Top 10 Must-Have Tropical Plants for Queensland Gardens
Lavendula 'The Princess Lavender'
Lavendula 'Princess Lavender' crowned "Plant of the Year"
Grows approx 70cm High x 70cm Wide in both Full sun & Part shade
Great for gardens and container planting
- Australian bred, world renowned
- Electric pink blooms make a spectacular garden feature
- Compact form perfect for mass planting and containers
The true Princess of the Lavender world, 'The Princess' Lavender is an Australian-bred breakthrough from a world-class innovative breeding program. 'The Princess' is an early-flowering lavender that is famous for bearing eye catching electric-pink flower heads that provide a long-lasting display throughout spring and early summer, with spot flowering continuing throughout summer and autumn.
'The Princess' Lavender has a tight compact habit, with aromatic grey green foliage. Flowers are borne on short stems forming domes of bright colour making an impressive this plant an ideal choice for landscapers, low hedges and pots. Plant one today and find out why 'The Princess' was crowned the 2014 Plant of the Year.
Care
Plant in full sun in a well drained soil, and apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser after flowering. Watering requirements are low once established, needing only an occasional long soak during extended periods of drought Regular light tip pruning after flowering will encourage a dense bushy habit and new flower growth for the following season. For hedging, space at intervals of approximately 50cm.
Suggested uses
- Hedging - space approximately 50cm apart
- Use in larger containers
- Water-wise gardens
- Mediterranean or cottage style gardens, and potager/veggie gardens
- Adding fragrance and colour for entertainment areas
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Delivery Options
- We Offer a local Sunshine Coast delivery service in our Truck.
- Orders placed before Tuesday 9.00am will be Delivered on Wednesday and or Friday of that week on the Sunshine Coast.
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Product Availability
Plants & Pots come and go all year around.
- Plants are seasonal and sometimes we run out but have more batches coming along.
- Some Plants are not always in-store however we can either order it in or deliver it to your door. pending availability
- Available numbers change every hour of the day in store and where we grow so please check in with us on how many you are looking for
- we have access to thousands of plants. if you are looking for a specific plant please let us know and we will see if its coming into store soon or if we can order it for you.
- we will sometimes keep plants on our website to show you the description of how it grows and its specific characteristics. they may not be in stock all the time however we will keep it up online so when it comes in we wont have to reload products
- the above information is exactly the same for Pots. they come and go all year around so please send us a message via the chat button and we will get back to you with availability
Where are our plants Grown and how do we grow them
- Plants are grown locally on the Sunshine Coast
- All outdoor plants are sun hardened and ready to grow
- Indoor plants are grown under 50% Shade and will transfer perfectly to indoor use
- Orchids are also grown under 50% Shade and are best brought indoors during flowering for show then returned back into a shaded area until the following flowering time
- we are Qualified horticulturists, greenkeeper as well as Qualified landscape Construction with over 35 years experience in the industry. We use Quality products and materials to grow all our plants.
- Visit us instore and get the right advice the first time to make your plants succeed
How to Look after your plants like we do
- When using any Garden Care products or Fertilisers we always recommend reading the label before use
- We recommend using Earthlife crushed rock mineral on all plants when planting in the ground or in Pots.
- When planting in Pots in Our garden centre we use Rocky Point potting mixes to plant all our plants
- If planting in the ground we also recommend that you use Rocky Point garden soil around your plants at the time of planting