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  Dendrobium speciosum – KING ORCHID

  $50.00

  Large epiphytic or lithophytic clumping plant with thick leathery leaves. Cylindrical pseudobulbs to 90cm. Showy racemes of fragrant whitish or yellow flowers to 5cm, spring.
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  Diospyros mabacea – Red Fruited Ebony

  $15.00

  Rare small tree to 7m tree from the Tweed Valley. Slow growing and needs a sheltered semi shaded well drained site when young.  Scarlet non edible plum-like fruit.
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  Eupomatia bennettii – Small Bolwarra

  $15.00

  Shrub to 1m with fleshy roots. Creamy yellow fragrant flowers that last one day. Edible  urn shaped fruit to 2.5cm. Slow, sheltered shady moist site. SE.Q’ld to NE.NSW.
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  Eupomatia laurina – BOLWARRA

  $7.50 – $12.50

  Attractive spreading bushy shrub to 6m with glossy foliage & coppery new shoots. Cream white scented flowers, urn shaped edible fruit. Fairly slow, sheltered shady site. NE.Qld to Vic and New Guinea.
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  Harpullia alata – WING LEAVED TULIP

  $12.50

  Slender straggly slow growing shrub to 4m with purple black leaf flushes. Well drained sheltered shady site. Small white flowers, decorative yellow capsules. SE.Qld – NE. NSW.
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  Harpullia ramiflora

  $12.50

  Tall slender shrub to 8m usually sparsely branched. White fragrant flowers, reddish capsules with yellow aril. Fairly slow, well drained shady protected site. NE.Q’ld.
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  Hedecarya angustifolia – AUSTRAL MULBERRY

  $10.50

  Spreading shrub to 6m with small greenish flowers borne in dense heads & bird attracting fruit resembling a yellow mulberry. In moist rainforest gullies. SE.Q’ld, NSW & Vic.
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  Hedraianthera porphyropetala

  $12.50

  Tall bushy shrub to 5m. Very slow growing. Tolerates light frost. Requires well drained site, prefers semi shade. Dark red to purple flowers on old wood. NE.Q’ld to NE.NSW.
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  Helicia ferruginea – RUSTY OAK

  $12.50

  Small tree to 8m with rounded canopy & often multi-trunked. Slow growing, protected understorey plant with attractive pink flower & large serrate foliage. Q’ld / NSW border area.
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  Helicia glabriflora – SMOOTH OAK

  $12.50

  Small tree to 8m that displays slender racemes of yellowish white flowers & bears oval deep purplish blue edible fruit with a crisp sweet taste. Prefers sheltered protected site.Eungella C.Qld to the Illawarra.
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  Helmholtzia glaberrima – STREAM LILY

  $15.00

  Flax-like lily forming large clumps to 2m tall. Showy  fragrant large creamy pink flower spikes. Fast, excellent understorey plant for a permanently wet shady site.
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  Lepidozamia peroffskyana – BURRAWANG PALM

  $25.00 – $110.00

  This is our local cycad. Large native cycad which forms a stout trunk to 2m. Long leathery dark glossy leaves to 1.5m long. Slow & does best in warm semi-shaded well drained site. Good indoor.
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  Linospadix monostachya – Walking Stick Palm

  $5.50 – $25.00

  Attractive understorey palm to 3m. Showy pendulous spikes of cream flowers & edible red fruit. Slow growing. Needs a protected shady moist site. SE.Q’ld & NE.NSW.
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  Mackinlaya macrosciadia – MACKINLAYA

  $4.50 – $12.50

  Sprawling shrub to 2m & often multi stemmed. Terminal flowers, showy bluish grey berries turning red when ripe. Excellent filler for understorey & indoor for a shady moist site. NT & SE. to NE.Q’ld.
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  Medicosma cunninghamii – PINKHEART

  $12.50

  Attractive bushy shrub to 6m with showy highly scented cream flowers. Must have good drainage, sheltered site in light shade, tolerates light frost. NE.NSW & SE.Q’ld.
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  Murraya ovatifoliolata – Native Murraya

  $12.50

  An attractive bushy shrub with showy small white fragrant flowers and bright red fruit. Found naturally in dry rainforest. Fairly slow, sheltered site in sun or shade. Q’ld.