{"title":"Indian Hawthorn","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndian hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis) is the shrub landscapers reach for when a job needs flowers on a plant that cannot be allowed to fail: leathery evergreen foliage, spring blossom in white or pink, and tolerance for coastal wind, drought, heat and neglect. This page lists every rhaphiolepis available from our partner farms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modern compact cultivars are the pick for hedging and mass planting: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rhaphiolepis-oriental-pink-pbr\"\u003eOriental Pink\u003c\/a\u003e and Orient Pearl with blush flowers on tight rounded bushes, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rhaphiolepis-raph01-pbr-cosmic-white-tm\"\u003eCosmic White\u003c\/a\u003e for massed white display, Snow Maiden as the classic compact white, and Hot Tips with its bronze-red new growth. Smaller again, Minikins and Pink Punch suit borders and pots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe traditional forms still carry the bigger jobs: the species Rhaphiolepis indica and its larger selections Maximus, Springtime, Rajah and Apple Blossom build informal flowering hedges to head height, and the white intermedia Alba covers the old-school landscape slot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing notes: Indian hawthorn wants full sun to light shade and free-draining soil, and after its first summer it is close to indestructible, handling salt wind, reflected heat off paving, and long dry spells. Flowers arrive in massed clusters through spring, followed by blue-black berries the birds take. Clip lightly after flowering to keep hedges dense; it responds to shaping as well as any exotic hedge plant. Watch only for leaf spot in humid shade, which good airflow prevents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it alongside \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/westringia\"\u003ewestringia\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging range\u003c\/a\u003e, or in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow-maintenance\u003c\/a\u003e palette it was made for. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-apple-blossom","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Apple Blossom (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGive this one more room than you think. Apple Blossom is among the taller, looser Indian Hawthorns, closer to an informal shrub than to the tight dwarf cultivars, and planting it at dwarf spacing means constant shearing to hold the row flat. The flowers explain the name: pink in bud, opening pale and almost white with a blush, carried in sprays through spring above leathery evergreen leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it as a low informal screen, a car park bed filler or a soft edge along a driveway where it can keep its natural rounded shape. Full sun to part shade both work, and it is not thirsty once established, though flowering is heavier in open sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune within a few weeks of flowering finishing. Cut in late winter and you remove buds set the previous autumn, which is the most common reason a perfectly healthy plant refuses to flower. Available across four of our growing sites in sizes from 140mm through to 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $99.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309369831793,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64309369864561,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309369897329,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309369930097,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/TPrOwA3XSKVjXzlRmOGSn_m4fETCi6.jpg?v=1787628874"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-alba","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Alba (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlba is the old white flowered Indian Hawthorn, grown in Australian gardens long before the modern compact pink selections arrived. Expect an evergreen shrub of medium size with thick, dark, blunt tipped leaves, clean white spring flowers in loose sprays, and small blue black berries that the birds work through by late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing before you specify it: the name Alba is applied loosely across several white flowering Rhaphiolepis in the nursery trade, hybrids included, so treat mature size as a range and prune to the dimensions you want rather than assuming a figure. Those berries also mean self sown seedlings turning up in beds and occasionally in nearby bushland, so pull them while they are small.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade, low to moderate water once established, and free draining soil. Overhead irrigation combined with still humid air brings on leaf spot, the purple blotching and defoliation that plagues this genus, so water at ground level where you can. Stock rotates between farms, so ask about current sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64309370028401,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309370061169,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309370093937,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309370126705,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/1YCfHBab9-cfab16HHsbK_POdj74FG.jpg?v=1787628811"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-minikins","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Minikins (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnee high is about the limit for Minikins, and that is the whole point of it. This is one of the genuinely dwarf Indian Hawthorns, a dense low mound of small leathery evergreen leaves that suits front of border work, edging along a path, mass planting under a window, or any bed where nothing is allowed to block a sight line. Soft pink to white flowers arrive in spring, but the year round form is what you are buying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo habits to avoid. Do not plant it into a poorly drained bed, because Rhaphiolepis roots rot in ground that stays wet and a dwarf plant has less reserve to recover. And do not try to renovate it by cutting into bare old wood, since regrowth from thick leafless stems is slow and patchy. One light shear after flowering keeps it tidy indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade, low to moderate water once settled. Supplied in 140mm and 200mm, the sensible sizes for planting a mass at close centres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 200mm, priced from $17.