Plants



Up to 1m
Min.temp: Frost free
Full sun to part shade

Crucifix Orchids have tough leathery leaves and long, thin stems with long lasting clusters of flowers. The common name refers to the lip of the flower called the labellum, which resembles a small cross. Great beginner's orchid - tough and easy to grow.

Up to 1m
Min.temp: Frost free
Full sun to part shade

Crucifix Orchids have tough leathery leaves and long, thin stems with long lasting clusters of flowers. The common name refers to the lip of the flower called the labellum, which resembles a small cross. Great beginner's orchid - tough and easy to grow.

Up to 1m
Min.temp: Frost free
Full sun to part shade

Crucifix Orchids have tough leathery leaves and long, thin stems with long lasting clusters of flowers. The common name refers to the lip of the flower called the labellum, which resembles a small cross. Great beginner's orchid - tough and easy to grow.

Up to 1m
Min.temp: Frost free
Full sun to part shade

Crucifix Orchids have tough leathery leaves and long, thin stems with long lasting clusters of flowers. The common name refers to the lip of the flower called the labellum, which resembles a small cross. Great beginner's orchid - tough and easy to grow.

3m
Part shade

Devil's Ivy is a hardy, adaptable vine that will grow almost anywhere. Equally happy trailing down a bookcase or climbing a totem pole. The yellow variegations of the plant become more pronounced when exposed to greater amounts of indirect light.

Etlingera elatior 'Bloody Mary'
On Sale
3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A spectacular torch ginger with dark red bracts.

Etlingera elatior 'Burmese Pink'
On Sale
2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Light pink flower spikes which usually get to 50cm in height. Flowers easily. Good cut flower. As with most of the Torch Gingers, the unopened buds of the flowers are edible and often used in soups, curries and salads in South East Asia.

3 to 5m
Full sun to part shade

One of the newer torch gingers to the scene with a dramatic red flower and spectacular foliage.

2 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Quite a hardy and prolific flowering torch ginger which produces long lasting light pink flower spikes. The Light Pink Torch tends to be a bit shorter growing than many of the other torch gingers.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

Long-lasting soft-pink flower spikes. Keep moist and well fed during growing season to get optimal flowering. Like most of the Torch Gingers, this one has edible flower buds. The edible torch gingers are commonly called 'bunga kantan' in Malaysia.

3 to 5m
Full sun to part shade

A massive ginger producing long-lasting flower spikes up to 1m tall. Keep moist and well fed during growing season for optimal flowering. The bottom of the stems and underground rhizomes tend to be quite a dark red colour. Flower buds are edible.

3 to 5m
Full sun to part shade

A popular torch ginger among the cut-flower growers due vast amount of long-lasting flower spikes that it can produce in a season. A spectacular ornamental plant. Keep moist and well fed during growing season for optimal flowering. Flower buds are edible.

2 - 3m
Full sun to part shade

A torch ginger with pure white flowers. Keep moist and well fed during growing season for optimal flowering. The white tends to be a bit less cold tolerant than other torch gingers - best suited to tropics or warm protected gardens elsewhere.

Etlingera hemisphaerica 'Black Tulip'
On Sale
2 to 2.5m
Part shade

Fantastic dark green leaves with purple undersides. Basal tulip-like flowers and occasional terminal flowers (rare).

2 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

A good landscpaing plant with beautiful tulip-like flowers.

2 to 3m
Part shade

Basal flowering ginger which produces tulip-like flowers.

50 to 70cm
Part shade / shade

A shade-loving lily with wonderfully rich green foliage which products sprays of white scented flowers throughout the warmer months of the year. An easy to grow plant both in the garden and in pots.

Up to 1m
Full sun to Part shade

A compact growing fig with dense bright green, round glossy foliage. They are suitable for both full sun or shade. They can be used for a low growing border, formal hedge or patio planter.

10 to 15cm
Min.temp: Frost free
Part shade / Bright indirect light

This unique ground cover will look great when mass planted in a moist shaded spot in the garden. With its dark green leaves and reddish-pink veins and soft ruffled edges, it makes a great pot plant that adds colour to your home or office.

