summer. Makes a beautiful fragrant hedge, or wonderful in mass planting.

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aka St John's Wort

A popular groundcover, with large golden-yellow flowers appearing throughout the summer and fall. Plants have upright stems of bright green leaves, forming a dense weed-proof patch. Especially useful for stabilizing slopes. Evergreen in mild winter areas. Drought tolerant once established.

To encourage a bushy habit, pinch the growth tips in the spring for the first 2-3 seasons.

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A small rounded shrub with delicate pink and white flowers that grow up the stems in winter and spring and are often used for cut flowers. Very bird and bee attracting. Adaptable to sandy loam, gravelly loam, clay loam and sandy clay. Evergreen

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Hypocalymma cordifolia ‘Golden Veil’ is a small shrubby member of the myrtle (eucalypt) family with white and green foliage tipped with new pink growth. The brightly coloured foliage is excellent in a medium sized container as well as in well drained spots in the garden. Evergreen.

NEW TO US. A small graceful shrub with cute white flowers that smother themselves up the stems in late Winter. Suitable as a picked flower in floral dispalys, vases. Prune after flowering. Prefers light, well drained soil.

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An interesting little shrub that hails from China and will remind you of Wisteria when in full flower. The foliage is made up of glossy green leaflets, spikes of pretty pink flowers appear in summer. Quite easy to grow in sun or part shade and well drained soil. Deciduous.

In colder climates this sub-shrub may die right back to the ground in winter but it will re-shoot from the base again in spring.

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An erect shrub from the Proteaceae family with narrow leaves that produces yellow drumstick like flowers in Spring. Hardy and suited to a range of well drained soils and conditions. Can be grown coastal, woodlands, open forest and sandstone soils. Evergreen.

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aka Beauty Bush

The common name for this plant is 'Beauty Bush' and the botanical 'amabilis' means lovely so you know that this is just a beautiful flowering shrub. Bell shaped pink blooms drape the arching branches from late spring to early summer. Flaky bark that peels off in winter. Delightful and deciduous.

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aka Kanuka

Fast growing evergreen shrub or small erect tree. Bright green leaves which release volatile oils when crushed. Similar to Manuka but leaves are soft and flowers and seeds are smaller than Manuka. Attractive branching pattern and profuse flowering in summer.