Evergreen means the plant will have foliage all year, including winter. It is going to be ever…green! Deciduous means the plant will lose its leaves in the autumn. It will have bare branches during the winter where it is dormant, sprouting new growth in the spring.
The nature strip is the piece of land between the footpath and the road, or between your house and the road. Most of the time you don’t actually own this piece of land and it belongs to the local council. This means you need to consult your local council’s rules first. You can’t usually touch…
An easement is the right of another, often council workers, to access a section of your land when required for maintenance, repairs or access to another property. This can be in the form of a shared driveway or a section of lawn under powerlines. In most cases you can’t plant on an easement as, if…
Some plants don’t have invasive roots so they won’t be able to get into your pipes or pool, even if planted nearby. Other plants, such as those of the Ficus are very vigorous and will often hunt for water. Ficus roots have been known to get into cracked water pipes and old septic systems. It is best to check…
Heights can vary from plant to plant and from supplier to supplier at different times of the year. We will list this where we can, but because we have over 10,000 products available online, this information rapidly goes out of date, so we don’t want to supply incorrect information. If you need the actual height…
Pot size is the diameter of the top of the pot. We base the sizes of our plants off the pot size so we have a standard measurement to categorize the plants by. We’re a bit old fashioned, as we’ve been in the nursery business for 3 generations now, so we give our pot sizes…
This is a horticultural technique of training a plant flat on a horizontal plane, for example against a wall or fence. It is often used for fruit trees or to grow a tree in a tight area. In terms of fruit trees it increases airflow and access to the fruit, making management a lot easier…
Pleaching means to remove all the branches from a certain height down, usually on a hedge, baring the trunk of the plants. We do this to neaten the foliage, create airflow and to make room for underplanting. It creates a wonderfully classic look, basically an elevated hedge on clear, strong trunks. Pleaching works especially well…
Grafting is a horticultural technique where a piece of a plant such as a bud or branch is almost surgically attached to another compatible plant. Growers do this for a number of reasons: – To control the size of the attached plant – To improve the strength of the attached plant. Some plants have a…
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