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  • Gladiolus
  • Helianthemum
    • ‘Belgravia Rose’   CAG00812
      Height10cmWidth60cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterMLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An evergreen, perennial ground cover, forming mats of silvery leaves. Clusters of single, deep pink, rose-like flowers are borne in profusion on short, slender stems throughout the warmer months. In early spring, when new shoots are seen, cut back last years growth to the base. Needs well drained, alkaline soil. Excellent in hanging baskets or draped over rocks.

  • Hemerocallis

    (Daylilies)
    Xanthorrhoeaceae

    One of the worlds most popular garden plants, especially in the U.S. They are care free clump forming perennials with large beautiful flowers in a wide range of colours held over neat grass-like foliage. They are sensationally tough and are happy in just about any soil and climate found in Australia. They are also completely edible and in their native China are commonly consumed.

    We originally started growing and selling Daylilies in the eighties at one point having thousands of varieties and tens of thousands of plants in full production. They have large fleshy roots and are poorly suited to pot culture and so are traditionally sold bare rooted and establish very easily. While there was interest from the landscaping trade, some mass plantings can still be seen around Perth decades later, most gardeners in W.A. are conditioned to buying flowering plants in pots.

    We no longer maintain vast quantities nor keep up with the latest breeding developments, new varieties cost many hundreds of dollars. Instead we focus on choice varieties of outstanding garden merit. Many of these varieties are "old" and no longer popular and have almost ceased to exist. As with many plants modern breeding offers a fantastic array of flower colours and forms but there seems to be little regard to grace, habit and overall garden worthiness and most lack the elegance and charm of old favourites, tried and true.

    Daylilies do survive drought very well but will perform very poorly under such conditions and in our climate are perhaps not the most suitable plant for mass plantings but a large clump or two is easy enough to throw an occasional bucket of water on and will enrich any garden.
  • Incarvillea
    • arguta   CAG01838

      (Himalayan gloxinia)
      Height90cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterM - LLightLight Shade
      Incarvillea arguta
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A deceptively delicate looking shrub, happy in any impoverished soil, with or without root competition, preferably quite dry and well drained, in bright or dark shade, though less likely to flower well in the later. Alkaline soil or even pure limestone are to it's liking though it seems quite content in acid soil. Given adequate drainage it will grow rapidly, forming a loose bush of glossy, dark green, pinnate leaves, flowering constantly through the warmer months of the year with racemes of 2.5cm wide, pale pink, trumpet shaped flowers, in all likelihood self seeding into paving cracks and other inconvenient places, from which it's happily transplanted when very young.

      Dead head to promote flowering but only prune back old spent stems when new basal growth has matured, or else risk a fine specimens premature demise.

  • Kalanchoe
    • pumila   CAG02703
      Height20cmWidth30cmFlowering SeasonWi - SpWaterL - MLightSun - L. Sh.
      Kalanchoe pumila
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A delicate looking Madagascan plant, often nurtured to its detriment. It is in reality quite hardy, tolerant of heat and frost and preferring to dry out completely between infrequent watering. The trailing stems bear scalloped, rosy pink leaves, covered in a silvery white powder which reflects intense heat and light and is easily removed by handling or heavy handed watering. In late winter small clusters of rosy pink flowers, each with four reflexed petals, are borne on slender stems and perfectly compliment the foliage for a unique and beguiling effect.

      Its cultural preferences and trailing habit make it arguably the most suitable plant for hanging baskets in a mediterranean climate, though it is at equally at home in pots or in the garden if you are lucky enough to have very well drained soil. A delightful foil around the base of larger succulents or even roses and far more heat and drought tolerant than the oft used ground covering Sedum varieties (which are in reality alpines).

      If it has one failing it is in being quite brittle but this is of little concern as each leaf will happily grow into a new plant.

  • Lavatera
  • Lychnis
  • Oenothera
  • Origanum
    • calcaratum   CAG02662
      Height30cmWidth40cmFlowering SeasonSu - AuWaterLLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A mound forming oregano similar in habit to O. dictamnus, with less woolly, sage green leaves and the pendant, pink, hop like bracts extrude pale pink tubular flowers from midsummer into autumn.

      Appears to be less demanding of an arid atmosphere and may be more cold tolerant, both difficult things for me to quantify but for gardens where O. dictamnus fails this may well succeed.

      For a sunny, well drained position with occasional summer water. Constant moisture is poorly tolerated.

      Remove old spent stems to make way for the strong new basal growth.

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