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2012 QueenslandTOUR OF OZBREED’S PLANTSLandscape projects using Ozbreed’s plants: Right plant, right place.

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BrisbaneLittle Jess (left) is a star plant in Queensland.

Its ability to cope with humidity, its low height and its low maintenance are some of the many reasons why this is one of the best landscape Dianellas for Queensland.

Little Jess™ Dianella caerulea ‘DCMP01’ PBR


Empire™ Zoysia japonica ‘SS500’ PBR

Little Jess (left) performing as a tough roadside plant with no maintenance. This is a very versatile, low growing plant - great for roadsides, median strips and borders.

Empire (right) in a front yard at Brisbane. An excellent choice for a drought tolerant, low maintenance, deep green and beautiful lawn.

Empire needs less mowing than other varieties, stays much shorter when unmown and only needs two fertiliser applications per year.

Brisbane

Shara™ Lomandra fluviatilis ‘ABU7’ PBR

Mundi™ Westringia fruticosa ‘WES05’ PBR

Shara (above) at the Queensland State Tennis Centre after the 2011 floods. A true testament to its humidity and Phytopthora tolerance.

Mundi (above) at the Queensland State Tennis Centre. Still keeping its low growing, tidy and clean foliage with no trimming.

Sapphire® Stenotaphrum secundatum ‘B12’ PBR

Sapphire (above) at the Queensland State Tennis Centre in Tennyson. High performance, fine textured and proven to be number 1 in shade by research (Department of Primary Industries and HAL research).

Paradise Point

CoolangattaEmpire™ Zoysia japonica ‘SS500’ PBR


Empire (left & above) proving its salt tolerance right on the beach. This is a great option for large public areas, because Empire needs 3 times less mowing than Kikuyu, half as much as Couch and 30% less mowing than Buffalo varieties.

Katie Belles™ Lomandra hystrix ‘LHBYF’ PBR

Katie Belles (left) displaying beautiful, clean green foliage in this street planting.

It will have masses of beautiful yellow perfumed flowers from September to November.

Paradise Point

Tropicbelle® Lomandra hystrix ‘LHCOM’ PBR


King Alfred® Dianella caerulea ‘JOHN316’ PBR

Tropicbelle (above) has a great uniform, compact size that makes it great for planter boxes and mass plantings. It only reaches 70cm high, which is 30% smaller than common Lomandra hystrix.

Katie Belles (left) is performing quite well in this very shady position, even though it is recommended that Katie Belles should be planted in full sun to partly shady positions.

King Alfred (above) is our best erosion control plant. It can handle periodic wet feet, heat and humidity. Cutting King Alfred back every 1-2 years is recommended to encourage new growth.



Gold Coast



Paradise PointLittle Jess (right) is providing a reliable, tough and compact Dianella for this roadside border planting. An excellent low maintenance landscape plant.

Shara (left) is a great alternative to Lomandra Tanika for humid Queensland. It is very drought, frost and Phytopthora tolerant.

Katie Belles (above) thriving in Gold Coast conditions.

Noosa

Cooroy & MaroochydoreShara™ Lomandra fluviatilis ‘ABU7’ PBR

Nara™ Zoysia macrantha ‘MAC03’ PBR


Nara (left) at the Elysium development in Noosa. This is proving to be a popular fine textured, low maintenance native turf.

It is very fast establishing and is extremely drought tolerant. Nara has had millions of years to adapt and grow in our hot, dry and humid climates.

Nara (right) on a turf farm in Noosa. Everyone is loving this new all purpose native turf, especially the native wildlife.

Shara (above) looking great in this group planting at Cooroy. Tough, compact and low growing.


Empire (above) at the Maroochydore library. This tough, low maintenance Zoysia has been here for over 5 years.

Whitsundays


Sapphire (above & below) is doing amazingly well considering the environment. Sapphire is not considered a salt tolerant, coastal grass, yet it is performing well - even when growing on pure sand (middle right & bottom left).





