{"title":"Advanced Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdvanced grade is what you buy when a garden has to look settled inside one season instead of four. Years of farm production sit behind it: potted up in stages, root pruned at each move, so what arrives has a trunk and a formed head. It suits a front garden that has to match a finished house, or a boundary where the neighbour's upstairs window is the problem. Three things should send you smaller. Down a fifty metre run, semi advanced material buys more screen for the same outlay. And if a wet root ball cannot get down the side of the house without a machine, buy smaller. A big tree is not a head start on growth. It stands still for a season while the roots go looking for the rest of the bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat advanced grade means on this site\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis range gathers every plant our farms grow on to advanced size, roughly 45L and up. It is not an exclusive tier. Some listings run down to a 200mm, others are one size only, and plenty run past advanced into 200L. The collection tells you an advanced size exists. Check the selector before you assume there is a choice. Watch the labels: much of this stock is sold by diameter, not litres. A 400mm is not slightly bigger than a 300mm. Volume climbs with the cube of the width, putting a 300mm near 15 litres, a 400mm near 35 and a 500mm close to 70. It takes about a 430mm to reach 45L. Profile shifts it again: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/olive-olea-europaea-garden-harvest\"\u003eGarden Harvest olive\u003c\/a\u003e lists a 400mm Squat beside a standard 400mm, and the squat holds less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe grade repays you on slow stock\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a fast tree it gains less than you would think. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gum-tree-eucalyptus-bridgesiana\"\u003eEucalyptus bridgesiana\u003c\/a\u003e is listed as fast because it is, and a small one often overtakes the advanced plant that sulked through year one. Wattles do the same, though \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wattle-acacia-dealbata\"\u003eAcacia dealbata\u003c\/a\u003e earns a warning before it goes near a boundary: native to the south east, weedy well outside that range including parts of SA and WA, quick to sucker from any root cut a trencher or edger makes, and short-lived. Fast and permanent are different things. Slow stock is where the grade earns its keep. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/magnolia-grandiflora\"\u003eEvergreen magnolia\u003c\/a\u003e comes in at 75L with slow to moderate growth still ahead of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGetting it through the first summer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut the circling roots. Stock potted up this often has roots wrapping the container wall, and left alone they girdle the trunk three to five years on. Slice the sides in three or four places, then dig wide and no deeper than the ball sits. In the basalt clay across Melbourne's west a deep hole becomes a sump and the ball drowns over winter. Plant proud of the grade. Perth's limestone sand fails the other way, and not only on drainage: high pH locks up iron, so lime sensitive stock, magnolias and camellias above all, yellows between the veins however well you water. Olives and Turkish pine do not care, though birds spread olive seed, so keep one clear of bushland. Water still causes most losses. A container ball sits bone dry inside a bed you soaked, because mix and soil absorb at different rates. Water at the trunk, slowly, and check the ball itself. Stake low and loose, and pull them after a year. Deciduous stock goes in over winter while dormant, which holds in frost country like the Southern Highlands. Around Brisbane the window is autumn, once the wet has passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ranges either side carry the same stock at a different age. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/semi-advanced-trees\"\u003eSemi advanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e suit long runs and infill between anchors, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mature-trees-100l\"\u003emature 100L trees\u003c\/a\u003e where one specimen has to read as finished on day one. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/super-advanced-trees-200l\"\u003eSuper advanced 200L stock\u003c\/a\u003e needs machine access. To choose by species rather than size, start in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wattle-acacia-implexa-wildwood","title":"Wattle - Acacia implexa [Wildwood]","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost wattles have finished flowering by the time Acacia implexa starts. Lightwood, as it is usually called, carries pale cream flower heads through the warmer months, well after the winter and spring gold has gone over, which makes it useful for stretching nectar and habitat value across the season. The phyllodes are long, curved and sickle shaped in a dull grey-green, on an open crowned tree with a habit closer to a small blackwood than a bushy screening wattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wildwood tag refers to the seed source rather than a selected garden clone, so expect ordinary seedling variation in habit between plants. It handles dry, hard, compacted ground better than most wattles and is a common choice for shelterbelts, revegetation and paddock edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe aware that it suckers from the roots, particularly where roots are damaged by cultivation, trenching or mowing, so keep it well away from garden beds and driveways. Available here in 18L and 45L advanced stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308202701169,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18L","offer_id":64308202733937,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/yguNe2ULuwM4KSmr0MEK8_FFjiBuxO.jpg?v=1787627027"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-palmatum-dissectum-omurayama","title":"Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum dissectum Omurayama","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot the low mushroom shaped weeper most people picture when they hear laceleaf maple. Omurayama carries its deeply cut leaves on branches that arch outward and then cascade at the tips, building a layered, tiered canopy that keeps gaining height for years rather than settling into a dome. The leaves are broader and less filigree than the most finely cut dissectums, which means they hold up a little better in wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer foliage is a clean mid green; autumn brings gold through orange to crimson, and the display lasts longest where the tree gets morning sun and shelter from hot afternoon westerlies. That shelter is the whole game with this one. Leaf edges brown and crisp quickly in dry inland wind, and once scorched they stay that way until leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMulch well, keep the water up through summer, and prune only to take out crossing or dead wood in winter. Available here as an advanced 100L specimen or a smaller 330mm pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 330mm, at $159.