What’s New For Autumn
Pansy ‘Plentifall’
The Pansy Plentifall Trailing series from Floriana is an exciting development in plant breeding that is now available to the Australian gardening public. Trailing Plentifall pansies have an amazing, flat spreading habit that makes them simply perfect for growing in hanging baskets, window boxes, urns and containers.
Vigorous, easy-to-grow Plentifall pansies make an ideal groundcover and may be planted to soften the edges of paved areas and retaining walls. Trailing Plentifall pansies have an exceptional branching habit and spread up to 60cm across. The mid-sized flowers of Plentifall offer gardeners even more value by recovering quickly after rain and watering ensuring full and generous flower coverage for months at time.
• Position: Full sun
• Height: 15-20cm approx.
• Width: 60cm approx.
• Flowering: 6-8 weeks after planting
• Growing Tip: Cooler weather produces larger blooms, deeper colours and more prominent petal markings. Remove spent flowers to encourage more flowers. One seedling is sufficient for a 25cm container. Fill larger pots quickly by planting 2-3 seedlings.
Mizuna Combo – Salad greens
Mizuna Combo is a mix of green and deep red leaves that have frilly edges and a mild flavour.
Mizuna is an easy to grow oriental vegetable that may be harvested leaf by leaf for continuous cropping. It is best enjoyed in salad mixes when the leaves are young. Mizuna may also be steamed, stir fried or pickled.
Believed to have been originally domesticated in Central Asian Himalayas, Mizuna tolerates cool conditions and most soil types, but prefers a well-drained position in full sun or part shade. Mizuna should be protected from snails and kept moist in dry weather, but not over watered. Leaves are ready to harvest within 4-8 weeks of planting, subject to local conditions. For baby leaf salad ‘greens’ plant seedlings 10-15cm apart, for larger leaves suitable for cooking plant at 45cm intervals.
Daphne ‘Eternal Fragrance’
• Longer flowering than other varieties - main flush from spring with continuous spot flowering throughout warmer months
• Flowers are strongly perfumed
• Very compact growth with dome shaped habit
• Heat and dry tolerant - can grow in a sunny site without scorching
• Frost hardy
• Once established only needs occasional deep watering during extended periods of heat.
• Feed in spring with slow release fertiliser and again in autumn for best results.
• 60 cm tall x 90 cm wide
• Compact habit makes it ideal for large containers
• Beautiful low hedge
Dianthus Sugar Plum and Rose Bud – Garden Pinks or carnations
Beautifully fragrant this easy to grow and hardy perennial is more commonly known as 'garden pinks'. Low water requirements. Once established, quite dry tolerant requiring only occasional long soaks during extended periods of heat. Low maintenance and easy to grow. Pruning generally not required although removing spent flower heads encourages more profuse flowering. Apply a slow release fertiliser during early spring for optimum performance.
‘Rose Bud’ has coral pink, frilled flowers appearing on short stems for a lengthy display in autumn and spring. ‘Sugar Plum’ has mid pink, frilled flowers highlighted with cherry central markings during autumn and spring. Buds are also an attractive plum colour.
• Fragrance & colour for entertainment areas
• Ideal for Containers, Small Gardens, Edging
• Cut flower for posies
• 30 x 40 cm
• Full Sun
• Dry and cold tolerant
New Flower Carpet Rose ‘Pink Splash’
Flower Carpet® PINK SPLASH is a tough, high-performance groundcover rose, introduced by
Anthony Tesselaar Plants. A true easy-care groundcover rose, Flower Carpet® PINK SPLASH is simple to grow and easy to maintain, requiring no spraying in the landscape. Flower Carpet® roses are “self-cleaning” and require no fancy pruning or deadheading, simply trim to shape anytime of year. To invigorate blooming, cut back by ⅔ once annually in late winter or early Spring. Maximum flowering and performance can be achieved by feeding with a controlled release fertiliser high in potash in early spring and then again in late summer.
Key Features
• disease-resistant
• easy-care maintenance
• masses of bi-colour hot pink and pale pink blooms
• glossy green foliage
• attractive compact bush shape and appearance
• Produces masses of flowers all season long in full sun.
• Grows to 60 cm – 80 cm tall x 1 m wide
• Use in flowerbeds, mass plantings, large containers and as a standard tree rose.
New Light-weight Pots
Northcote Pottery's eLITE collection features stunning lightweight glazed pots available in a variety of sleek, modern styles and fashion colours. Made from a unique lightweight formula combined with unrivalled quality glaze, eLITE pots are easy to handle and move, making them the perfect addition to any modern urban living space.
Transform is Northcote Pottery's sleek range of plastic self-watering garden planters. With a modern, ceramic-like finish, these pots offer a stylish, lightweight and affordable alternative to traditional pottery.
Specially designed for maximum functionality, Transform pots have a unique water reservoir which saves watering time and plant stress.
