Tasmanian Waratah

Telopea truncata

Found nowhere else on earth. Deep red flowers in November, on a shrub that wants cool, damp, acidic ground.

Sizes, same plant, different age. Mix as many as you like.

Ten or more of any one size drops to trade price automatically.

Tube 1 yr 25–40 cm now
78 ready $12.40

140mm 2 yr 50–80 cm now
26 left $32.00

200mm 3 yr 1–1.4 m now
7 left $59.95

Flat $100 freight in Tasmania · free over $250 · free pick-up at the gate

Age: 2 yr
Height now: 50–80 cm
Container: 140 mm pot
Mature height: 3 m
Mature width: 2 m
Position: Part shade
Habit: Evergreen
Growth rate: Slow
Origin: Australian native

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What it's like

Our own waratah — smaller and darker-flowered than the New South Wales one, and much better suited to a Tasmanian garden. It grows naturally in wet forest and on mountain slopes, so it wants shelter, acid soil, good drainage and cool roots. Get those four things right and it will flower for decades.

Getting it established

Acid soil, dappled light, thick mulch. Never let it bake and never let it sit wet.

Potted stock travels upright in a purpose-built carton with the rootball wrapped. Bare-root trees are lifted the week they ship, roots packed in damp shavings. Either way, get it in the ground within a week of arrival.

You've got twelve months. If it was planted the way we suggested and it hasn't come away, send us a photo and we'll replace it on the next run.

Ten or more of one line gets trade pricing without an account. Tell us the site and we'll check the spacing with you before you order.

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Local provenance

Tube 1 yr $8.90

140mm 2 yr $22.95

200mm 3 yr $42.95

Snow Gum

Eucalyptus pauciflora

From $8.90 Forestry tube · 1 yr 8 m tall

Tube 1 yr $5.40

140mm 2 yr $14.40

200mm 3 yr $25.95

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

From $5.40 Forestry tube · 1 yr 15 m tall

Best seller

200mm 2 yr $36.95

45L 4 yr $130.00

100L 6 yr $275.00

Ornamental Pear 'Chanticleer'

Pyrus calleryana

From $36.95 200 mm pot · 2 yr 9 m tall

Limited

200mm 2 yr $42.95

45L 4 yr $150.00

100L 6 yr $315.00

Japanese Maple 'Osakazuki'

Acer palmatum

From $42.95 200 mm pot · 2 yr 5 m tall