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing Japanese maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308215644529,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64446144676209,"sku":null,"price":719.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/a5dTwgmHbiMrQP202jets_IkzfUYye.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-palmatum-dissectum-orangeola-standards","title":"Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum dissectum Orangeola Standards","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew of the laceleaf maples hold their colour through a hot Australian summer as well as Orangeola. The finely cut, almost thread like leaflets open orange-red in spring, settle to a bronzed red-green through the warm months, then flush orange again with each new growth wave before finishing bright in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrown as a standard, the naturally cascading habit is lifted onto a clear stem so the branches spill outward and down into a broad weeping dome. That makes it a specimen rather than a background plant: over a low wall, beside steps, at the corner of a courtyard, or in a large glazed pot where the drape can be seen properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDissectums are thin leaved and burn readily. Morning sun with shelter from hot afternoon wind is the safe recipe, along with a cool root run under mulch and consistent summer water. Prune only to remove dead or crossing twigs, in winter, and keep the cuts small. Advanced 50L stock is available alongside the smaller pots, with flat rate $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 300mm Squat up to 400mm, priced from $189.00 to $299.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing Japanese maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm Squat","offer_id":64308215808369,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311659659633,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64446144708977,"sku":null,"price":779.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/JUQW-94fG-2e8rNH9mt2P_X6w7dYaB.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-palmatum-red-globe","title":"Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum Red Globe","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt 90L this is already a substantial tree rather than something to grow on, which changes how you use it: instant height in a courtyard, a semi mature specimen in a new build where everything else is small, or a like for like replacement for a maple lost from an established planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed Globe is a red leaved Acer palmatum selection with palmate rather than dissected foliage, grown for the full rounded crown its name suggests. Colour follows the usual pattern for red palmatums, strongest in the spring flush, deepening and bronzing as summer heat comes on, then a final run of scarlet to crimson in autumn before the leaves fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandle a tree this size carefully. Plant it at the depth it sat in the pot, stake low and loose for the first season only, and water deeply and regularly through the first two summers while roots push out into surrounding soil. Shelter from hot dry wind keeps the foliage clean.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64308220985713,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/l1zsu4zjBxajzyxNYZukY_0FlTOd9f.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-platanoides-columnare","title":"Norway Maple - Acer platanoides Columnare","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrow verges, driveway avenues and side setbacks where a round headed tree would end up butchered by pruning: that is the job Columnare was selected for. It holds a tight upright column with branches that rise rather than spread, so the canopy stays close to the trunk instead of pushing out over a fence line or a road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is the standard Norway maple leaf, broad and flat with a fine point on each lobe, mid green through summer and turning clear yellow to gold before it drops. Snap a leaf stalk and the sap runs milky white, which is the quickest way to tell a Norway maple from a sycamore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does its best work in cool temperate gardens: Canberra, Victoria, the Adelaide Hills, the NSW tablelands. Worth knowing before you plant, the shade underneath is dense and the surface roots are greedy, so do not plan on lawn or fussy perennials at its feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 25L up to 150L, priced from $199.00 to $999.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"25L","offer_id":64308224754033,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64308224786801,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308224852337,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308224885105,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308224917873,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/TNEAM6SELRbimwHgZP-Ie_L8m63zhr.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-platanoides-crimson-king","title":"Norway Maple - Acer platanoides Crimson King","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuyers regularly ask for Crimson King when the photo they have actually seen is Crimson Sentry. Sentry is the narrower, more compact sport; King is the full sized, broad crowned tree, and at maturity it casts a very large and very dark shadow. Order on that basis rather than on the size of the pot in front of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foliage is the reason anyone plants it: deep maroon to near black from the spring flush right through summer, holding colour far better than most purple leafed trees, which fade to a muddy green by January. Autumn is honestly its weakest season, with leaves turning a dull bronze maroon rather than lighting up. In spring, clusters of maroon and yellow flowers open on bare wood ahead of the leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it cool temperate conditions and room to spread. Under a mature tree the shade is heavy enough to thin out lawn, and the winged seeds germinate freely in garden beds, so stay on top of seedlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 400mm up to 100L, priced from $199.00 to $709.