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309370290545,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309370323313,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/1s4E9ZFpom5zyS-7mYwA5_HnoUAePT.jpg?v=1787628874"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-oriental-pearl","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Oriental Pearl (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWater it at the roots, not over the leaves. Indian hawthorn is prone to entomosporium leaf spot, which shows up as purple to dark red blotches, then yellowing and heavy leaf drop from the base of the plant upward, and overhead sprinklers in humid weather are the fastest way to bring it on. Space the plants so air moves through the row and most of the problem looks after itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriental Pearl is one of the more compact white flowering forms: small leathery evergreen leaves on a naturally rounded bush, pink tinged buds opening white in spring, then small blue black fruit. It goes into low hedges, median and car park mass planting, and clipped edging along paths, where tolerance of full sun through to part shade and low to moderate water once established does most of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShear it lightly after flowering rather than cutting back into bare old wood, which is slow and patchy to reshoot. Flat $99 delivery covers 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 7 sizes, from 140mm up to 500mm, priced from $18.95 to $499.00 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64309370356081,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309370388849,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309370421617,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64309370454385,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309370487153,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309370519921,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309370552689,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/8tLaqaHjErwgGYUU4oeeo_aFRcfRLy.jpg?v=1787628874"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-pink-punch","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Pink Punch (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy does a well fed Indian Hawthorn sometimes flower poorly? Usually shade, and Pink Punch is a good example of a cultivar that shows it. The deeper pink flowers colour up strongly in open sun and wash out in a dim corner, where you also get softer growth and more leaf spot through humid weather. Plant it where it gets most of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant itself is a rounded evergreen of moderate size, with bronze new growth ageing to dark leathery green and a main flowering flush in spring. It takes clipping well and is one of the more useful mid height mass planting options for a strip that has to look presentable without irrigation once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree draining soil is not optional. On clay, mound the bed and work in coarse organic matter before planting. Feed lightly in early spring with a complete fertiliser and then leave it alone. Sizes run from 140mm to 300mm across four of our farms, so you can match pot size to how fast the bed needs to close over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309370716529,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309370749297,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309370782065,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/P0z9vQC74YmIip6-KzJJa_0ek8waIj.jpg?v=1787628874"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-rajah","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Rajah (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTreat Rajah as a container plant first. It comes in a single 170mm size from one grower, which suits a courtyard pot, a balcony trough or filling gaps in an established bed rather than planting a hundred metre run. It is a compact evergreen Indian Hawthorn with the usual thick dark leaves and pink spring flowers held in short sprays above them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a pot the rules shift slightly. Use a quality potting mix with real drainage rather than garden soil, and water when the top few centimetres have dried rather than on a fixed timer, because permanently saturated mix is the quickest way to lose one. A controlled release fertiliser once or twice a year is plenty; heavy feeding produces lush soft growth that leaf spot enjoys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ground it handles full sun through to part shade and gets by on low to moderate water once its roots are out. Prune straight after flowering if you want it tighter. Flat $99 delivery covers 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 supplied in one size, 170mm, 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64309370847601,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/FhoJIZX9kzdHB6LlyQsWN_eFFDI5lb.jpg?v=1787628810"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-rapopink-oriental-pink","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Rapopink Oriental Pink (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix of our growing sites carry this one, in everything from 140mm through to 300mm, which tells you what it is: the volume landscape workhorse of the Indian Hawthorns. Oriental Pink, sold under the cultivar code Rapopink, is a dense rounded evergreen with bright pink spring flowers and thick dark foliage that holds its shape without much intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a mass planting, order one pot size for the whole job. Mixing sizes across a bed leaves a stepped, uneven top for a couple of seasons. Set the plants on staggered triangular centres rather than straight rows so the bed knits together more evenly, and mulch properly at planting, because weeds pulled out of a young Rhaphiolepis bed later on take half the mulch with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade, low to moderate water once established, and drainage that genuinely drains. Avoid sprinklers running overhead at night, which is what turns ordinary humid weather into a leaf spot outbreak. Minimum order is $399 with flat $99 delivery, which a planting this size usually clears easily.