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It is certainly possible to grow tropical plants in frost prone areas, although often believed otherwise. Not only are there tropical plants, or plants with a tropical look, which are actually frost tolerant to several degrees, there are also many things you can do to protect you plants from frost! Scroll down for frost tolerant palms, frost tolerant foliage plants, and other frost tolerant tropical plants. Read articles about frost proofing your tropical plants, or growing frost tolerant tropical plants
Cordyline Purple Dazzler
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Beautiful Cordylines that produce multiple narrow stems that rise about a meter and are crowned with narrow dark purple-black leaves that are shiny. These pretty dazzlers need........For more info & actual plant photo’s - click on title or product details.
Supplied as: small plants, 40mm tubestock but supplied bareroot for mail order. Less than 10cm tall.
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Purple Garlic Vine (Mansoa allicea)
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This very rare, decorative evergreen vine will grow up to 2.5m. The vine’s flowers bloom with multiple colours at the same time and will range in combinations of deep to pale lavender with white. Blooms are abundant in the Spring and Autumn and in warmer areas may have some flowers.....For More info & photo's - click on title or product details.
Supplied as: Plants, 125mm pots, but supplied bareroot for mailorder. Aprox 10-20cm tall.
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Blue Potato Shrub (Solanum rantonnetii)
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Fast growing and bushy shrub that is native to Argentina and Paraguay. It is known for its beautiful flowers that bloom purple-blue with yellow centers for long periods during the warm season. The Blue Potato Shrub should be grown... More - click on title or 'product details'
Supplied as: Plants, aprox 20-40cm tall.
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Bottlebrush Cameo Pink (Callistemon)
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Fascinating evergreen shrub and an Australian native that grows up to 3m tall. Also used as a fence or hedge line, birds are irresistibly attracted to the pink coloured bottle brush flowers. The pink tipped foliage keeps beautiful colour between blooming, therefore the plant is visually appealing throughout....For more click on title.
Supplied as: Plants, 140mm pots but supplied bareroot for mailorder. Aprox 30-40cm tall.
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Native Gardenia (Randia fitzalanii) large plants
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Rainforest tree native to Australia, to 5m tall. Gardenia-like, fragrant flowers. Edible bush tucker, sweet yellow fruit. Handles very light, short frost, grows well as far south as Sydney.
Supplied as: large plants, 200mm pots - supplied bareroot for mailorder. 40-60cm tall.
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Lady Slipper (Pedilanthus macrocarpus)
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Striking succulent from the Euphorbia family with light green stems in a zigzag shape. 2mx2m. Frost hardy to -5. Full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant.
Supplied as: plants, 10-25cm tall.
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Tiger Grass (Thysanolaena maxima)
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Tiger Grass is often called a Bamboo because of the way it looks, but is actually a grass. It grows to around 2m tall and 1m wide and is excellent for screening. More info & photo's by clicking on title or 'product details'.
Supplied as: plants/rhizomes with new growth
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Scarlet Fuchsia (Graptophyllum excelsum)
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For more photo's click on title or product details. Photo by Jen64 Flickr
Growing info: http://www.nationaltropicals.com.au/blog/1-site-news/160-scarlet-fuchsia-shrub-graptophyllum-excelsum
Stunning Australian native shrub with cherry red flowers. 1.5 - 3m tall. Full sun to light shade. Attracts birds to garden. Suitable for pretty well all climates.
Supplied as: plants, 10-20cm tall.
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Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica)
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Beautiful tropical. Vine with a shrubby habit. Flowers start out white, and age to pink and then a deep red. Strong exotic fragrance. Flowers are long and tubular and form clusters.
Supplied as: plants, 20-30cm tall
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Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum) l
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For more information click on product details, photo or the title. Click Native Frangipani grow notes for grow notes.
Native tree to around 10m. Foliage glossy deep green. Canopy is covered in sweetly fragrant yellowy cream flowers aging to deep orange, borne throughout spring & early summer.
Supplied as:8 lt plant bags sent bare rooted up to 1 metre tall (not for NT due to size)
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Native Gardenia (Randia fitzalanii) md
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Fantastic bush tucker rainforest tree, Australian native to 5m tall. White flowers with beautiful fragrance, followed by edible, sweet, yellow fruit. Light frost hardy. Can be grown as far south as Sydney. Click on title or 'product details' for photo's.
Supplied as: plants 20-30 cms tall
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Golden Cane Palm (Dypsis lutescens) large plants
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See Golden Cane Palm grow notes for further information
Easy to grow, attractive clustering palm. Bamboo-like, golden trunks to 4m tall. Very adaptable, evergreen. Non invasive. For screening, landscaping, pots, and gardens in general.
Supplied as: 8 ltr bags up to 1 mtr tall. Even bigger plants available for pickup in Rosedale, or delivery in Bundaberg/Agnes Water!
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Triangle Palm (Dypsis decaryi) large plants
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For photo's of this plant click on the title or product details. See Triangle Palm grow notes for further information.
Hardy triangle shaped palm. Grey green arching foliage. 10-15m tall. Full sun to part shade.
Supplied as:Plants 200 mm pot up to 1 mtr tall.(not for NT due to size)
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Triangle Palm (Dypsis decaryi) m
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For photo's of this plant click on the title or product details. See Triangle Palm grow notes for further information.
Palm tree with triangular shape and spectacular grey-green foliage. 10-15m tall, drought and frost hardy. Fast growing, for gardens and pots. Needs space to develop the triangle shape.
Supplied as: Plants 20-40 cms tall.
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Dwarf Sugar Palm (Arenga engleri) m
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Check 'product details' or click title for more info on sizes + photo's. See Dwarf Sugar Palm grow notes for further information
Small clumping palm to 3m. One of the most frost hardy palms . Feather leaves are silver underneath and has a nice bushy, round shape, growing nearly as wide as it grows tall.
Supplied as: Plants 15-30 cms tall
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Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) l
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For more information click on product details, photo or the title. See Bangalow Palm grow notes for further information
Graceful native palm up to 25 meters tall.
Beautiful smooth trunk. Leaves are bright green with pale stalks.
Grow in full sun to part shade. Fast grower and can grow up to 1m a year.
Supplied as: Plants 30-60 cms tall
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Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) l
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Beautiful tree from the Bird of Paradise family with big, fan shaped, banana-like foliage. Grows 7-15m tall. Wite flowers, blue seeds. Great feature plant, or back drop for other tropical plants.
Supplied as: Plants 80-100 cms tall.
(not for NT due to size)
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Majestic Palm (Ravenea rivularis)
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Click on 'product details' or title for more info including sizes & photo's. See Majestic Palm grow notes for further information.
Popular tall palm with smooth, white, self cleaning trunk. Beautiful crown of feathery bright green leaves. Very adaptable palm and quite cold hardy. Good house plant or for pots.
Supplied as: plants, 40-60cm tall (not for NT due to size - contact us to see if we have some smaller plants to suit)
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Walking Stick Palm (Laccospadix australasica)
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8m tall feather palm, australian native. Grows as far south as Sydney.
Supplied as: plants, 10-20cm tall
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Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus africanus)
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Stunning plant with bright green slim foliage and tall, pendulous blue flowers. Very easy to grow, excellent border plant, ultra-low maintenance!
Supplied as: Plants 10-20 cms tall
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