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64308225048945,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308225114481,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308225147249,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308225180017,"sku":null,"price":709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/aOnDW2E7IZVWz8b5dIfn_4pbs6SSO.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-platanoides-fairview","title":"Norway Maple - Acer platanoides Fairview","description":"\u003cp\u003eThink of Fairview as the middle ground between the plain green Norway maples and the relentless purple of Crimson King. New growth flushes reddish bronze and then settles back towards a darker green as the season goes on, so you get colour contrast in the spring canopy without the whole tree reading as a black shape in the landscape all summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabit is upright and oval rather than spreading, with reasonably even branch spacing that responds well to early formative pruning. That combination has made it a common street and nature strip choice through the cooler parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike every Norway maple it wants a cool temperate climate, deep soil and a decent drink through a dry summer. It resents having its root zone compacted or paved over late in life, so decide where the paths and driveway go before the tree goes in. We deliver to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 90L up to 100L, priced from $549.00 to $709.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64308225802609,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308225835377,"sku":null,"price":709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446144741745,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/0MoGQDAv0iBjODwCghgxX_fe5dWYDS.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-platanoides-globosum","title":"Norway Maple - Acer platanoides Globosum","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheck the graft height before you order this one. Globosum is top worked, meaning the round head is budded onto a straight stem at a set height and the trunk does not grow any taller afterwards. Whatever the clear stem measures in the pot is roughly the clearance you will have under the canopy for the life of the tree, so a low graft over a footpath is a problem pruning cannot fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove the graft it builds a dense, naturally rounded head with almost no shaping required, which is why it turns up in formal avenues, carpark islands and small courtyards where a symmetrical shape is wanted. Leaves are typical Norway maple, mid green in summer and yellowing in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe one ongoing job is rubbing off the shoots that appear on the clear stem below the graft union. Do it early while they are still soft and the trunk stays clean for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 430mm, priced from $199.00 to $379.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308225933681,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64308225999217,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64446144774513,"sku":null,"price":719.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/jzD74r-3QqGevymcKIES0_a1ZInIr1.jpg?v=1787627029"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-rubrum-scanlon","title":"Red Maple - Acer rubrum Scanlon","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlan for the shape before you plant. Scanlon is a red maple selected for an upright oval to broadly columnar crown, narrow while young and filling out with age, which is why it turns up as a street, driveway and avenue tree where a spreading maple simply would not fit. It holds a strong central leader and a reasonably tidy branch structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn is the point of it. The three to five lobed leaves turn orange through to red as nights cool, and colour is noticeably better in cool temperate districts than in warm coastal ones. Spring brings small red flower clusters on bare wood ahead of the leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcer rubrum has two habits worth knowing about. It wants moisture and will not tolerate long dry spells on a hot exposed nature strip without irrigation, and it yellows between the leaf veins on alkaline or limey soils, so test your pH before committing to a whole row. Available as 50L advanced stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $21.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308227866993,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64446144807281,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/W5iGqqImfL_uMEt-l4_3G_FedAuZZ2.jpg?v=1787627028"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-truncatum-x-crimson-sunset","title":"Shantung Maple - Acer truncatum x. Crimson Sunset","description":"\u003cp\u003eBred to give Norway maple purple foliage a tougher constitution, Crimson Sunset crosses Acer truncatum, the Shantung maple of northern China, with the well known Crimson King. The result holds deep purple leaf colour through summer heat far better than its Norway parent, which is the standard complaint about purple maples in Australian conditions, and it finishes with bronzed red autumn tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit is upright and oval with fairly even branching, so it suits street planting, driveways and formal avenues where uniform shape is wanted. Leaves are glossy and moderately sized, and the crown casts genuinely dense shade, worth knowing if you intend to grow anything underneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt copes with heat, reflected warmth from paving and drier conditions better than most maples, but it still wants free draining soil and regular water while establishing. Stock runs from 250mm through to 45L advanced trees, so a single specimen and a matched avenue can both be filled from the one line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 250mm up to 45L, priced from $87.95 to $289.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308229570929,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308229603697,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308229636465,"sku":null,"price":87.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/CB34F-68D_EmqbqvyZ2Er_whWcZxcw.jpg?v=1787627029"},{"product_id":"maple-acer-truncatum-x-ruby-sunset","title":"Shantung Maple - Acer truncatum x. Ruby Sunset","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich maple actually colours up somewhere warmer than the tablelands? This hybrid is one of the better answers. Ruby Sunset crosses Shantung maple with Norway maple, and the Shantung side brings genuine heat and dry tolerance to a group of trees that often sulks once summers get long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leaves are smaller and glossier than a straight Norway maple, dark green and clean through summer, then turning red in autumn rather than the yellow most of its relatives manage. Habit is upright and oval with a single dominant leader and tidy branching, which is why it gets specified for street plantings and driveway lines where a broad spreading crown would be in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt still needs a real winter to colour properly, so treat it as a cool to warm temperate tree rather than a subtropical one. Water it properly through the first few summers while the root system gets down; after that it asks for far less than most maples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 400mm up to 150L, priced from $269.00 to $759.