\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 300mm, priced from $17.95 to $119.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64309370880369,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64309370913137,"sku":null,"price":67.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309370945905,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309370978673,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm Squat","offer_id":64309371011441,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309371044209,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Cbk1we6Zv58GZl939bC3y_8eh2l3TL.jpg?v=1787628811"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-intermedia-alba","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis intermedia Alba (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the R. indica selections that dominate this genus in landscaping, Rhaphiolepis x intermedia is a hybrid group with Rhaphiolepis umbellata in its parentage, and it shows. Expect a bigger, more upright and altogether tougher evergreen shrub with broader, thicker leaves, carrying white flowers through spring and small blue black fruit afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat extra size makes it useful exactly where the dwarf cultivars fall short: an informal hedge along a fence line, a screening layer at the back of a bed, or a coastal planting, where the umbellata side of the family contributes real tolerance of salt laden wind. It will accept a clip, but it looks better allowed to build a rounded form with occasional thinning rather than being shorn flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade, low to moderate water once away. Watch drainage in heavy soil, and keep an eye out for leaf spot after long humid spells, particularly on crowded plants getting no air movement through them. Offered in 200mm from two farms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 200mm, at $29.95 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309371437425,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/4p3PO4Mnn6-qWFB7FyJeJ_TEgZf000.jpg?v=1787628811"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-snow-maiden","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Snow Maiden (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSnow Maiden is the white flowered Rhaphiolepis behind a great many carpark islands, roundabouts and streetscape mass plantings, and the reasons are practical. It holds a tight rounded shape without being sheared, and the leathery dark leaves shrug off heat and the glare bouncing back off asphalt and pale paving. Pink tinged buds open white through spring, followed by small dark berries. Its job is low work: a hedge under a window, a front boundary line, or a block of mass planting that has to look even with little attention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAirflow, irrigation and the leaf spot that strips it bare\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt takes full sun to part shade, copes with ordinary soil provided it drains, and once established runs on the low to moderate water the specs list, which is why it survives median strips. Space plants around 60 to 80cm apart for a low hedge or mass planting, and resist the urge to crowd them for quicker cover. It grows from cool temperate districts through to the subtropics, holds up in coastal exposure, and takes the reflected heat off a north facing wall better than most flowering shrubs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaf spot is the failure mode, and crowding is half the cause. In humid summers, and anywhere overhead sprinklers wet the foliage every evening, Rhaphiolepis picks up a fungal leaf spot that starts as dark purple red flecks on the lower leaves, then yellows and drops them, working up the plant until a planting looks skeletal by autumn. It travels in splashed water and overwinters in fallen leaves. Drip or subsurface irrigation, honest spacing so air moves between plants, and raking litter out from underneath do more good than spraying ever will. Once a block is badly infected, replacing it usually beats nursing it back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eSnow Maiden against box and gardenia for a low line\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo not confuse it with the taller indica selections sold for screening; this one stays low, which is the whole point. Against \u003ca href=\"\/products\/box-buxus-microphylla\"\u003eJapanese Box\u003c\/a\u003e the trade off is geometry versus tolerance: box clips to a crisp edge and holds it but wants better soil, more water and shelter from reflected heat, while Snow Maiden takes the hard site and holds its shape on almost no attention, without ever reading as formal. Box does carry small greenish cream flowers in spring, but they are easy to miss and a clipped hedge rarely shows them at all, where Snow Maiden puts on a display the street can see, and that counts on a front boundary. For a low fragrant edge in shade rather than glare, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gardenia-augusta-radicans\"\u003eGardenia Radicans\u003c\/a\u003e is the swap. More options in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedges\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eCutting into the canopy, not across it\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrune straight after flowering finishes in late spring, shortening the longest shoots back inside the canopy rather than shearing the surface, which keeps the natural rounded form and lets light into the middle. A second light tidy in late summer is enough for most plantings. Older plants that have gone woody take a harder cut in early spring and reshoot from lower down. Feed once in early spring with a complete slow release fertiliser; overfeeding produces soft growth that leaf spot moves through quickly. Top up mulch across a mass planting at the same time, kept clear of the stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 13 sizes, from 100mm up to 500mm, priced from $16.95 to $329.00 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311328047473,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311328080241,"sku":null,"price":20.