Autumn Sale 2015

The Niche is primed this autumn with plenty of great plants for the enthusiast & home gardener:-

Autumn Specials

Advanced Camellias in bud/flower 250mm pots $25.

Rainforest trees 250 & 300mm pots $10 off retail price.

 

 Bamboo

Chinese Dwarf Bamboo

Bambusa guangxiensis

3 to 4m tall screening variety; dense foliage.

18 available

250mm pots $45

 

 

 

Asian Hedge Bamboo

Dendrocalamopsis sp.

Dense hedging species with arching canes; cold tolerant. Uncommon.

Grows to 3m tall.

12 available.

300mm pots $55

 

 

 

Variegated Common Buddhas' Belly

Bambusa ventricosa Var Kimmii

Specialist variety with long arching canes & extensive branching. Suited to living arches, animal shelter, tunnels/ mazes & tightly clipped hedges.

300mm pots $45

4 available.

400mm pots $65

2 available.

 

 

 

Malay Dwarf

(Bambusa heterostachya)

Good screen to 6m tall. Warm grower; does well in the Illawarra. 3 available.

400mm pots $85

 

 

 

Chinese Running Black

(Phyllostachys nigra)

Traditional black bamboo for pots & planters; will become hazardous if planted into the ground unless the climate is cold & frosty. Colour develops with sun exposure & age. 3 sizes available.

300mm pots $35  2 available

400mm pots $55  1 available

500mm pots $85  2 available (very bushy)

 

 

 

Tiger Grass

(Thysanolaena maxima)

True grass with a bamboo-like habit, to 3m tall. Rapid grower in warm weather. 8 available.

Good bushy plants in 300mm pots.

$30 each

 

Bromeliads - Vrieseas & Alcantareas

The nursery has a good range of large foliage Vrieseas for morning sun to dappled shade; excellent as features or mass plantings.

 

$35 to $80 depending on the variety

 

 

 

Vriesea altodaserrae (photo ex.net)

 

Large flowering sized plants $60

 

 

Alcantareas for full to part sun, large growing species; use instead of Agave.

4 varieties available.

From $35 to $80

 

Aroids - Amorphophallus

 

Plenty of good-sized plants of Amorphophallus konjac, one of the giant arums from South east Asia; above photo is off the net.

 

200mm pots  $25

 

250mm pot $60  (1 only)

Flowering size.

 

We also have 2 pots of Sauromatum venosum; another net photo:-

 

 

200mm pots  $25  (2 only)

 

 

Hippeastrum aulicum

I love these!

Epiphytic autumn flowering species, grown in my bonsai mixture; autumn flowers, fast growing. Plenty of stock.

Flowering size.

200mm pots  $20 & $25

 

 

Succulents

Echeverias

Lovely plants in 200mm pots, fancy varieties, mainly solitary.

$20 each.

 

Madagascar palms

(Pachypodium lameri)

 

 140mm pots  $20 (pictured)

200mm pots  $60

 

Assorted plants

100mm pots  $5 & $7

140mm pots  $10 & $12

 

 

200mm pots  $20 - $25

 

Carnivorous Plants

Nepenthes

Nepenthes maxima x ventricosa. 

200mm pots $35

 

Sarracenia

 

 

Assorted hybrids

140mm pots  $15

 

Photinia 'Red Robin'

CLEARANCE

20 available

250mm pots  $15

 

Cycad (Sago Palm)

$150  (400mm pot)

 

 

$250  (55l tub)

 

 

$350  (75l tub)

Only one of each.

 

Gingers

 

From left to right:-

Hedychium greenii (orange flowers) 250mm  $25

Hedychium sp. pink flowers 350mm  $25

Alpinia formosanum 200mm  $15 (Pinstripe ginger)

Alpinia caerulea 250mm  $25 (Native ginger)

Zingiber zerumbet variegata 200mm  $18

Galangal 350mm  $25

Other varieties also in stock.

Great to add colour & form to tropical-style gardens; ideal for morning sun to dappled shade.

 

 Postscript - STOLEN!!

 

 This is part of what greeted me when I woke up one Sunday morning in February.

 Over forty plants were stolen from the front verandah at home, mostly pachypodiums, agaves, elephants' foot yams (Dioscorea) and a few cacti. Some plants were irreplaceable, eg. a  Pachpodium lameri crest around 20 years old that had begun to develop brain-like convolutions. The thieves deliberately targeted these plants over others more accessible; they are not visible from outside & one would have to visit to know the plants were there.

 

 

The plants were almost all grown in terracotta pots, with a distinctive potting mix containing perlite & coarse white river sand; expanded clay balls were used in the pots as a drainage aid. Many of the pots taken were 25cm diameter.

A few remainders are pictured below, with an old photo taken well before the theft, to give an idea of what you may find in your travels:-

 

 

 

The theft has been reported to the police along with these & other photos, & a comprehensive list of what was stolen.

I would be very interested in any information regarding the theft, & am offering a good reward.

As you can see these plants are quite distinctive.

I hope someone can provide assistance.

Thank you,

Russell,

The Niche Nursery.