Plants for Problem Places

Here you'll find hardy plants for frontline coastal gardens, plants to slow the progress of bushfires or erosion of slopes, plants to act as environmental barriers, and plants to thrive in difficult soils.

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Acacia baileyana - Cootamundra wattle
$4.60

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Resilient adaptable wattle, with feathery delicate mimosa foliage and masses of iconic lemon-yellow powderpuff flowers in winter. It's perha...
Adenanthos Silver Sensation - woolly bush
$5.95

Silver Sensation makes a fantastic all-native Christmas tree, and the rest of the year those silver-green good looks and silky-soft stems wi...
Armeria maritima Alba - white thrift
$4.45

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Thrift grows naturally on sea cliffs and rocks, so it can cope with dry soil, salt spray, and wind. Try this pretty little rockery plant in ...
Asplenium Victoria - bird's nest fern
$5.55

Osaka's little sister - all the cute leafy wiggles in a smaller size, perfect for longterm indoor display or smaller shade gardens. Ferns li...
Banksia integrifolia - coastal banksia
$3.60

Hardy versatile Australian native, suited to coastal plantings, street trees, revegetation, soil stabilisation. Nectar rich in winter - a go...
Banksia robur - swamp banksia
$3.60

Tough spreading shrub with bright felty new growth and impressive gold-tan flower spikes. Can cope with moist or seasonally flooded soils, a...
Bauhinia corymbosa - orchid vine
$3.45

.Sun loving groundcover-climber-hedge. Looks delicate, grows tough. Hardy enough for planting on median strips and city spaces; pretty enoug...
Callistemon Scarlet Flame
$5.05

Neat lowgrowing bottlebrush with slender foliage. Masses of scarlet flowers that helpfully drop to the ground when finished, to allow the ru...
Carissa Desert Star
$3.70

Very attractive dark glossy evergreen foliage makes an appealing shrub year round. In warmer months - or year-round further north - the ...
Citrus - sweet orange
$7.30

One of the pleasures of a subtropical garden is plucking fresh sweet fruit straight from the tree. Imagine fresh orange juice for breakfast!...
Cupressocyparis Leighton Green
$4.95

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Fastgrowing, very tall and dense, ideal for screening unpleasant views or neighbours! Please bear in mind this conifer can grow to great hei...
Dianella Cherry Red
$7.85

Dianella are such a useful native grass for all kinds of garden situations. This one combines usefulness and beauty with broad dark green le...
Echeveria Little Painted Lady - succulent
$5.55

Streaks, stripes and splashes of deep red decorate these olive-green succulents, each one uniquely marked....
Elaeocarpus Green Dream
$8.10

Brand new elaeocarpus! If you love Prima Donna but don't have the space for it full grown, then Green Dream is the answer to your prayers. T...
Ficinia nodosa - club rush
$4.60

Quick establishing Australian native tussock grass, ideal planted around water features, ponds, and dry creek beds. Excellent filtration ...
Ficus pumila - creeping fig
$4.85

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Fast to establish and ideal for covering unsightly surfaces, this fig will soon give you a green living wall. Take care when planting on pai...
Grevillea banksii alba - white silky oak
$4.50

Big bold native, the parent of many favourite Grevillea varieties, and often found in coastal locations in the wild which makes it a great f...
Grevillea Lemon Daze
$6.35

Cute and compact little grevillea with bright zesty yellow flowers, each with a pop of pink. It's a nice lowgrowing size for native birds a...
Harpullia pendula - tulipwood
$3.25

You're going to love this rugged little native tree as it has so many good qualities : bright orange berries, bronzey-green new leaves, a sh...
Heuchera Black Sea - coral bells
$7.95

Heucheras are cracking foliage plants for all kinds of garden situations, and come in a range of leaf colour you wouldn't believe was natura...
Juncus Spiralis - corkscrew rush
$5.25

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Quirky little plant for indoors somewhere sunny, or in a planter box with flowering annuals. Great for marshy or water-margin areas of the g...
Juncus usitatus - common rush
$3.05

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Native ornamental grass for margins of waterways and ponds. Ideal grass for revegetation, and soil stabilisation of banks, and provides a na...
Kalanchoe Medusa – elk horn - succulent
$5.55

Here's something for all lovers of the unusual, tired of those neat regular rounded rosettes of succulents. This one has horns! Jagged irreg...
Leptospermum Aphrodite - tea tree
$5.70

Jazzy tea tree with bright pink open flowers, very adaptable to most Aussie climates except extreme heat and humidity, given enough water. M...
Leptospermum petersonii - lemon scented tea tree
$3.60

Fast growing, drought hardy native feature tree for sunny locations in both coastal and inland gardens. Leaves are freshly lemon-scented ...
Liriope Evergreen Giant
$3.55

You love our liriopes! Great for borders, mass planting, deep ground cover almost anywhere. Happy in shade. Evergreen, compact, dense clumps...
Liriope Summer Beauty
$7.40

Large abundant lilac-purple flowerspikes and broad leaves make this a more impressive liriope than many; while its vigour and resilience wil...
Lomandra hystrix - mat rush
$2.95

You love this plant and we can see why! Better in wet soils and humid locations than Lomandra longifolia. Will grow in almost any climate, s...
Lomandra longifolia
$3.25

Tough as - Easy to see why it's one of your favourites! Better in dry soils and dry climates than hystrix, and more upright. Will grow in al...
Melaleuca Claret Tops
$3.60

Red new growth on soft grey-green leaves, with masses of white flowers in spring. Full sun gives leaves a brighter red colour. Claret Tops ...