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Gumbi Gumbi
$3.40 ($3.40-$18.75 choose a size)
This drought hardy tree has a weeping appearance with long and slender leaves to 10cm. The fruit changes from green to yellow/orange when ripe splits open with red sticky seeds. Great for an informal native hedge. Traditional medicinal uses: An infusion of the seeds, fruit pulp, leaves or wood was ingested for the relief of pain and cramps. Decoction of the fruits was drunk and applied for eczema. Bush medicine, for colds, cramps, itching. Seeds ground for flour. Gumbi Gumbi is resistant to both drought and frost, and grows in a wide variety of soil types, from heavy clay to mostly sand. But for best results in a home garden, choose a well-drained loamy soil or potting mix, located in full sun, and water well throughout the dry season.
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Lime - Australian Desert 'Standout' PBR
$99.00
Selection of unique native Lime from inland Australia, with great flavour and zing. "Standout" is a later ripening selection with large fruit and leaves. Desert Limes have outstanding adaptation to heat and cold from its natural habitat. Trees grow to only 2.5m. Plants are thorny to prevent herbivores from browsing but top-most branches out of their reach are thornless and these quality grafted plants are produced from these thornless upper branches. From flowering to fruiting is generally only 3 months, making this a great backyard plant. This plant has Plant Breeder's Rights over it.
Lime - Australian Desert 'Abundance' PBR
$99.00
Selection of unique native Lime from inland Australia, with great flavour and zing. "Abundance" is an earlier ripening cultivar with outstanding adaptation to heat and cold from its natural habitat. Trees grow to only 2.5m. Plants are thorny to prevent herbivores from browsing but top-most branches out of their reach are thornless and these quality grafted plants are produced from these thornless upper branches. From flowering to fruiting is generally only 3 months, making this a great backyard plant. This plant has Plant Breeder's Rights over it.
Bunya Nut
$19.75 ($19.75-$19.95 choose a size)
A handsome large tree for parks and gardens. This extraordinary bush food produces large edible nuts inside large cones. They are delicious roasted or pressure cooked. Then slice them and shuck the kernel and use in a wide range of recipes. The trees produce dense shade and are cold tolerant. A symmetrical pine suitable for container growing when young as they a slow growing to start. Trees take up to 15 years to produce the large cones, which ripen mid summer. No-one should stand or park under one of these at that time, as they fall from a height when ripe. These trees were and still are very important to the cultural practices of First Nations peoples of the East Coast especially southern Queensland, producing bumper harvests every 3 years, drawing peoples to the region to share.
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Orange Berry
$18.75
Native to rainforest and vine thickets in tropical Australia to as far south as Bundaberg and spread into Asia this is an attractive small tree with tasty berries. Tiny white fragrant flowers are followed by small orange to pink juicy fruits that are sweet and honey flavoured with resinous overtones. Obviously related to the citrus family the foliage is glossy and aromatic. Perfect for use in a mixed screen or bush food garden the orange berry is also a host plant for the swallow tailed butterfly when the plant is young. Fruits make a delicious jam that taste similar to candied honey.
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Native Ginger
$17.90 ($14.90-$17.90 choose a size)
The ginger tasting roots are eaten and the flesh from the bright blue fruit can be sucked off the seeds. Excellent landscape specimen. A versatile plant loved by First Nations people. The large leaves are thatched and used to make shelters and to wrap food for cooking.
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Pale Vanilla Lily
$14.75 ($14.75-$19.90 choose a size)
Native strap-leaved plant with vanilla scented flowers. Produces edible tubers, tasting sweet when young and can be eaten raw or roasted. Wide ranging across south eastern Australia thriving in well drained sandy or volcanic soils. Tubers are 3-4cm long and form 15cm or so underground. Flowers occur in spring and are also edible. Dies back in late summer, re emerging in Autumn. Mass plant for best effect.