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Where Ruby Sunset builds a broad oval crown, Urban Sunset stays narrower and more upright, which is the whole reason it was selected. If you are lining a footpath, a median strip or a driveway with a fence close on one side, that narrower profile means fewer pruning cuts over the tree's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is the small, glossy, dark green leaf that comes from the Shantung side of the cross, carried on a strong central leader with well spaced branch attachments. Autumn runs orange through to red, and the leaves tend to hang on a little longer than a straight Norway maple before they drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeat and dry tolerance is better than most maples once the tree is established, but the first two summers still decide the outcome. Deep, infrequent watering beats a light daily sprinkle every time. 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Acer x freemanii carries silver maple in its parentage, and left to its own devices it sends up several competing upright leaders with tight, narrow crotch angles that trap bark and split out in a storm ten or fifteen years down the track. Formative pruning in the first few seasons, taking out rival leaders and opening up the branch spacing, is not optional on this tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo that work and you have one of the better performers in the group: deeply cut five lobed leaves, pale grey stems, and autumn colour running orange to scarlet that holds for weeks rather than days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt prefers slightly acidic, moisture retentive soil. On limey or strongly alkaline ground the leaves go pale between the veins and the tree never really settles, so check your soil before you commit to an avenue of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 200mm up to 100L, priced from $43.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-maples-in-australian-gardens\"\u003egrowing maples in Australian gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308230717809,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308230750577,"sku":null,"price":76.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308230816113,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308230848881,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308230881649,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308230914417,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64308230947185,"sku":null,"price":489.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308230979953,"sku":null,"price":43.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64446144840049,"sku":null,"price":309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/0_0jbnr5h8UvFzBPNpV9o_n2eDGR2k.jpg?v=1787627029"},{"product_id":"lilly-pilly-acmena-hemilampra-dwarf-hedgemaker","title":"Broad Leaved Lilly Pilly - Acmena hemilampra Dwarf Hedgemaker (Syzygium hemilamprum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecause psyllid pimpling ruins so many lilly pilly hedges, the Acmena side of the family gets specified constantly, and this is the broad leaved one. Where the common syzygiums carry small pointed leaves, hemilamprum has large, wide, glossy leaves with a leathery feel, and the new growth flushes pink to bronze before hardening to dark green. Fluffy white flowers are followed by white fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDwarf Hedgemaker is the compact selection, chosen to make a hedge without the constant cutting a full sized rainforest tree demands. It clips into a bold, coarse textured formal hedge or screen that suits subtropical and rainforest planting schemes far better than the fine leaved cultivars do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts origins are subtropical rainforest, so it wants moisture, organic soil and shelter. Young plants are frost tender and can be knocked about by cold inland winters, and it looks tired in dry, exposed, root competitive spots. Feed and mulch it and it responds quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA for a flat $99 on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 45L, priced from $30.95 to $259.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-a-lilly-pilly\"\u003echoosing a lilly pilly\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308232356209,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308232388977,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/YqFweVTUIq2PnroGEGl1g_OkA7hpuo.jpg?v=1787627030"},{"product_id":"lilly-pilly-acmena-smithii-forest-flame","title":"Lilly Pilly - Acmena smithii Forest Flame (Syzygium smithii)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTip it lightly every few months and the colour cycle keeps running, which is where the name comes from. Each flush breaks bright red and holds that colour for weeks before hardening off to glossy dark green, so a clipped hedge spends most of the warm season two-toned. Left alone it still makes a dense upright screen that furnishes right down to ground level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe names on this one have shuffled about over the years, and Acmena smithii and Syzygium smithii refer to the same plant. What matters in the garden is that the smithii group is little troubled by the lilly pilly psyllid that pimples and distorts the leaves of other lilly pillies, so hedges stay clean without a spray program. Small cream flowers follow in the warmer months, then mauve-pink berries that the birds work through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade, moderate water. The red flush is stronger in sun; in heavy shade the growth is greener and looser. 