Latania lontaroides, Latania verschafeltii and Bismarckia nobilis: Fresh seed is available therefore please indicate your interest allowing us to offer firm.
Latania lontaroides $517.00/1000 seeds
Common Name: Red Latan Palm
- Native to Reunion Island
- Grows up to 12 m, single trunk
- Young plants have red leaf base and stalks, reverting to all green when plants are older
- Prefers sunny, moist, well-drained position, tolerates short periods of cold but may drop leaves
Latania verschafeltii $443.00/1000 seeds
Common Name: Yellow Latan Palm
- Native to Mascarene Islands
- Grows up to 12 m, single trunk
- Young plants have yellow leaf base and stalks, reverting to all green when plants are older
- Dioecious
- Prefers sunny, moist, well-drained position in warm temperate to subtropical climates.
Bismarkia nobilis $575.00/1000 seeds
Common Name: Madagascar Palm
- Native to Madagascar
- Grows to 25 m but typically 12 m tall in cultivation, spread up to 12 m
- Silver-blue, wide spreading leaves from a single trunk
- Grows in full sun, well-drained soils in tropical and subtropical climates
Brachychiton populneus $15.00/25 g, $329.00/kg
Common Name: Kurrajong
- Native to eastern Australia
- Medium size tree to 10 m tall
- Agricultural/pastoral uses include provision of dense shade, drought fodder, supports honey production and the deep roots don’t impact on surrounding crops.
- Widely used as a street plant, also as an ornamental garden specimen. Flowers are bell shaped with a red/brown inner and whitish outer.
Juncus usitatus $25.00/25 g, $675.00/kg
Common Name: Common Rush
- Australian native occurring through Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
- Used in landscaping, wetland rehabilitation and stabilizing waterways
- Commonly found along streams and riverbanks, irrigation channels and swampland, along the water edge or in shallow water
- Habitat for frogs and nesting sites for birds
- Salt tolerant, not effected by heavy grazing
Nelumbo nucifera $12.00/25 g
Common Name: Sacred Lotus
- An aquatic perennial growing to 150 cm high, spreading up to 3 m
- Native distribution is from central and northern India across to East Asia
- Leaves up to 60 cm diameter, flowers up to 20 cm diameter
- Grows in water up to 2.5 m deep, minimum depth 30 cm
Schefflera actinophylla $13.50/1000 seeds
Common Name: Umbrella Tree
- Native to tropical rainforests of Australia
- Evergreen, multi-trunked tree growing to 15 m
- Flowers appear at the top of the trunks, racemes up to 2 m long of red flowers in early summer for several months
- Produces large amounts of nectar which attracts honey-eating birds
- Fruits attract birds and animals such as lorikeets, flying foxes and pademelons