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Rockinghamia angustifolia – MOUNTAIN KAMALA
$12.50Attractive small tree from central & NE.Q’ld that is best suited as an understorey plant. Showy red new flushes, red & white flowers and rusty red fruit.
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Romnalda grallata – Stilt Lily
$7.50Similar plant to Lomandra but with bisexual flowers.Clumping plant to 40cm in height found as an understorey in a relatively small area of northern Queensland rainforest.Best in cool shady site.
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Sarcotoechia heterophylla
$5.50 – $12.50A very ornamental small tree with bright red new growth. Orange seeds are enclosed in yellow capsular fruit. Requires some protection. Very restricted natural distribution around Eungella in CE.Q’ld.
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Sarcotoechia serrata – FERN-LEAVED TAMARIND
$12.50Very showy tree to 6m with bushy habit, attractive pink new growth, small yellow flowers, capsular fruit. Fairly slow, prefers loamy soil & sheltered site in sun or shade. NE.Q’ld.
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Schizomeria ovata – CRAB APPLE
$15.00Attractive tree to 12m with bushy crown, showy bronze pink new shoots, white flowers & white fruit. Hardy & fast in most soils, sun or part shade. Good screen plant. NE.Qld. to SE.NSW.
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Scolopia braunii – BROWN BIRCH
$12.50Fast bushy tree to 10m with attractive red new shoots & small creamy white fragrant flowers. Globular red to black fruit. Adapts to most soils, can be pruned to shrub size. NE.Q’ld to SE.NSW.
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Siphonodon australis – IVORYWOOD
$12.50Small to medium sized tree from drier rainforest with small cymes of yellow flowers & bright yellow globular to oval fruit 2.5cm in diameter. Slow growing, prefers protected site in light shade. Casino north to SE.Qld & inland to Carnarvon Gorge. Disjunct population in NE.Qld.
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Sloanea australis – MAIDEN’S BLUSH
$5.50 – $10.50Large tree to 10m bushy to the ground with showy white flowers. Yellow brown hairy capsules, seeds in orange aril. Slow, needs well drained sheltered site in sun or shade. Nowra to NE.Qld.
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Sophora tomentosa – SILVER BUSH
$4.50 – $10.50Open shrub to 6m from coastal or near coastal sites. Showy yellow pea flowers. Fairly fast, needs good drainage & plenty of sun.Q’ld, NSW & NT.
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Stenocarpus angustifolius Doreen
$12.50Attractive bushy small tree to 5m x 1.5m, excellent screen. Fernlike foliage, creamy white flowers. Hardy once established, prefers well drained site in full or part sun.
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Stenocarpus davallioides – Fern-leaved Stenocarpus
$15.00Attractive bushy tree to 12m, often buttressed. Fragrant cream flowers, brown follicle fruit. Not too slow, prefers protected site with extra water until established. NE.Q’ld.
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Stenocarpus salignus – RED SILKY OAK
$5.50 – $10.50A handsome bushy tree with dense clusters of white fragrant flowers attracting nectar-feeding birds. Red Cabinet timber. Bit slow at first, most soils & positions in sun or shade. NE.Q’ld – SE.NSW.
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Stenocarpus sinuatus – WHEEL OF FIRE
$5.50 – $10.50Bushy slow growing tree to 15m. Showy red wheel-like flowers attract nectar feeding birds. Hardy in sun or shade but frost tender when young. Prefers a well drained site. Daintree to Nambucca.
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Sterculia quadrifida – PEANUT TREE
$7.50 – $12.50Bushy tree to 12m with decorative seed pods & edible peanut-like fruit. Dull yellow flowers, boat shaped pods. Semi deciduous. Well drained frost-free sunny site. Wardell to N.Qld , NT & WA.
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Strychnos psilosperma – THREADWOOD
$15.00Tall shrub to 6m x 2m wide mainly from drier rainforest Grafton to Cape York. Young shoots are often thorny but not on mature wood.White fragrant flowers, orange red berry. Sunny well drained site.
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Synima macrophylla – TOPAZ TAMARIND
$12.50Bushy tree to 10m from Tully to Cooktown, NE.Q’ld. Cream to white flowers, spring. Showy red fruit capsules attract King Parrots. Fairly slow, protected moist site in part shade.