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Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-a-lilly-pilly\"\u003echoosing a lilly pilly\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"270mm","offer_id":64308232683889,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308232716657,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308232749425,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"160L","offer_id":64308232782193,"sku":null,"price":709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308232814961,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308232847729,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308232880497,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308232913265,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308232946033,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/7aCDVbbUGfmOjUKWFNQPf_M08UMexD.jpg?v=1787627029"},{"product_id":"lilly-pilly-acmena-smithii-minor-cherry-surprise","title":"Lilly Pilly - Acmena smithii minor Cherry Surprise (Syzygium smithii)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace these at roughly half the width you want the finished hedge to be and tip prune from the day they go in. Done that way Cherry Surprise knits into a solid face far faster than it will if you plant it wide apart and wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a compact, small leaved Acmena, denser and more manageable than the full sized lilly pillies, and it carries two features worth having in a hedge: red toned new growth on every flush, and a heavy set of pink to cherry red berries following the small white flowers. Those berries do drop, so think twice about planting it directly over light coloured paving or a pool surround.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcmena foliage is not the psyllid magnet some Syzygium hedges are, which saves a lot of spraying. Keep water up through the first two summers and feed in spring and autumn. 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What look like fine drooping needles are jointed green branchlets, and they hang in a soft curtain that moves in the lightest breeze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBark is corky and deeply furrowed on older trunks. In cold weather the branchlets take on rusty purple tones, and male trees flush a distinct rust-brown when they flower. Small woody cones follow on the female trees and are a food source for glossy black-cockatoos where those birds still occur. Like other she-oaks it fixes its own nitrogen, so it establishes on poor, shallow and disturbed ground where other trees stall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things to plan for. The fallen branchlets build into a thick mat that suppresses grass under the canopy, useful on a batter, unhelpful in a lawn. That same litter is slippery underfoot on paving, so keep these trees back from paths and pool surrounds. Use them in groves, shelter belts and revegetation work rather than as a single specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 140mm up to 100L, priced from $17.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/fast-growing-privacy-screen-plants-australia\"\u003efast growing screening plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308266762609,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308266828145,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308266893681,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308266991985,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308267057521,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308267090289,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446144938353,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64446144971121,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/rmjo34fnLaLKZKhCI0PGX_RYjzvwzd.jpg?v=1787627115"},{"product_id":"alphitonia-excelsa","title":"Red Ash - Alphitonia excelsa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe common name soap tree is not decoration. Crush a handful of the leaves in water and they lather, thanks to the saponins in the foliage, and that is the quickest field test for Alphitonia excelsa. The other giveaway is wind: leaves are dark green above and covered in a white felt underneath, so a breeze turns the whole canopy silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a rainforest pioneer, which tells you how it behaves. Growth is quick, the crown stays open and spreading, and it gets used across Queensland and New South Wales for fast shade, revegetation work and filling gaps in mixed native plantings while slower canopy species catch up. Small greenish flowers are followed by dark fruit that birds take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trade offs of a pioneer apply. The wood is not especially strong, limbs can come down in a storm, and this is not a two hundred year tree. Plant it where speed matters. Advanced 100L and 400mm stock available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 100L, priced from $259.00 to $709.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308283769201,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308283801969,"sku":null,"price":709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/oO51xFcr8jv38-vaJP7tB_ufN8UFFo.jpg?v=1787627116"},{"product_id":"angophora-floribunda","title":"Rough-Barked Apple - Angophora floribunda","description":"\u003cp\u003eConfusion with Angophora costata is common, but the two read quite differently in a landscape. Costata sheds to smooth pink and orange trunks, while floribunda keeps rough, fibrous grey bark on the trunk and out along the limbs. It builds a heavy, crooked, wide spreading crown rather than a tidy upright one, which is why it gets planted for shade on acreage, in parks and along wide verges. Leaves sit in opposite pairs, dull green, with reddish hairy new growth, and the warmer months bring dense creamy flower heads that bees and lorikeets work over hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it room. Limbs run out horizontally and low branching is normal on open grown trees, so this is not a tree for a narrow suburban strip or for planting tight to paving. Expect bark strips, spent flowers and ribbed woody capsules underfoot. Full sun, reasonable drainage, and once the root system is away it carries itself through dry spells with little help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 140mm up to 100L, priced from $16.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees for shade\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308295795057,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308295860593,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308295893361,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308295926129,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308295958897,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64446145003889,"sku":null,"price":1509.