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"190mm","offer_id":64311328113009,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311328145777,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311328178545,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100mm","offer_id":64311328211313,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm Squat","offer_id":64311328244081,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311328276849,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311328309617,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311328342385,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311328375153,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311328407921,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311328440689,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-snow-maiden-indian-hawthorn-rhaphiolepis-indica-snow-maiden_c334d7c0-4062-4ed6-b57d-dd1f3114ec96.png?v=1785551568"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-raph01-pbr-cosmic-white-tm","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis 'RAPH01' PBR Cosmic White TM (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChoosing an Indian hawthorn usually means accepting a lot of shrub for a fairly short flowering season. Cosmic White is a more compact selection, tidy enough to hold a low hedge or a mass planting without being cut back into a hard box, and it carries clusters of white flowers over dark leathery foliage in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foliage does most of the work the rest of the year. It is thick, glossy and salt tolerant, which is why the genus turns up so often in coastal carparks and beachside verges where little else stays presentable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull sun to part shade. Flowering thins noticeably in deep shade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree draining soil is not optional. Wet feet in clay is the most common cause of sudden collapse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrune lightly straight after flowering. Clipping in late winter takes off the buds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn humid summers watch for leaf spot. Improve airflow rather than crowding plants together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311374250353,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/sH5yTiBG1IcN6AEeetquC_nRIZ0tbc.jpg?v=1787629277"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-snow-maiden","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Snow Maiden (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has watched a coastal Rhaphiolepis hedge turn blotchy and drop half its leaves has met Entomosporium leaf spot, and it is the one thing worth planning around with this shrub. Give Snow Maiden air movement, water at the roots rather than over the canopy, and clear fallen leaves from the base through humid summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond that it is an easy plant. The habit is naturally low and rounded, so it holds a knee to waist high line without constant shearing, and the leathery dark leaves flush bronze before hardening off. White flowers open through late winter and spring across the whole crown, followed by small dark berries. It handles salt wind, poor soil and long dry spells once its roots are down, which is why it turns up in car parks and median strips as often as it does in gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade suits it. Trim lightly straight after flowering rather than cutting into bare old wood, which is slow to reshoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311389159793,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/6d8GZD5sq_1wqDcCkDcuA_86AX3R95.jpg?v=1787629354"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-hot-tips","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Hot Tips (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHot Tips is a compact, densely branched Indian hawthorn that holds a low rounded dome without much persuasion. The point of difference is the new growth: several flushes through the warmer months come away bright red to coppery pink over leathery dark green mature leaves, and every trim triggers another coloured flush. Small clusters of white to blush flowers follow in spring. It is planted almost entirely as a low clipped hedge or a repeated mass planting where nothing is allowed to grow tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKeeping the red flush coming\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt grows through most of the settled parts of the country, from cool temperate gardens in Victoria and South Australia to subtropical coastal beds, and it copes with reflected heat off paving, driveways and light rendered walls better than most flowering shrubs its size. Full sun to part shade both work, though tip colour is stronger and growth denser in sun. Dig compost through the bed before planting, make sure the soil drains, and keep water low to moderate once the roots have run out into the surrounding ground. Autumn planting gives the roots a cool season to settle before their first summer. For a low clipped hedge, set plants around 50 to 60cm apart in a single staggered row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaf spot is