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  Blechnum wattsii x minus – WATER FERN

  $7.50

  Cross of two common species, grows to 1m often forming large colonies, usually in shady moist sites but also more exposed ones. Easily grown in protected moist site. 
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  Bowenia serrulata – BYFIELD FERN

  $25.00 – $75.00

  Small palm-like plant to 1m with bright green shiny leathery leaves with sharply toothed margins. Slow, prefers light shade, must have good drainage. CE. to NE.Q’ld.
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  Claoxylon australe – BRITTLEWOOD

  $10.50

  Tall often straggly shrub to 8m from cool sheltered sites. Showy white fluffy m. flowers, reddish f. racemes. Fairly fast & hardy but needs cool moist well drained site. Prune to keep tidy. SE.Q’ld to SE.NSW.
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  Clausena brevistyla – Clausena

  $12.50

  Ornamental shrub to 5m from coastal rainforests of SE.Q’ld. Dense clusters of white fragrant flowers, small leathery ovoid fruit. Best in shady site in moist well drained soils.
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  Cleistanthus cunninghamii – Cleistanthus

  $5.50 – $10.50

  Small open tree to 7m found in dry rainforests and rainforest margins, Qld & NSW. Attractive light pink new growth. Small greenish flowers, furrowed capsular fruit. Slow in a protected shady well drained site.
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  Cordyline cannifolia

  $15.00

  A poorly known slender clumping Palm Lily to 2m from NE.Q’ld. Requires a moist shady situation. Long panicles of white flowers followed by reddish globular berries.
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  Cordyline petiolaris – BROAD LEAVED PALM LILY

  $7.50 – $15.00

  A tall Palm Lily forming clumps to 5m. White to purple flowers on branching stems, followed by bright red berries. Hardy, requires a semi-shaded position. Excellent tub plant.
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  Croton verreauxii – Native Cascarilla

  $12.50

  Edge species to 6m. from rainforest margins. Bright orange older leaves. Often crooked & branched. Green hairy flowers. Frost tender when small. Requires moist semi shaded site with good drainage. Qld, NSW & NT.
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  Cryptocarya laevigata – RED-FRUITED LAUREL

  $5.50 – $10.50

  A bushy shrub to 6m. for shade and semi-shaded sites. One of the most decorative of the laurels with glossy green foliage & showy bright red fruit. Good indoor. Frost tender. Clarence River to Cairns.
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  Cryptocarya meissneriana – Thick-leaved Laurel

  $15.00

  An attractive bushy small tree to 6m. Dense clusters of small white flowers, black ovoid fruit. LIkes shady sheltered situation in moist well drained soil.  SE.Q’ld & NE.NSW.
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  Cryptocarya rigida – Forest Maple

  $10.50

  Small bushy understorey tree to 8m that resents drying out when young. Greenish flowers & conspicuous black laurel fruit in May. Fairly slow, hardy in most soils. Semi-shade. Newcastle to Atherton Tablelands.
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  Cryptocarya sclerophylla – Hard Cryptocarya

  $10.50

  Bushy understorey tree to 6m. Hardy, moderate growth rate. Will cope with some sun but prefers a semi shaded or shaded site. Showy black ovoid fruit. SE.Q’ld.
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  Cupaniopsis cooperorum

  $12.50

  Ornamental small tree with attractive pinnate foliage & cream flowers. Red capsular fruit opening to expose yellow-arilled seeds. A recently described species from Atherton Tablelands, NE.Q’ld.
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  Cuttsia viburnea – Cuttsia

  $10.50

  A bushy understorey shrub to 8m for damp shaded well drained sites. Responds to pruning. Large leaves and showy white honey-scented flowers. Capsular fruit. Frost hardy.
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  Deeringia amaranthoides

  $10.50

  A small rainforest understorey shrub or low climber, makes an effective groundcover. Spikes of white flowers develop into showy purple-red berries. Semi shade, most soils. NSW & Q’ld.
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  Delarbrea michieana – BLUE NUN

  $5.50 – $12.50