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Ko40DuuedyMQrJg2_jcqK_tx3HDC5r.jpg?v=1787627117"},{"product_id":"angophora-hispida","title":"Dwarf Apple - Angophora hispida","description":"\u003cp\u003eAngophora hispida, the dwarf apple, is the compact member of a genus better known for massive rough barked giants. It tends to build a gnarled, low branching crown rather than a single clean trunk, and it is planted as a feature and shade tree where that spreading, sculptural character is wanted. New growth emerges rusty and bristled; the mature leaves are stiff, broad, opposite and distinctly sandpapery to the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough summer the crown carries dense heads of cream flowers, followed by heavily ribbed, bristly gumnuts that hang on well after. This is a Sydney sandstone plant, so full sun, sharp drainage and low water once established suit it, and growth is moderate. Rich, wet or over fertilised ground produces soft growth and disappointment. Allow room for the lower limbs to lean out, because the natural spreading form is most of the appeal. Available across four farms in advanced and semi advanced grades to 90L. Delivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 300mm, at $96.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/australian-native-trees-for-shade\"\u003eAustralian native trees for shade\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308296155505,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64446145036657,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"143mm","offer_id":64446145069425,"sku":null,"price":55.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/fvvXb58-1vDca0J9OUuzv_zSP2ovyL.jpg?v=1787627117"},{"product_id":"arbutus-unedo-strawberry-tree","title":"Strawberry Tree - Arbutus unedo","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew evergreens carry flower and fruit at the same time. This one does, and that is the whole appeal. Autumn brings small white urn shaped bells while the previous season's berries are ripening from yellow through to a warty orange red, so the canopy holds both at once. The leaves are dark, leathery and toothed, and old trunks shed in cinnamon coloured strips over a muscular, gnarled frame that only improves with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is slow, which is why the larger stock matters if you want presence in a courtyard now rather than in fifteen years. Mediterranean by origin, it copes with alkaline soil, coastal wind and dry summers once established, and it is one of the few in the heath family that does not sulk in limey ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is edible but mealy, and it drops. Keep it clear of pale paving and pool coping unless you are prepared to sweep through autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 250mm up to 1000L, priced from $65.95 to $32999.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"1000L","offer_id":64308317454705,"sku":null,"price":32999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64308317487473,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64308317520241,"sku":null,"price":509.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308317553009,"sku":null,"price":65.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64308317585777,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308317651313,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308317684081,"sku":null,"price":699.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308317716849,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/1Gzz0A_sLX0xuX06ykHHD_iDWEJQDn.jpg?v=1787627182"},{"product_id":"archontophoenix-alexandrae-multi-planted","title":"Alexandra Palm - Archontophoenix alexandrae Multi planted","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlant the clump as it comes and do not try to separate the stems. These are grown two or three to a pot so the trunks develop at different rates and give you the staggered, layered canopy you see in resort planting. Pulling them apart at planting sets each palm back and loses the effect you paid for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra palm is the north Queensland rainforest species, and the quick way to tell it from a bangalow is the underside of the leaflets, silvery grey rather than green, with cream flowers below a clean green crownshaft. Old fronds shed themselves, which is tidy in a garden bed and a real nuisance over a driveway or a seating area, because they come down whole and heavy. Ripe red fruit drops and self sows readily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants warmth, steady moisture and shelter from cold wind; inland frost will burn it. Part shade suits young palms, and they take full sun happily once the trunk is up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 140mm up to 500L, priced from $18.95 to $5449.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64308318404977,"sku":null,"price":2529.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"285L","offer_id":64308318437745,"sku":null,"price":1319.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308318470513,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308318503281,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64308318536049,"sku":null,"price":3969.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308318568817,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308318601585,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308318634353,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500L","offer_id":64308318667121,"sku":null,"price":5449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308318699889,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/stMKX6C34vTPymNiB8dyx_OKHGu2kj.jpg?v=1787627182"},{"product_id":"archontophoenix-cunninghamiana-bangalow-palm-multi-planted","title":"Bangalow Palm - Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Multi planted","description":"\u003cp\u003eMulti planted means several Bangalows grown on together in the one container, so the trunks come up at staggered heights and you get the layered look of a rainforest gully from the day it goes in. A single palm takes years to give you that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchontophoenix cunninghamiana grows along creek lines and gullies up the east coast, and it wants those conditions repeated: moisture at the root, shelter from hot dry wind, part shade while young and full sun once it has height. Trunks are slender and ringed, topped by a smooth green crownshaft. The arching fronds shed cleanly of their own accord instead of hanging in a dead skirt, so maintenance is light. Sprays of lilac flowers hang below the crownshaft in the warmer months, followed by clusters of red fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat fruit is the one thing to think about. It drops, it marks paving, and seedlings come up readily in beds nearby, so keep clumps away from pool copings and formal paving. 