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  • Acanthus
    • mollis ‘Hollard's Gold’   CAG01102

      (Golden bear's breeches)
      Height1mWidth1.5mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterL - MLightSun - L. Sh.
      Acanthus mollis ‘Hollard's Gold’
      $12.00earn 60 points

      One of the most beautiful chartreuse leaved plants you could ever grow.

      Large, 60cm plus, sharply scalloped, red stemmed leaves form spectacular rosettes over Winter, from the centre of which emerge each Spring, sturdy, 1m tall stalks topped with large hooded pink and white flowers, enclosed in sharp leafy bracts.

      Both the leaves and flowers are excellent for cutting and the flowers remain interesting even when dried.

      Will happily go dormant over Summer if grown dry, my prefered option as it can then be grown in full sun for best colour and the curled golden leaves erupting from the bare earth each Autumn are a breath taking sight.

  • Anemopsis
    • californica   CAG02413

      (Yerba mansa)
      Height30cmWidth80cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterHLightSun
      Anemopsis californica
      $12.00earn 60 points

      Rosettes of paddle shaped, waxy looking leaves, spicily fragrant when crushed, slowly form large colonies from which arise slender stemmed, pure white, cone centred flowers that stain red with age and vaguely resemble an Anemone or Echinacea.

      Both beautiful and seemingly delicate, it is native to seeps and springs in the deserts of the North American South West and is perfectly at home with blistering heat, frost, salinity and periodic drying out. Practically indestructible, "the" pond/dam plant for gardens where lesser aquatics fail and a beautiful addition to water gardens everywhere else. For shallow water or even a moist spot in the garden.

      Cut to ground level once the foliage has died back in autumn to make way for the new seasons growth..

      Not to be confused with Anemonopsis the delicate woodland plant.

  • Furcraea
    • foetida   CAG01463

      (Mauritias hemp, Giant cabuya)
      Height2mWidth3mFlowering SeasonSummerWaterLLightSun - Shade
      $12.00earn 60 points

      A fast growing, sensationally hardy garden sculpture, also useful as a source of low grade fibre for ropes and twine around the home. The single three metre wide symmetrical rosette of stiffly held, sword-like, green, leathery leaves produces, in maturity (typically 3-5 years), a towering seven metre tall many branched flower spike that bears hundreds of pendant, greenish-cream, goblet-like flowers followed by plump bulbils that are easily detached and replanted for large scale greenscaping. As it is monocarpic (it dies after flowering) it can be useful for temporary fill or scale while more permanent plants are still growing or else replace it with one of its progeny for greater dynamics.

      All the glory of a large Agave without the time commitment, sans spines and suckering.

      From South America and the Caribbean and looking equally at home in xeric, mediterranean or tropical styled gardens. Unkillable in any soil that receives at least a few drinks a year. Tolerant of light frosts. Survives shade and/or copious water but will be prone to toppling when in flower.

      A pitiful pot subject unless it can get its roots in the ground.

  • Pinellia
  • Acanthus
    • mollis   CAG00063

      (Oyster plant, Bear's breeches)
      Height1mWidth2mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun - Shade
      Acanthus mollis
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Rosettes of huge, glossy, dark green, sharply serrated leaves thrust from the soil with the onset of autumn rain. In spring sceptres of mauve and white shell like flowers stand sentry over the brooding mounds of foliage.
      Found throughout the Meditteranean it's at its best with no summer water but plenty of winter moisture and is tolerant of any soil that isn't waterlogged.

      Extremely architectural if given the space or as contrast to other boldly leaved plants such as Melianthus major.

      Representations of the leaves are commonly found in ancient roman architecture and are often still encountered in classical designs of today.

  • Agave
    • gypsophila   CAG02440
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

    • vivipara var. marginata   CAG02018
      Height1.2mWidth1.2mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun
      Agave vivipara var. marginata
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A quick growing variety, small enough for a large pot but large enough to make a statement, with a stiff almost harsh demeanour, useful for stark architectural style or high contrast with softer forms, especially so in groups.

      Sparse, slightly taller than spherical rosettes of very rigid, long, tapering, glaucous green leaves, generously edged with cream variegation, short, dark, marginal teeth and terminating in a short black spine.

      Spreads moderately by underground stolons and such colonies are particularly attractive but need appropriate space.

      Individual rosettes produce after many (10+) years a spectacular tree like inflorescence, the remains of which are often used in floral art, bearing thousands of erect, yellow green, tubular flowers, in tight clusters, which are much loved by nectar feeding birds and insects, and then rapidly decline and die to be succeeded by younger offsets or bulbils.

  • Arthropodium
    • cirratum   CAG00109
      Height1mWidth1mFlowering SeasonSummerWaterMLightLight Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A clumping, evergreen perennial, tolerant of coastal conditions. Soft, strappy, glaucous leaves are produced in fans. During Summer large sprays of small, dainty, white flowers rise on slender stems above the foliage. A delicate looking plant, but extremely tough. Tolerant of intense root competition and salt. Fantastic for seaside gardens.

  • Asarum

    (Wild ginger)
    Aristolochiaceae

    • splendens   CAG02570

      (Chinese wild ginger, Showy sichuan ginger)
      Height20cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterMLightShade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Sumptuous dark green, silver splashed, broadly arrow shaped leaves up to 20cm long are borne singly from underground spreading stolons, forming a dense ground cover in shady places or a very attractive potted specimen. Strange, brown, three pointed, starfish-like flowers can be found hiding beneath the exuberant foliage in mid to late spring. From south western China.
      Easily grown in any reasonably drained soil it usually takes a year or two to establish and is then quite vigorous, heat tolerant and not hugely demanding of water, as the lush foliage may otherwise suggest, though protection from drying winds is no doubt a necessity.

      Essentially evergreen in Perth, it can in colder areas be expected to become winter deciduous and should be perfectly cold hardy anywhere in Australia but is probably ill suited to tropical regions.

      All parts of the plant when crushed exude a mild gingery aroma, hence the common name.

  • Astelia
    • chathamica   CAG00112
      Height80cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterH - MLightLight Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      From the perpetually cool Chatham Islands this plant could be expected to be as heat tolerant as an ice block but given constantly moist soil and and a sheltered but not too shady site it can make an impressive clump of keeled, silver, sword-like leaves. Alternatively you can admire it's rigid metallic form in a pot, preferably wildly glazed for a space age look.

      Inconsequential flowers borne amongst the foliage are reputably followed by bright red fruit, though I've yet to see them.

      Slow growing so best left undisturbed until your thirst for more demands division.

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