Picks for Pots

Typically used as a striking prostrate ground cover, try these in pots for a dramatic statement. Best suited to a sunny spot flowering in Spring – Summer with dramatic flower heads. When not in flower enjoy the interesting serrated green foliage. A hardy plant that can handle a light frosts and prefers well drained soil.  Order from the e-nursery. 

This verdant clumping grass-like perennial looks great as a border, planted on mass as a striking ground cover but is a great feature plant in pots. It’s hardy nature means it can tolerate a variety of conditions. If ever damaged by weather, just cut it right back and new growth will follow.  Order at the e-nursery. 

While this grevillea can be happily grown in the ground, they look amazing as a feature plant in a large ornamental pot. Best in a sunny spot, they’ll provide year-round large scarlet flowers that birds will love. Order from the e-nursery. 

Great for a pot and for cut flowers, this dwarf kangaroo paw will produce pink hued flowers all year round.  It prefers sun to light shade and will attract nectar eating birds.  Feed with a native fertiliser through the warmer months and tidy up dead flowers by cutting the stem close to the ground. Available at the e-nursery. 

The combination of these boronia provides exquisite fragrance from autumn (B. purdieana) to spring (B. megastigma) with bright yellow, pink and red colours. Shade or semi-shade, grow in a breezy position or near a walkway to get the benefits of the beautiful fragrance.

Digby Growns is the Senior Plant Breeder at Kings Park and Botanic Garden. He manages programs in the breeding and development of Anigozanthos, Boronia, Chamelaucium, Corymbia, Grevillea, Leptospermum and Scaevola.  He has worked for many years on the development of Australian native plants for horticulture and over 40 new varieties of native plants including the hybrid Chamelaucium ‘Pearlflower’ series and Grevillea ‘RSL Spirit of ANZAC’. He leads research into new technology developments in plant tissue culture, biotechnology and plant breeding. Digby shares his knowledge with Native Plant Project in a regular ‘Top 5 Picks”…