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It throws several thick stems from one base, each carrying long upright pinnate fronds that are dark green above and distinctly silvery beneath, so the whole clump flickers when a breeze moves through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things are worth knowing before you plant one. Each stem is monocarpic: it flowers from the top down, sets fruit and then dies while the rest of the clump carries on, so a spent trunk in a mature specimen is normal rather than a sign of failure. And the fruit pulp carries irritant crystals that sting skin badly, so wear gloves when clearing beneath it and site it away from where children play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm, sheltered, moist and well drained suits it. Young palms want shade; older clumps take more sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $329.00 to $899.00 per plant. 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Orange-yellow fruit follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtractocarpus fitzalanii comes out of the north Queensland rainforest but has become a standard in gardens well south of there. It is naturally tidy and upright, and slow enough to suit a courtyard. It drops very little, so it gets used around pools and paved entertaining areas where a lilly pilly would make work for you. It also holds in a large pot for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it a sheltered spot with moisture-retentive soil and protection from hot dry wind and frost, particularly while young. Growth is not quick, so if you need a screen at height, start with an advanced plant rather than waiting on a tube. Sizes run from 1.5L up to 1000L specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 13 sizes, from 1.5L up to 1000L, priced from $19.95 to $4949.00 per plant. 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The leaves give the species away: dark green above, silver-white beneath, so the whole canopy flickers in wind. Lemon to greenish-yellow candles appear mainly through autumn and winter, when little else is feeding honeyeaters and possums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the banksias, this is the forgiving one. It handles salt-laden wind, thin sandy soil, coastal exposure and east-coast humidity far better than the Western Australian species, and it will sit on clay provided the site drains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things worth knowing. Narrow does not mean small, so allow for a proper tree trunk at the base even though the crown stays tight. 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Like the rest of the family it takes phosphorus badly, and a scatter of general purpose NPK over the root zone can yellow the foliage and finish an established specimen inside a season. Low phosphorus native blends only, or nothing at all in decent soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you are buying is character: thick, warty, fissured grey bark on a crooked trunk, stiff leaves with saw toothed edges, and fat greenish cream flower spikes through the warmer months that honeyeaters work by day and possums by night. Spent cones go woody and hang on the tree for years, seed follicles gaping open like faces, which is where May Gibbs found her banksia men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt grows naturally on sandy coastal country and wants sharp drainage and full sun; heavy wet clay invites root rot. The gnarled trunk character only arrives with age, but the tree is tough once away and takes salt wind without complaint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 140mm up to 500L, priced from $16.95 to $4139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Beccariophoenix fenestralis carries long, arching, plumose fronds off a stout ringed trunk, and from a distance the silhouette does the job that Cocos does in the tropics while tolerating conditions a coconut will not. Young plants earn the name: juvenile leaves hold slits or windows between the leaflet segments, which close up as the palm matures into a full pinnate frond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a Madagascan species and still scarce in Australian nurseries, so large stock is genuinely hard to replace once it is gone. Treat it as a subtropical to tropical plant. Deep, rich, freely draining soil, steady moisture, and shelter from cold and from strong wind while the crown is establishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a fast palm. The trade off is real trunk mass and a canopy that holds its shape instead of shredding. 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The roots are shallow and greedy, so underplanting tight to the stems is a losing fight, and spring aphids can drop honeydew onto anything parked underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200L up to 750L, priced from $1879.00 to $9899.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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It works over paving, in courtyards where a heavy canopy would darken the house, and in avenues where the trunks are meant to be the feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirches are the first trees to complain in an Australian summer. They are shallow rooted, so mulch the root zone generously, water through the dry months, and keep them away from hot reflected positions against west-facing walls and paving. Trees that dry out repeatedly are the ones that end up with borer. Given a cool root run they establish quickly and fill in well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 11 sizes, from 250mm up to 200L, priced from $76.95 to $1049.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. 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A young tree can take several years before it flowers at all, mature trees skip seasons, and it is common for one part of a canopy to colour up while the rest stays green. Nothing you do reliably changes that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it does perform, the tree sheds its leaves first and the bare branches carry dense scarlet bell flowers. The leaves are variable, deeply lobed and maple-like on young growth, simpler on older wood. The trunk is smooth and green when young and thickens noticeably at the base with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, drainage, and very little water once established. It suits a large lawn or a wide verge where it can be read against sky. One practical warning: the woody boat-shaped pods are lined with fine irritant hairs, so keep trees clear of play areas and wear gloves when clearing them. 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Brachychiton compactus is a denser, more compact member of the group than the familiar roadside kurrajong, holding a rounded crown of glossy leaves over a trunk that thickens noticeably with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing semi deciduous, it sheds a good part of its foliage in dry spells or ahead of flowering, then refurnishes quickly. Do not read that leaf drop as a dying tree. Clusters of small bell flowers follow, and after them the woody boat shaped pods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandle those pods with gloves. Inside each one the seeds sit in a mass of fine irritant hairs that itch for hours if you break a pod open bare handed, and children pull them apart out of curiosity. Otherwise it asks for very little: full sun, drainage, deep occasional water while it establishes, then largely self sufficient. Stock runs from 45L up to large 500L specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 200mm up to 500L, priced from $42.95 to $6609.