Fittonia 'Flammule'
On Sale

Now from $6.00

10 to 15cm
Min.temp: Frost free
Part shade / Bright indirect light

This unique ground cover will look great when mass planted in a moist shaded spot in the garden. With its lime green leaves and bright pink veins, it makes a great pot plant that adds colour to your home or office.

From $12.50

10 to 15cm
Min.temp: Frost free
Part shade / Bright indirect light

This unique ground cover will look great when mass planted in a moist shaded spot in the garden. With its delicate pink ruffle-edged leaves, it makes a great pot plant that adds colour to your home or office.

From $9.50

10 to 15cm
Min.temp: Frost free
Part shade / Bright indirect light

This unique ground cover will look great when mass planted in a moist shaded spot in the garden. With its green leaves and broad white veins that gives it an almost white appearance, it makes a great pot plant that adds colour to your home or office.

20m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Internodes contains Tabashir, an important ingredient in many Chinese medicines. Good quality timber.

10 to 15m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Put simply...if you want black, then the Java Black is the best. The sooty black culms and large lush leaves make this bamboo a spectacular feature plant. It is quite a large bamboo, so best suited to large blocks of land and acreage. Great timber.

16m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A good timber bamboo with straight green culms and black striation. (Java black in reverse). One of the best timber bamboos for furniture making.

From $35.00

20m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Straight, good quality timber. Edible shoots. This bamboo flowered gregariously in 2010 / 2011. The plants that we are selling now are grown from seeds collected.

20m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Same as the atter, but with yellow striations on the culms. Good timber and edible shoots. This bamboo flowered in 2007, producing some viable seeds. The plants now sold are from these seeds.

6m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun to part shade

Very dense with large leaves and slightly weeping culms. Good two-story screener. Its lush foliage gives an excellent tropical feel to even the smallest of gardens.

From $35.00

20m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A green culmed bamboo with good timber and edible shoots. The timber is usually nice and straight - reasonably thick walled.

5m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun to part shade

A nice garden ornamental with dark green culms and large cream striped leaves. Tight clumping with weeping tops.

From $45.00

10m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

This quite rare bamboo has large leaves and a branch free lower part.

30m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A vigorous grower which produces first grade timber and edible shoots. Straight cream striped culms makes this bamboo not only great to look at, but also opens up a world of practical uses. Highly recommended.

From $45.00

10m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Green culms with yellow striation. This particular variation has a growth habit with very weeping culms. An interesting feature plant.

From $45.00

30m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A giant bamboo with straight cream striated culms with large leaves. The culms are smooth and glossy. The timber is usually nice and straight, and the shoots are high eating quality.

18m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

Dark green culms with cream stripes on lower internodes. Good quality timber.

5m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun to part shade

This bamboo is best used as a feature plant. The weeping culms provides good shade for under-story planting. The large leaves and lush foliage makes it an ideal centerpiece in any tropical garden. Very dark green culms.

20m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

This bamboo has great weeping culms with lush dense foliage. It's great for shade or as a large screening plant. Good timber.

8 to 10m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A straight, large leafed bamboo with cream striated culms. A beautiful plant with edible shoots and good timber. Good for windbreaks, noise/dust barriers, etc.

From $27.50

8m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A tidy medium sized bamboo good for screening and timber. Fast growing with lush green foliage.

From $22.50

6m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun to part shade

A beautiful tight clumping bamboo with upright growth habit and thick foliage all the way to the ground. A great privacy and windbreak plant.

2 - 4m
Min.temp: Frost free
Full sun to part shade

A small, hardy, evergreen ornamental 'bush tucker' shrub with glossy foliage. Small white fragrant flowers which produces pink, juicy and sweet honey flavoured fruits year round.

25m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

As per G. angustifolia but culms have yellow striations.

25m
Min.temp: -2°C
Full sun

A magnificent bamboo which produces exceptional quality timber - straight and strong. If you have the space and are after a good timber bamboo (as well as a spectacular ornamental), then this is a must have. Thorny lower branches. Open clumping.

1.5 to 2m
Part shade

Quite a large hedychium producing fragrant apricot coloured flowers throughout summer.