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Bolwarra
$14.90 ($14.90-$14.90 choose a size)
An adaptable, handsome plant useful for shady places or as a tub specimen. The fruits are pleasantly scented, sweet and edible. The flowers are strongly perfumed and the bark was used by Indigenous Australians for making fishing lines.
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Fig - Sandpaper
$2.75 ($2.75-$18.75 choose a size)
This small fig occurs along watercourses along the east coast of Australia. An attractive small tree with sandpapery leaves and edible fruit. Grows densely in full sun, less so in shade. Very good for stream bank stabilisation.
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Peanut Tree
$19.90
This tree produces leathery, boat-shaped pods that ripen throughout summer. They split open to display a beautiful, bright red interior that contains shiny, black, peanut-sized seeds which have a delicious, nutty flavour. It is a fast growing highly ornamental rainforest tree. Indigenous Australians ate the nuts both raw and roasted and used the fibrous bark to make nets.
Macadamia - A29
$74.00
Early ripening harvest from a large, upright tree with an open habit. Kernel recovery is good. It flowers in the middle of the season and will pollinate well with 849 and 741
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Blue flax-lily
$2.95 ($2.95-$4.90 choose a size)
An evergreen tuft-forming native perennial, with attractive strap like leaves. Produces panicles of small star-shaped purple flowers in summer that make them an excellent edging plant. Best results in part shaded areas. Flowers are followed by blue berries. This variety has sweet, edible fruits and can be eaten fresh or cooked. There are some reports of people having reactions to this fruit, so eat in moderation.
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Raspberry - Atherton
$21.90
Native to the highlands of far North Queensland, this raspberry is a sweet red-orange berry that grows on an upright suckering, sprawling ground cover with cane-like stems. It is delicious eaten fresh. The taste is milder than the European raspberry. The plant is very responsive to warmer growing conditions and can produce up to 3 kg per plant. It does need some management so it won't take over the garden, grow it where the suckers can be mowed over, or alternatively grow it in a large pot.Weed Warning: Birds could transfer seed in Coastal Subtropical regions. Keep netted. Should not be an issue in colder and drier climates.
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Kangaroo Grass
$3.90 ($3.90-$4.90 choose a size)
Native grass found across the continent in grass and woodland areas. An attactive grass for border plantings and in native habitat gardens. First Nations people have harvested the seed for bread making for generations. Clumps can grow to a height of 1.5 m and respond well to pruning.
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Pencil Yam
$14.75 ($14.75-$19.75 choose a size)
Slender vine with distinctive arrowhead to heartshaped leaves. Tubers are edible, when young as a raw food and when mature, better cooked. Tubers are slender, pencil thickness and can be buried quite deep, to 30cm. The distinctive seed pods of the female vine are an attractive feature. Will tolerate the deep shade of a forest floor but also full sun. Try growing them in a deep pot to make harvest easier
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Burdekin Plum
$18.75
This close relative of the Mango is a native tropical rainforest tree. The deep purple, fleshy, plum-like fruits need to be held for some days to soften and mellow before eating. The flavour then is reminiscent if a prune with a hint of a Davidson's Plum to finish.Early settlers (probably taught by First Australians) were known to bury them in the ground which had the effect of softening them and increasing palatability. The fruit can be eaten raw, or used in wines, jams and jellies. The Burdekin plum is exceptionally hardy and can cope with long dry periods once it is established. It does however prefer free draining soil and lots of sunshine to perform well. Trees are monoecious and will usually set on their own, however they will produce much better yields if they are plants in small clusters of 2-3 trees.
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Winter Apple
$17.90
A reliable ground cover for many areas. Well suited to a range of soils provided drainage is reasonable, and is best located in a sunny position. Severe frosts may damage the plant but it will often recover quickly once the weather warms up. The small flowers occur in the leaf axils and are usually pale mauve but white and blue forms are also found. The main flowering period is summer but spasmodic flowering may occur at other times. The fleshy fruits that appear in autumn are perhaps the most attractive feature of the plant. They are about 1cm in diameter, green in colour with pink or reddish tones.
