Fuchsias - Great for the garden as well as hanging baskets

BRENLISSA FUCHSIAS

Fuchsia cultivar – "Peachy"
This is a wonderful double variety with 8 or more petals. Sepals pale pink. Corolla orangey pink. Very large blooms up to 75mm wide!
A free flowering large flowered fuchsia with fancy double blooms in shades of pink and lavender. Good in baskets or staked as a small shrub.
'Peachy' has huge pink skirts, topped with lighter coloured petals. The individual blooms can measure up to 7.5cm (3in) across and are sure to make a colourful impact in your summer displays.

Perfect for hanging baskets or the edges of containers, its lax stems naturally trail making a brilliant standard.

Fuchsias are one of the most versatile and longest flowering plants known. H x W 90cm. Also worth getting hold of some of the yellow clivias all Available from Brenlissa Fuchsias

COUNTRY DAHLIAS
If you like Dahlias, probably the best selection in Australia in the new catalogue from Country Dahlias

And one that you will not see everywhere is Gentiana acaulis, pictured left, a wonderful blue flowering rock garden plant. Look for that on our web site.

Lots of Orchid shows coming up so watch out for them as well on our events page.

LILIUMS
It is also not to late to plant lilium bulbs, check out the suppliers listed at www.nurseriesonline.com.au

New Catalogue form Hillview Rare Plants - Yellow Clivia

Clivia citrina "Yellow" - Rare Yellow & Cream.
Broad, dark green strap like leaves and beautiful dense umbels of large creamy yellow flowers produced in deep shade have made this unusual form of Clivia a most prized possession. A good pot subject, it needs a shady position and thrives on regular feeding in a well-drained humus rich soil.
Imported from their natural home in South Africa, these seventh generation Clivia plants are hard to find in golden yellow varieties.


Their flowers are a delicate pale lemon and have the elegant yet solid appearance of a Frangipani (Plumeria acutifolia). Clivias make great border plants growing around under trees. Flowering in the spring these bright flowers will brighten up any dark spot under trees. H x W 75cm clump forming, easily divided for sharing or spreading throughout garden. Available from Brenlissa Nursery

HILLVIEW RARE PLANTS New 2013 Catalogue

With so many offering in Hillview catalogue it is a little difficult to pick one as a standout, we do love the Liliums, many you will not see anywhere else in Australia. We also love the Primulas and Auriculas, wonderful old fashioned plants well worth a place in the garden. We have however found two that really do deserve a little extra exposure.

The first is Paeonia kesrouanensis, (pictured right) this is a species peony from Syria and Turkey, a wonderful flower.

The second is Lilium duchartrei, a species from China, check out the catalogue and see what you think. Available from Hillview Rare Plants

And while we are talking new catalogues, Post Office Farm Nursery have the 2013 catalogue online now. Wonderful hellebores. Read about them and fond links to the Hellebore Open Days at www.nurseriesonline.com.au