Sapphire on pure sand

Sapphire on pure sand

Ozbreed’s Trial GardensOzbreed’s Trial Gardens - Western Sydney, NSW (temperature extreme site; -6°c to 45°c; humid or very dry, sometimes very wet)

All of our plants are tested here before they go out to the public. If a plant won’t work in our gardens, they won’t go out to the public. If they do work, they go out for further regional testing.

Aussie Box (right) is a great native alternative to exotic box plants. It can be pruned as a low hedge or kept unpruned in its natural ball shape.



Blue Gem™ Westringia ‘WES03’ PBR

Blue Gem™ Westringia ‘WES03’ PBR

Ozbreed Aussie Box® Westringia ‘WES02’ PBR

Ozbreed Aussie Box® Westringia ‘WES02’ PBR

Blue Gem (left) is one of the best flowering Westringias available. It has vivid, almost fluorescent flowers (see comparison photo on left). Blue Gem has a bushy growth habit that responds well to pruning.

Mundi (below) has been in the Ozbreed gardens for 4 years now. It’s perfect as a hedge that can be pruned into any low growing shape, or it can be left unpruned without messy foliage.

Blue Gem

Common Westringia flower

Ozbreed’s Trial Gardens

Red Alert (top left) is a red foliage hedging plant with around 4 months of vivid red new growth. It is a good drought tolerant, native alternative to Photinia.

This Grey Box (above) is an extremely compact Westringia that has been pruned into a very low formal hedge. Tough Grey Box reaches 45cm unpruned in its natural ball shape.

Red Alert™ Callisteon viminalis ‘CC19’ PBR

Grey Box™ Westringia fruticosa ‘WES04’ PBR

Flirt™ Nandina domestica ‘MURASAKI’ PBR

Flirt (above) is the only ground cover form of Nandina that has red new growth foliage in spring, summer and autumn. It will go red in winter in colder regions of Australia.

Blush (below) is a compact Nandina with red new growth foliage in the warmer months and a deep red in the cooler months. Blush is drought and frost tolerant.

Meema™ Hardenbergia violacea ‘HB1’ PBR

Meema (right) has been here for 3 years and is still proving to be a tidy Hardenbergia. It is longer lived and flowers for a month longer than other types.

Blush™ Nandina domestica ‘AKA’ PBR

More flowers, cleaner foliage.


Yalba™ Imperata cylindrica ‘ICL200’ PBR

Yalba (left) has masses of amazing feathery plumes for 4-5 months around April to October if it is trimmed or slashed yearly from February to March.

A great erosion control native with a consitent height.

Isabella® Liriope muscari ‘LIRF’ PBR

Isabella (right) is the perfect lawn alternative or border. It only needs to be mown once a year around July (see above). Isabella has been mown at this site for 4 years and is still performing as a beautiful ground cover.


Pennstripe™ Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘PAV300’ PBR

Shara (right) is great for humid landscapes. It is compact, mass flowering and works all over Australia.

Pennstripe (far right) is a great variegated native. It is a lower growing, low seeding Pennisetum that is excellent for gardens and roadsides alike.

Most functional landscape plants


Scarlet Flame™ Callistemon viminalis ‘CC19’ PBR

Slim™ Callistemon viminalis ‘CV01’ PBR

Purple Fusion™ Scaevola humilis ‘PFS100’ PBR

Naringa™ Westringia ‘WES01’ PBR

Scarlet Flame (top left) is a dense, very compact Callistemon that makes a great hedge. It has rustic red new growth foliage, followed by masses of beautiful flowers.

Purple Fusion (top right) is a true ground cover form of Scaevola that often flowers for about 365 days a year.

Naringa (left) is the best hedging Westringia and is very fast establishing. It only needs pruning every 2 years to keep tidy.

Slim (above) has a unique slimline growth habit, making it the perfect Callistemon for tight planting areas.


Nara (left) has performed extremely well here at our trial gardens for over 3 years. Landscape architects and designers who visited at last years Ozbreed field day (right) couldn’t believe a grass so beautiful could be native.

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