Daphne - A look some 'different' Daphne species

Its Daphne time, but we hear you say, thats not a picture of a daphne, they have flowers that are all red and pink not green and yellow. Well what we have here is Daphne pontica, and to tell the truth it's not flowering now anyway, this one flowers in late spring to summer.

Daphne pontica is just one of the many species of daphne, difficult to find, but worth looking for. We provide a look at a few others including the well known D.odora as well as D.cneorum. You can find them through the links on our Daphne Page.

And if you you like you can visit Don Teese at Yamina Collectors Nursery for a look at a few more. And yes Dons Nursery was called Yamina  Rare Plants but now it is Yamina Collectors Nursery.

And daphne that we are trying to get to flower is D.oleoides it is a white flowering species, and it likes sun.  We will keep you posted on that little adventure......

New Catalogue From Hillview Rare Plants

Marcus Harvey from Hillview Rare Plants has just released his new Catalogue and we think that he has some really great plants. Lilium duchartrei (pictured left) is one that we really like. It is known as Known as Farrer's Marbled Martagon. And if you can give it cool soil conditions it is an easy Lilium. Closely related to L. lankongense. View the Catalogue at www.hillviewrareplants.com

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New Catalogues and End of Season Sales

It's always great to get new catalogues and this week we have a couple for you. The first is Tonkins Bulbs, and Shirley and Jane have a good selection of Liliums for you to look at, as well as a lots of other goodies. 

The second is from Pen Lan Plants, and if you are remotely interested in Primulas, or Auriculas then this is the catalogue for you.

We also have a few 'End of Season' Clearances. The first from Tim Drewitt of Drewitts Bulbs, if you are interested in that one we can send you list, simply email us, the second is from Tesselaars and with only a few days to go, be quick for this one.

And of course we will have Marcus Harveys 'Hillview Rare Plants'  new catalogue up and running in a few weeks, stay tuned....

Now is a great time to buy Lilium Bulbs and you can look at hybrids, Asiatic Liliums, Oriental Liliums or species. Liliums are easy to grow and many are fragrant. Check out what is on offer on our Liliums Page. 


You may also be interested in the New Catalogue from Lynn's Rare Plants, see our Rare Plants page for contacts.


Or you might be looking for Daffodil Bulbs in numbers, Riddells Creek Daffodil Farm has a special offer.

New Release Garden Plants and Catalogues

New Release Plants and New Season Plant Catalogues Read all about the new rose, 'Eyes For You' (pictured) from John Gray at Brindabella Gardens. A new release Pittosporum from Paddy's Plants an excellent screening plant We also have now fewer than FOUR new Bulb and Perennial Catalogues, including a new addition to nurseries online 'Whitehouse Nursery', a new venture by Peter Harris and Jess Exiner Plus new catalogues from Shirley and Jane at Tonkins Bulbs, Marcus Harvey at Hillview Rare Plants, and the new catalogue from Riddells Creek Daffodils, who sell a lot more than just daffodils Plenty of great plants to set you up for planting in Autumn. Find all of these on our NEW RELEASES page.

Hellebores Pretty Faces of Winter and Adeniums

Hellebores, also known as the Christmas and Lenten roses, are the classic winter perennial. When most other ornamental plants have tucked their flowers well and truly away these hardy souls provide us with an exuberant display of outstanding foliage and wonderful early blooms right throughout the cold and gloomy season. Read the Full Article On Hellebores

Adenium Obesum and other adenium plants are native to tropical and subtropical eastern Eastern Africa and Northern Arabia. Adeniums require full sun for proper care but can be grown indoors if they recieve full light near a window. Sandy's Adeniums is a new addition to our Adenium Nurseries

New Rose Releases and Some Very Special Liliums

Treloars Roses have releases a new range of roses, we particularly like LUPO (Kordwarul) 


LUPO (pictured left) is  Miniature Rose. Very dense and compact, a  miniature rose that grows around 50cm high x 40cm wide. It produces a mass of deep purple to carmine red flowers repeatedly that are as good in brilliance as they are in resistance to the elements. A great rose for landscaping purposes with many hips produced in Autumn also. Fragrance free blooms.


More new release roses on the Front Page of www.nurseriesonline.com.au over the next few weeks


LILIUMS
We hear a lot about the spectacular Liliums and people usually talk about the Asiatic Liliums and the Oriental Liliums, now they are really great plants with fantastic flowers however often neglected and often just as fascinating are the species Liliums, and if you are looking for Liliums that are just a little bit different then its hard to go past some of the species Liliums available. 


We list some of the best growers of species Liliums in Australia including Tonkins Bulbs and Hillview Rare Plants, you can find them all on our Liliums page. In terms of species Liliums we really like Lilium Japonicum from Hillview Rare Plants and Lilium Lankongense from Byan H Tonkin, both worth a place in the garden. 


And while we are talking about new Catalogues Paradise Distributors have just updated their catalogue as well, see www.nurseriesonline.com.au for details.