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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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 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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  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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  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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  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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  Argophyllum nullumense – SILVERLEAF

  $5.50 – $10.50

  Tall shrub to 6m with showy silvery white underside to leaves. Small cream flowers. Protected well-drained  site in sun or shade. Responds to pruning. SE.Qld & NE.NSW.
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  Archirhodomyrtus beckleri – ROSE MYRTLE

  $7.50 – $12.50

  Bushy shrub 3-4m. Delicate pink white flowers, orange fruit eaten by birds. Reasonably hardy & useful screen plant but fairly slow. Sun or semi-shade. NE.Qld to NE.NSW.