the failure mode. In humid weather, or under sprinklers that soak the foliage every evening, the leaves pick up dark purple blotching and then drop from the base upwards, leaving bare ankles under a green top. Water at ground level, leave enough space between plants for air to move along the row, and rake fallen leaves away instead of letting them sit underneath as a spore reservoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHot Tips or Maximus\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe direct comparison is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rhaphiolepis-indica-maximus\"\u003eRhaphiolepis indica Maximus\u003c\/a\u003e, the larger growing form in this range. Maximus is the one to plant where a hedge has to screen a fence line or a bin bay. Hot Tips is for the knee high run under a window, along a path edge or in a repeated block where the coloured new growth is doing the decorative work. Decide the height you want to hold before choosing, since either plant cut well below its natural size thins out at the base. On a genuinely exposed coastal site, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/correa-alba\"\u003eWhite Correa\u003c\/a\u003e is the more forgiving low dome and does not spot in humid salt air, but its flowers are small and white and there is no seasonal colour change at all. More options sit in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClipping and feeding a coloured hedge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim lightly and often rather than once a year. A light clip as each coloured flush hardens keeps the dome tight and brings the next flush forward, and the main shaping cut should be made straight after the spring flowers finish, so buds forming for the following season are not cut away. Old, leggy plants take a hard cut back in early spring and reshoot from bare wood, which is a rescue many flowering shrubs will not tolerate. Feed in early spring with a controlled release fertiliser, water it in well, and top up mulch before summer while keeping it off the stems. Established plants need very little beyond that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311443751281,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311443784049,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-hot-tips-indian-hawthorn-rhaphiolepis-hot-tips_32e4bbf3-236c-46df-81be-dd98be86e379.png?v=1785551836"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-orient-pearl-pbr","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Orient Pearl PBR (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime your clipping for the weeks straight after flowering and this shrub rewards you. Orient Pearl carries larger white blooms than most Indian hawthorns across a long spring season, on a rounded, denser than average frame with thick leathery leaves. Cut it in late winter and you remove the very buds you were waiting on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the common name it is not a hawthorn at all. It sits with the roses and loquats, and like them it sets small blue-black fruit after flowering. Those berries drop, and they will mark light coloured pavers and pool surrounds, so think about the position before you commit to a driveway run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt copes with coastal exposure, poor soil and dry spells once the roots are down. What it will not survive is a bed that puddles: in clay, mound the planting area and fix the drainage before planting rather than after the first plants collapse. One size here, 170mm, which is a practical starting point for a low clipped run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, at $23.95 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311446667633,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/5a5_NQYEVh6GHrzkHmRce_Ak1qyo7u.jpg?v=1787629642"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-oriental-pink-pbr","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Oriental Pink PBR (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlong driveways, car parks and hot front fences, Indian hawthorn earns its keep by looking presentable with almost no attention. Oriental Pink is a compact, mounding selection with leathery dark leaves and clusters of soft pink flowers in spring, followed by small blue black berries. It holds a low dome on its own, which is why it ends up in mass plantings and low hedges rather than as a single feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem to watch is Entomosporium leaf spot. It shows as dark purple red blotches across the foliage and then heavy leaf drop, and it is worst where plants are crowded, watered from overhead, or sitting shaded and damp. Space them so air moves through, water at ground level, and rake up fallen leaves instead of leaving them lying under the plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see the name spelled Raphiolepis as often as Rhaphiolepis on labels and plans. Prune straight after flowering. Supplied in 170mm pots, a sensible size for planting a run at close spacing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311468196209,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/x6-gpJTrI9LTMo_s3S-fc_Iadz54Wa.jpg?v=1787629721"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWater it at the roots and keep sprinklers off the foliage. Entomosporium leaf spot is the single thing that ruins Indian hawthorn hedges in humid coastal gardens, showing as red-purple spotting that spreads until the plants defoliate from the bottom up, and overhead irrigation on crowded planting is what sets it off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManage that and it is a hard-working low hedge. Leathery dark leaves sit tight on a rounded frame at a moderate rate of growth, white to pink flowers open through late winter and spring, and small blue-black berries follow. Full sun and part shade both work, water needs stay low to moderate once it settles, and it takes heat, wind and car park conditions without complaint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it drainage rather than richness, space plants so air moves between them, and prune straight after flowering. Clip it any later in the season and you are cutting off next year's buds.