From $18.50

1 to 1.5m
Part shade

A new addition to our hedychium range of gingers. Produces large clusters of peachy orange coloured flowers during summer. Foliage is lightly variegated with thin white stripes. A wonderful addition to topical gardens.

From $17.50

1 to 1.5m
Part shade

Stunning white flowers which resemble a moth in flight. Flowers have strong sweet scent.

From $14.50

1 to 2m
Full sun to part shade

A beautiful hedychium with very showy apricot coloured inflorescence. Tends to flower quite prolifically during summer. Grows well in cooler climates. May be deciduous in cooler climates.

1m
Part shade

An absolutely stunning small growing heliconia with dark green foliage which produces red and white flower bracts during the winter months. Good under-story plant or pot plant. Excellent cut flowers.

1.5 to 2m
Part shade

A medium sized heliconia which produces yellow and white flower bracts during the winter months. Good under-story plant or pot plant. Excellent cut flowers.

2 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

Chocolate coloured bracts with yellow lips and green tips.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

A hardy and cold tolerant heliconia with chocolate coloured bracts with yellow lips. A good landscaping plant.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

A great landscaping plant with bright red bracts with dark green lips and tips.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Orangy-red bracts with a thin yellow stripe under dark green lip.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Chunky red bracts with dark green lips (usually with some yellow in between). A great landscaping plant.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Mostly red bracts, with some yellow going to lime green on distal lip and tip.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Red bracts going to yellow and then to green at the lip.

2 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

A beautiful heliconia with bright yellow bracts with green tips. The Yellow Dancer is one of the more cold tolerant heliconia species.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

Fantastic dark cherry-red bracts makes this heliconia a great ornamental and landscaping plant. Great cut flowers. Prefers a warm protected position.

4 to 5m
Full sun to part shade

An outstanding landscaping plant and also one of the largest heliconias. Bright red bracts with green tips. Nice upright and tidy growth habit.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

One of the most impressive heliconias with massive bright red flowers that often get to half a meter long. It has a tight clumping and upright growth habit with nice clean stems - a truly excellent landscaping plant!

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A great landscaping plant - nice tidy upright growth habit . Orangy-red bracts with wide yellow edges.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A fantastic landscaping plant - lush green foliage, tight clumping and upright growth habit, topped with chunky bright coloured orangy red bracts with yellow edges. A must have in any tropical garden.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A hardy and relatively cold tolerant heliconia with large red bracts with gold edges.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A tight clumping heliconia with clean upright foliage. Long pendulous bracts. A relatively easy to grow and cold tolerant heliconia. A good landscaping plant.

4 to 5m
Full sun to part shade

A large growing heliconia with spectacular bright red coloured bracts. Needs warm protected position to flower well.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A truly spectacular heliconia. The dark burgundy bracts contrasting against the pale waxy white stems makes this plant a fantastic ornamental and landscaping plant. Prefers a warm protected position.

Heliconia caribaea 'Bonnie Kline'
On Sale
3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A spectacular feature plant with mostly unusual coloured bracts. Clean upright waxy white stems and dark green foliage. Requires a nice warm sheltered position to perform well.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

A beautiful tight clumping, upright heliconia with bright yellow bracts with green tips. Like all the Caribaeas, the stems and undersides of the leaves have a white waxy coating. Requires warm position to thrive.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

Fantastic bright red bracts contrasting against the waxy white stems. Nice clean upright growth habit. Requires a nice warm sheltered position to grow well.

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Bracts of orange going to deep red, sometimes splotchy. Absolutely striking flowers - great for flower arrangements.

3 to 4m
Full sun to part shade

Massive golden bracts with red splotches all over....an unusual looking heliconia.

From $45.00

2.5 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

Waxy white stems and undersides of leaves with long, pendulous bracts of orange and red. A nice feature plant in a warm sheltered position.

Heliconia collinsiana x bourgeana 'Pedro Ortiz'
On Sale
2.5 to 3m
Part shade

A nice feature plant in a warm sheltered position. Large bright red bracts with golden yellow sepals. Bracts start upright, but usually hang downwards as the bracts reach full size.

