Albizia - Evergreen Silk Tree. Seeds.
Botanical Name: Albizia lophantha.
Stock Reference Number: 288.
Sometimes mistaken for Wattles. The related Silk Trees are short and spreading and decked in summer with large clusters of yellow flowers. Makes an excellent shade tree. Scarify seed by rubbing on sandpaper or drop seeds into boiling water then allowing seed to soak in the water as it cools. Successfully treated seed swells.
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Stock Reference Number: 288.
Sometimes mistaken for Wattles. The related Silk Trees are short and spreading and decked in summer with large clusters of yellow flowers. Makes an excellent shade tree. Scarify seed by rubbing on sandpaper or drop seeds into boiling water then allowing seed to soak in the water as it cools. Successfully treated seed swells.
Available from our online shop at: www.burrendonggardens.com
Albizia - Persian Silk Tree. Seeds.
Botanical Name: Albizia julibrissin.
Stock Reference Number: 146.
Description: Sometimes mistaken for Wattles. The related Silk Trees are short and spreading and decked in summer with large clusters of pink puffball flowers. Available from our online shop at: www.burrendonggardens.com
Stock Reference Number: 146.
Description: Sometimes mistaken for Wattles. The related Silk Trees are short and spreading and decked in summer with large clusters of pink puffball flowers. Available from our online shop at: www.burrendonggardens.com
Joshua Tree. Seeds.
Botanical Name: Yucca brevifolia.
Stock Reference Number: 589.
A native of the southern USA. Grows to 8 metres but normally much smaller in a garden environment. A tree-like succulent with rigid leaves to 40cm long by 2.5cm wide, with serrated edges and a sharp pointed tip. Flowers early spring, producing nodding panicles up to 50cm long with 7cm greenish-white flowers followed by edible fruit. Sow spring - summer. Frost Hardy to -18 degrees C.
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Stock Reference Number: 589.
A native of the southern USA. Grows to 8 metres but normally much smaller in a garden environment. A tree-like succulent with rigid leaves to 40cm long by 2.5cm wide, with serrated edges and a sharp pointed tip. Flowers early spring, producing nodding panicles up to 50cm long with 7cm greenish-white flowers followed by edible fruit. Sow spring - summer. Frost Hardy to -18 degrees C.
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Sausage Tree. Seeds.
Botanical Name: Kigelia pinnata.
Native to South and Central Africa. An unusual subtropical/tropical ornamental tree to 45 feet. Produces beautiful large deep red flowers followed by large 12-24 inch sausage like fruit that dangle from the tree. Fruit is not palatable to humans but sought after by baboons, giraffes and hippos. Fruit contains steroids which are currently added to commercially available shampoos and facial creams. Sow Spring - Summer. Will withstand light frosts.
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Native to South and Central Africa. An unusual subtropical/tropical ornamental tree to 45 feet. Produces beautiful large deep red flowers followed by large 12-24 inch sausage like fruit that dangle from the tree. Fruit is not palatable to humans but sought after by baboons, giraffes and hippos. Fruit contains steroids which are currently added to commercially available shampoos and facial creams. Sow Spring - Summer. Will withstand light frosts.
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Silver Birch Tree. Seeds.
Botanical Name: Betula pendula.
Stock Reference Number: 575.
The popular European Silver Birch is commonly planted in residential gardens around temperate Australia for its white trunk and fresh green foliage. Good when planted in odd numbered groups to create an attractive copse in parks and larger gardens. Height 10metres. Width 6 metres. The leaves are bright green, triangular to diamond-shaped with a doubly seperate margin. Yellow autumn colour. The autumn foliage colour is better in cool areas. The bark is bronzy-grey when young, later turning papery white. becoming roughly fissured with greyish-black patches on the trunk as it ages.
Available from our online shop at: www.burrendonggardens.com
Stock Reference Number: 575.
The popular European Silver Birch is commonly planted in residential gardens around temperate Australia for its white trunk and fresh green foliage. Good when planted in odd numbered groups to create an attractive copse in parks and larger gardens. Height 10metres. Width 6 metres. The leaves are bright green, triangular to diamond-shaped with a doubly seperate margin. Yellow autumn colour. The autumn foliage colour is better in cool areas. The bark is bronzy-grey when young, later turning papery white. becoming roughly fissured with greyish-black patches on the trunk as it ages.
Available from our online shop at: www.burrendonggardens.com