\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 500mm, priced from $16.95 to $399.00 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\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311478649201,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311478681969,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311478714737,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311478747505,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311478780273,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311478813041,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/rLsiFDNAJZu3MhK8pyNca_UAWLLazZ.jpg?v=1787629862"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-springtime","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis Springtime (Raphiolepis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlong carpark edges, median strips and hot front fences from Brisbane to Adelaide, Indian hawthorn does work that nobody thanks it for. Springtime is one of the pink flowering selections: a rounded, dense shrub with leathery dark leaves, bronze tinted new growth, and a heavy spring flush of soft pink blossom followed by small dark berries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is used for low hedging, kerbside mass planting and shrub borders because it takes full sun to part shade, low to moderate water, salt wind and reflected heat without complaint, and it holds a rounded shape with very little shaping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe one real problem is Entomosporium leaf spot, which shows up as purple-black blotches on the leaves and can strip a planting in a humid, wet spell. Reduce the risk by spacing plants for airflow, watering at the base rather than over the foliage, and raking up fallen infected leaves instead of leaving them under the bushes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote the spelling. Catalogues list it as both Rhaphiolepis and Raphiolepis, so search both when comparing. Available in 140mm and 170mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 170mm, priced from $16.95 to $21.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"170mm","offer_id":64311491363185,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311491395953,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/v3xKMx_m3WjiL7XpNva3U_jo00TeyQ.jpg?v=1787629933"},{"product_id":"rhaphiolepis-indica-maximus","title":"Indian Hawthorn - Rhaphiolepis indica Maximus (Raphiolepis indica)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaximus is the exception among the Indian hawthorns sold in Australia. Most are dwarf selections that stop at knee height; this one builds into a larger rounded shrub and fills the gap between groundcover and screening plant. The leaves are the tell, broad, thick and leathery, heavier than any dwarf form and unbothered by salt wind or heat off paving. White to blush pink flowers open in spring, followed by blue black berries. It is used for taller informal hedging and mass planting on batters and verges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSite and soil for a larger hawthorn\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade both suit it, and it holds its rounded shape in either without much intervention. It wants free draining soil more than rich soil, tolerates sandy coastal ground and clay that has been mounded or improved, and once established runs on low to moderate water through a normal summer. Growth is moderate, so a hedge closes over a season or two rather than in a few months. For a clipped run kept above knee height, plant roughly 80cm to a metre apart. For mass planting on a slope, a wider grid still knits together. Plant in autumn or early spring and keep water up through the first summer while roots move out into the surrounding soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem to plan around is leaf spot. Warm humid weather and evening irrigation that wets the foliage bring on purple black blotches, and the plant then sheds from the base upwards, which is exactly where a hedge cannot afford to thin. Irrigate at soil level, keep the row open enough for air to pass through, and clear fallen leaves out from under the plants instead of leaving them in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaximus against the dwarf hawthorns\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet beside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rhaphiolepis-hot-tips\"\u003eRhaphiolepis Hot Tips\u003c\/a\u003e, the difference is scale and purpose. Hot Tips is chosen for the red and copper flushes on a low, tight dome and is happiest kept short. Maximus is chosen for height, weight of foliage and the ability to hold a hedge that actually blocks a view, and its berries bring birds into the garden in a way the dwarf forms rarely manage. If the run you are planting is shaded and the soil is acidic, a camellia such as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-showa-no-sakae\"\u003eShowa No Sakae\u003c\/a\u003e is better suited to that position, though it asks for more water and will not take reflected heat off concrete the way this will. Other options are grouped in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning after the spring flowers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune once the spring flowers have finished, taking the whole face back evenly rather than chasing single long shoots, and repeat with a lighter tidy in late summer if growth has run away. Cutting in late autumn or winter costs you the coming flower display. An older plant that has gone open and woody can be cut back hard in early spring and will reshoot. Feed in early spring with a controlled release or general garden fertiliser, water it in, and keep a coarse mulch layer over the root zone through summer, pulled back clear of the trunks.\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 300mm, priced from $31.95 to $92.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? 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