1.5 to 2m
Full sun to part shade

A smaller heliconia with small, pointy, upright flowers, resembling that of a spear.

1.5 to 2m
Full sun to part shade

Spiralling bracts on tall flower spikes. Moderately invasive growth habit.

2 to 3m
Full sun to part shade

A cold hardy heliconia with long thin bright yellow bracts.

1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

A great smaller sized heliconia for pots or under-story filler. Stays in quite compact clumps.

1.5 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

Bright pink bracts with white base and dark green lip. Like many of the orthotrichas, the surface of the bracts have fine velvety hairs.

1.5 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

A stunning heliconia - great as a landscaping plant or for cut flowers. Very attractive flowers with bright red bracts with cream base and dark green lip.

1.5 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

Hot pink bracts makes this heliconia a real attention getter. Great landscaping plant and cut flower.

1.5 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

Soft pink bracts with cream base and dark green lip. Like many of the orthotrichas, the surface of the bracts have fine velvety hairs. A good landscaping plant and cut flower.

2 to 2.5m
Full sun to part shade

A good landscaping plant with dark green foliage with slender pendulous bright red flowers. More cold tolerant than most heliconias.

Heliconia pendula 'Waxy Red'
On Sale
2.5 to 3.5m
Full sun to part shade

A tight clumping, hardy and cold tolerant heliconia with large pendulous flowers. The stems and undersides of the leaves have a white waxy coating. A great landscaping plant.

1.5 to 2m
Prefers part shade

A cold tolerant heliconia with pendulous red bracts.

1m
Full sun to part shade

A prolific flowering psittacorum which displays a fantastic show of colour for most of the year. Great cut flower and pot plant.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Fuchsia'
On Sale
1m
Full sun to part shade

A yellow and pink psittacorum - both flowers and foliage is usually a bit smaller than the other psittacorums.

1m
Full sun to part shade

Reddish pink bracts that are usually held high above the foliage.

1m
Full sun to part shade

A stunning psittacorum with bright yellow and pink flowers. Great for a splash of colour in the garden - flowers prolifically from Spring right through to late Autumn. Great cut flower and pot plant.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Pearl'
On Sale
1m
Full sun to part shade

A beautiful 'almost white' psittacorum. Flowers are held high above the foliage. Great cut flower and pot plant.

1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

The Petra is great for cut flowers. Quite a distinct look with the green 'leaf-shaped' tip on the lower bract. A little bit taller growing than the other Psittacorums.

Heliconia psittacorum 'Pink lipstick'
On Sale
1m
Full sun to part shade

Bright pink flowers held high above the foliage. Great cut flowers.

1m
Full sun to part shade

An absolutely stunning psittacorum and probably the most colourful out of them all. The multi-coloured flowers are held high above the foliage, producing a spectacular display when mass planted. Great cut flower and pot plant.

1m
Full sun to part shade

The psittacorum with the most red in the flowers. A brilliant firey display when in full bloom.

1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

A great heliconia for cut flowers.

Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata 'African Dawn'
On Sale
1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

A psittacorum with bright golden bracts with a slightly red tinge. Great for a splash of colour in the garden - flowers prolifically in Summer through to late Autumn. Great cut flower and pot plant.

1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

A heliconia found throughout the Daintree rainforest. Orange / yellow flowers. Great filler in tropical gardens.

Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Golden Torch'
On Sale
1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

The golden coloured bracts and wide leaves makes this one a great filler and splash of colour in tropical gardens.

1.5 to 2m
Full sun to part shade

A vigorous grower with a tight clumping and upright habit. Great for cut flowers and as a landscaping plant. Bracts are pastel red toward the tips, fading to peach at the base.

Heliconia rostrata 'Parrots Beak'
On Sale
2 to 2.5m
Part shade

A widely cultivated heliconia which usually produces vast amounts of pendulous flowers up to 0.5 meters long. Best in protected spots with a little bit of shade. Fertilise regularly during growth season and keep well mulched.

1 to 1.5m
Full sun to part shade

A great landscaping plant with bright red flowers and lush green foliage. A good cut flower.