CAROLINA ALLSPICE
Calycanthus floridus is a member of the Calycanthaceae family and is a native of Southeastern USA.
The flowers are a deep red/maroon and appear in autumn/winter and they are deliciously fragrant similar to bubble gum. It is a good cut flower.
It grows to a height from 2-4 metres x 2-4 metres and is deciduous. It prefers a full sun position but will accept light shade but will grow taller in a shaded position.
It is not fussy about soil condition as well as clay soils and needs moderate water conditions.
                                           ENJOY THIS RARE SHRUB!

                                                    CHAIN OF HEARTS
Ceropegia radicans subsp. smithii is a member of the Asclepiadaceae family is from Southern Africa ranging from Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana.
Some of the common names are String of Hearts and Chain of Hearts. It is a rarer form C. radicans.
This is a delicate vine that has heart shaped leaves. The stems can grow to around 2 metres bearing small bell-shaped pink flowers in clusters.
It was said to be traditionally used for medicinal purposes to help treat digestive issues.

It has also become a popular ornamental plant where it is grown indoors as well as outdoors in warmer climates with its beautiful appearance.
It likes bright light but indirect sunlight.
                                                                   ENJOY!

WHITE SKY FLOWER

The Thunbergia grandiflora alba is a member of the Acanthaceae family and is native to India.
This White Bengal clock vine is a cousin of the blue variety and this variety is very hard to find. It starts flowering in spring and continues throughout the summer.
It is an evergreen vine and is covered with beautiful 75mm wide soft white flowers that are cup-like funnels with either pale yellow or cream stripes down the center.
This vine is also known as White Sky Vine, it is salt and frost tolerant to 0 degrees C. It looks great on a pergola as a screen
                          YOU WILL ENJOY THIS HARD-TO-FIND VINE!

SHELL FLOWER

Pavonia cauliflora syn. Goethea cauliflora is a member of the Malvaceae family and is a native of Brazil.
This is a rare plant that has cup shaped red flowers that appear directly out of the stem and form what looks like bunches of red flowers.
It is reasonably cold hardy and tolerates a high amount of shade. It grows quite well in pot culture and is evergreen.

                                 YOU WILL LOVE THIS RARE SHRUB!

PALIAVANA

Paliavana tenuiflora is a member of the Gesneriaceae family and is a native of Brazil and its habitat is in Bahia.
Paliavana is separated from the closely related genus Sinningia by the absence of tubers.
Paliavana can grow to 2 metres and has large and waxy mauve flowers that are around 6 cm long.
It prefers good drainage and sun to partial shade as well as partial to full shade, it also requires average water needs, water regularly and don’t allow to dry out between waterings.
                                          THIS IS A RARE SHRUB ENJOY!

                              PERFUME FLOWER TREE or PUA KENI KENI
Fagraea berteriana is a member of the Gentianaceae family and is native to Samoa and South Pacific.
This is a small spreading tree to about 5 metres, or a large shrub. It is indigenous to the Samoa Islands where it is known as Pua Keni Keni which means” ten cent flower”.
It can be pruned to a large shrub or left as a small tree that is beautifully fragrant with tubular flowers of creamy white which turn yellow as the day progresses and are dispersed throughout the tree.

                       YOU WILL ENJOY THIS FABULOUS SHRUB/TREE!

                                                                         WHITE SANDPAPER VINE
Petrea volubilis alba is a member of the Verbenaceae family.

This is a rare form of Petrea volubilis with masses of pre white flowers in spring, summer and autumn.
It will require a trellis or other form of structure to climb up on.

It is slightly drought tolerant attracts birds, butterflies and bees.

It is evergreen with rough sandpaper like leaves. It prefers full sun and possible light shade.
Average well drained soils would be best with average watering.
                                                                THIS IS A CROUD PLEASING VINE!

ssp. MASSEY RIVER

Hoya macgillivrayii ssp. Massey River is native to the north Queensland Australia and is a member of the Apocynaceae family.

This is one of the largest of all the Hoya flowers being up to 70mm across each flower and up to 14 flowers in each umbel. The flowers are red-deep pink with a white centre.
It can be grown in a sheltered, semi-shaded position in warm humid area and can be trained against a wall or framework. In colder areas it can be grown as a glasshouse plant or as a container plant. A cylindrical wire frame around which the vine can be twined is effective.
Prune after flowering but don’t cut off flower buds as flowers appear each year on the same bud. Fertilise during growing period and withdraw water in the colder months.
                                                          REWARD: SIT BACK AND ENJOY!

ssp. NESBITT RIVER

Hoya macgillivrayi ssp. Nesbit River is a member of the Apocynaceae family and is a native of Australia Nesbit River area.
Hoya macgillivrayi is a fast-growing vine native to northeastern Australia that was first discovered in Queensland in the McIlwraith and Tozer Range.
The flowers of the plant are approximately 60 mm in diameter and vary slightly in size, shape, and colour from each cultivar.

They come in umbels of 6 to 10 flowers that are each connected at a central axis. Each flower is a dark burgundy colour with five sepals and five petals. The stamen is enclosed in the corona.
                                                YOU WILL LOVE THIS SOUGHT AFTER HOYA!

ssp. SUPERBA

Hoya macgillivrayii ssp. Superba is a member of the Apocynaceae family and a native of Australia.
This is one of the best Hoyas with big flowers that are about 75 mm in diameter and up to 10 in an umbel. They are dark pink – red and fragrant at night.
The leaves are large reaching 80mm long and 50mm wide, dark and glossy green. It is a really fast-growing Hoya with cupped flowers a bit like Hoya megalaster it originates from Cape York.
                                                               YOU WILL LOVE THIS HOYA!