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.