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Red flowered Brachychiton hybrids raised from seed vary all over the place in colour and can take many years to flower at all, whereas grafted Jerilderie Red gives you the known clone and flowers as a young tree. The union sits on a hardy kurrajong understock, so watch for shoots coming from below it and rub them out early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe display comes on bare or nearly bare branches, because the tree drops much of its foliage before the bells open. That is what makes the colour carry so strongly from across a paddock or down a street. Out of flower it is a neat, upright, glossy leafed tree of manageable size for a front garden or a verge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and sharp drainage are the requirements. Overwatering in heavy soil is the usual cause of failure. 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The leaves are larger, rounder and a brighter glossy green, and the plant holds that colour through a hot summer in conditions that leave English box bronzed and thin. Growth is slow, which is what you want in clipped work, because the shape holds between trims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClip during the growing season, twice a year is usually plenty, and avoid cutting back hard into bare old wood, which reshoots reluctantly if at all. Keep water up in pots, feed lightly, and keep air moving around closely set plants, since dense still wet foliage is where fungal leaf drop begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 200L, priced from $55.95 to $4399.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. 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The Japanese one, which takes Australian heat and humidity better than English box and accounts for most of the clipped balls in those gardens. The leaf is slightly larger, brighter and glossier, and it holds colour in full sun where the English kind can look tired by late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese balls have already had several years of clipping in the field, so the shape arrives with the plant instead of being something you spend five years building. Growth is slow, and one or two trims a year hold the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePairs either side of a door, gate or flight of steps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepeated down a border to give rhythm between looser planting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle balls in pots, where the slow growth is an advantage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBox will not tolerate wet feet. 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A ball sits and rests; a cone points, carrying the eye upward and giving a flat bed or a low hedge line some vertical punctuation. They get used in matched pairs at entries, repeated along a formal border, or set into large pots either side of steps, and the effect depends on the pairs actually matching, so order them together rather than one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are Japanese box, which handles Australian heat and humidity better than English box and holds a deeper glossy green through summer. Growth is slow, so a trained cone stays true for a long stretch between clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things ruin a cone: an uneven base and a hard cut back. Trim little and often, following the existing taper with the blades held flat rather than nibbling at the tip, and never cut into leafless old wood inside the plant. 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Where a ball reads as a full stop, a clipped cone gives vertical emphasis, which is why they end up flanking doorways, marking the corners of a parterre, or standing one either side of a set of steps. The plant underneath is the same slow, small leaved Japanese box, and that is what makes the shape hold: the growth is fine and dense enough that a taper stays crisp between clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe usual mistake with cones is letting the top get ahead of the base. Once the upper section overhangs, it shades the lower skirt, the bottom thins, and you are left with a bare ankle that box is slow to replace. Keep the taper honest from the first clip and work from the bottom up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade both suit it, and it prefers steady moisture, particularly in pots. These are 200L specimens, so plan access for machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 200L, at $3309.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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As balls, it delivers that formality in a single object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow, so a well grown ball holds its shape with very little work, and these have been trained in the field before sale. Full sun to part shade and moderate water suit it, though drainage matters more than soil richness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate is the honest limitation. Buxus sempervirens is happiest in cooler districts. Through a humid coastal summer it is more prone to fungal leaf problems and to psyllid, which cups and distorts the new tips. Give it morning sun and air movement rather than a still enclosed corner, and clip in the cool of the day so the cut foliage does not scorch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 250mm up to 800mm, priced from $139.00 to $1099.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. 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Not the way a red bottlebrush reads red. Pink Champagne carries soft, pale pink brushes that sit lightly against grey green foliage, and at a distance the effect is closer to a haze than a signal. Up close it is the more interesting flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit is classic weeping viminalis: arching outer limbs, pendulous branchlets and narrow leaves that move in any breeze. Left alone it builds into a small tree with a domed weeping crown. Kept trimmed it makes a soft screen. Decide early, because taking the lower limbs off a mature plant leaves obvious scars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt copes with low to moderate water once established and tolerates soils that stay damp for periods, which is why it turns up in swale and basin planting. Fed and watered hard it grows fast and soft, and fast growth means brittle limbs, so avoid pushing it in exposed windy sites. 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