Written by Susan – Plant Lover, Adelaide
Choosing the right plant can transform your garden, patio, or indoor space. To make shopping easier, we've grouped our extensive range of plants into helpful categories. Below is a guide to what each category means, what kind of plants you'll find, and how to use them in your landscaping or plant styling.
🌱 Australian Native Plants
What it means: Indigenous plants that thrive in Australian conditions and support local biodiversity.
Why choose them: Low-maintenance, water-wise, and ideal for sustainable gardens.
🌿 Climbers & Vines
What it means: Plants that climb or trail, perfect for fences, trellises, and vertical gardens.
Why choose them: Great for softening hard spaces and adding lushness or floral displays.
🌲 Conifers
What it means: Evergreen, cone-bearing plants with needle-like foliage.
Why choose them: Perfect for structure, privacy, and year-round greenery.
🍁 Deciduous Trees
What it means: Trees that lose their leaves in winter and return with new growth in spring.
Why choose them: Provide seasonal interest, summer shade, and winter light.
🍊 Edible Plants
What it means: Plants that produce food—fruit trees, herbs, and more.
Why choose them: Enjoy homegrown flavours from your garden or balcony.
🌳 Feature Trees & Specimens
What it means: Eye-catching trees used as focal points in a garden.
Why choose them: Adds height, form, and visual drama to landscapes.
🌸 Flowering Shrubs
What it means: Shrubby plants that produce stunning seasonal or year-round flowers.
Why choose them: Excellent for borders, hedges, and garden colour.
🌿 Ground Covers & Lawn Alternatives
What it means: Low-growing plants used instead of grass or to cover bare spots.
Why choose them: Easy-care, weed-suppressing greenery or blooms at ground level.
🌼 Alfresco Plants
What it means: Plants ideal for trailing or compact growth in part shade protected areas.
Why choose them: Add colour/texture interest to patios, balconies, or entrances.
🌻 Hardy Flowering Plants
What it means: Resilient flowering plants that thrive in tough conditions.
Why choose them: Reliable colour for low-maintenance gardens or exposed areas.
🌳 Hedging & Screening
What it means: Dense-growing plants ideal for creating privacy and structure.
Why choose them: Block out views, reduce noise, or create natural boundaries.
🌿 Herbs
What it means: Culinary and aromatic plants used for cooking, teas, or scents.
Why choose them: Fresh flavour at your fingertips, perfect for kitchen gardens.
🌳 Standard Forms
What it means: Plants pruned into neat lollipop or umbrella forms.
Why choose them: Formal, stylish options for entryways, pots, or structure.
🌾 Grasses & Strappy Leaf Plants
What it means: Plants with long, narrow leaves such as grasses and Dianella.
Why choose them: Low-maintenance texture for borders, mass planting, or contrast.
🌵 Succulents & Drought-Tolerant Plants
What it means: Plants that store water and require little irrigation.
Why choose them: Great for pots, water-wise gardens, or dry areas.
✂️ Topiary Plants
What it means: Plants shaped into ornamental or geometric forms.
Why choose them: Formal gardens, patios, or visual impact through structure.
🌴 Tropical Plants
What it means: Large-leafed, exotic plants that thrive in warmth and humidity.
Why choose them: Create a lush, resort-like atmosphere in gardens or indoors.
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Explore the full collection in each category to discover plants suited to your space, style, and growing conditions.
