{"title":"Donkin Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrees grown at Donkin Farm in the wet tropics near Innisfail, where warmth is constant and growth never truly pauses. The momentum of the tropics, delivered to gardens across Queensland, New South Wales and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tabebuia-palmeri-pink-trumpet-tree-uc","title":"Tabebuia palmeri Pink Trumpet Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTabebuia palmeri\u003c\/em\u003e, the pink trumpet tree, builds a broad, rounded crown that disappears beneath massed pink, bell-shaped trumpet flowers as the dry season closes, a display few flowering trees in the tropics can match. Out of flower it is a well-mannered shade tree with a clean deciduous habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA specimen, shade and street tree of proven performance in warm climates, with non-invasive roots that suit paved surrounds and boulevards. Plant it where the flowering canopy can stand alone, over lawn, at an entry, or as a repeated avenue rhythm at 8–10 m centres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrives across tropical and subtropical Queensland into northern New South Wales, flowering most heavily where the season turns reliably dry. Grows in most soils in full sun, and tolerates moderate frost once established, coastal exposure and tropical heat. Deciduous, maturing at around 8–12 m tall with a comparable spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 192 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655726958,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"maniltoa-lenticellata-handkerchief-tree-uc","title":"Maniltoa lenticellata Handkerchief Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe silk handkerchief tree, \u003cem\u003eManiltoa lenticellata\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the rainforest's quiet spectacles. Its new growth emerges in soft, pendulous flushes, pale pink to ivory tassels that hang like silk handkerchiefs among the deep green canopy before firming to leaf. An evergreen rainforest native of tropical Queensland and New Guinea, it carries an air of occasion few shade trees can match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refined feature tree for courtyards, resorts and streetscapes in the warm north, most striking where the hanging new growth can be seen at close quarters: entries, terraces and pool surrounds. Its dense, rounded evergreen canopy also reads beautifully in avenue rhythm. Pairs naturally with rainforest underplanting and deep-green formal hedging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuited to the tropics and warm frost-free subtropics; thrives in the wet tropics where it grows naturally. Prefers deep, moist, well-drained soil with mulch over the root zone, in sun to part shade. Moderate growth to roughly 8–15 m in cultivation with a dense weeping-tipped crown. Evergreen; sensitive to frost and hard drying winds when young.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide, price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655759726,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"phaleria-clerodendron-scented-daphne-uc","title":"Phaleria clerodendron Scented Daphne","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe scented daphne is a rainforest tree of tropical Queensland that flowers straight from its branches, clusters of waxy white blooms set against large glossy leaves, with a perfume strong enough to name the tree. \u003cem\u003ePhaleria clerodendron\u003c\/em\u003e follows its flowering with bright scarlet fruit, and stays neat and densely foliaged year-round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small feature tree for courtyards, shaded gardens and rainforest-style plantings, positioned where its perfume gathers in still air, enclosed entries, under-canopy walks and sheltered terraces. One of the few flowering trees that performs in genuine shade, which makes it valuable beneath established canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the tropics and frost-free subtropics of coastal Queensland; shelter it from frost and drying wind. Grows in shade to filtered sun on moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter, with steady moisture through the dry season. Evergreen and unhurried, maturing around 5–7 m tall by 3–4 m wide in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 128 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655792494,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"melicope-elleryana-pink-euodia-uc","title":"Melicope elleryana Pink Euodia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pink euodia is one of the great wildlife trees of the northern rainforests, dense clusters of soft pink flowers held directly along its branches through summer, drawing honeyeaters, lorikeets and butterflies in numbers. \u003cem\u003eMelicope elleryana\u003c\/em\u003e is the principal host plant of the Ulysses butterfly, and few natives earn their place in a garden as visibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fast canopy tree for shade and habitat plantings, as a lawn specimen, within rainforest-style gardens, or along drives and boundaries where quick cover is wanted. Its pale corky bark and layered branching read well against deeper rainforest greens; underplant with shade-tolerant natives as the canopy lifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tree for tropical and warm subtropical gardens, coastal Queensland from the far north to the south-east and into northern New South Wales; frost-tender when young and not suited to cold southern sites. Evergreen and fast-growing, reaching roughly 10–15 m tall by 6–8 m wide in the ground in cultivation. Happiest in moist, well-drained soil with summer water, flowering in sun from a young age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655825262,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"cupaniopsis-anacardioides-tuckeroo-uc","title":"Cupaniopsis anacardioides Tuckeroo","description":"\u003cp\u003eTuckeroo holds a dense, widely spreading crown of glossy pinnate leaves on a short, sturdy trunk. Greenish-yellow flowers in spring are followed through summer by showy orange capsules that split to reveal yellow-orange arils, which is when the birds arrive. It is a coastal Australian native with a reputation built on being almost impossible to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTuckeroo is one of the most dependable street and coastal trees in the country: a dense, widely spreading crown of glossy pinnate leaves on non-invasive roots, which is why it turns up so often in beachfront car parks, median strips and foreshore reserves. Set at 6–8 m centres it closes into a continuous shade canopy along an avenue, and it works equally well as a single lawn specimen or as a windbreak on an exposed boundary. It pairs naturally with \u003cem\u003eBanksia integrifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePandanus\u003c\/em\u003e and coastal grasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvergreen, and about as forgiving as a native tree gets, sandy, heavy clay, loamy, saline and acidic soils all suit it, provided drainage is reasonable. It is resistant to drought once established, resistant to light frost, and unbothered by salt-laden wind, tropical heat or urban pollution. Growth is moderate. In the ground it settles at roughly 8–12 m tall by 5–8 m wide with a rounded crown, and it performs right along the Queensland and New South Wales coast and through warmer parts of Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 192 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide, price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655890798,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"atractocarpus-fitzalanii-native-gardenia-uc","title":"Atractocarpus fitzalanii Native Gardenia","description":"\u003cp\u003eNative gardenia carries deep glossy leaves in neat tiers and, through the warm months, white star-shaped flowers with the true gardenia perfume, heavy in the evening, carrying well across a courtyard. Yellow-orange fruit follows and holds on the tree, and the whole plant stays dense to the ground without much intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts manners are the point: dense, slow and clean, which makes it one of the better native alternatives to clipped exotics. It works as a formal hedge or screen at 1.5–2 m centres, as a courtyard specimen where the scent can be appreciated at close range, as a matched pair flanking an entry, or as an understorey layer beneath larger rainforest canopy. It takes clipping well and pairs comfortably with philodendron, ferns and other broad-leaved shade planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvergreen. A tropical and subtropical rainforest species, best suited to Queensland and coastal New South Wales as far south as sheltered Sydney gardens; it is not frost hardy and should not be planted where frost settles. Give it moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil in part shade to full sun, with supplementary water through dry spells. Growth is slow to moderate. In the ground expect roughly 4–8 m tall by 3–4 m wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 96 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655956334,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"tabebuia-argentea-silver-trumpet-tree-uc","title":"Tabebuia argentea Silver Trumpet Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTabebuia argentea\u003c\/em\u003e, the silver trumpet tree, is grown as much for its silhouette as its flowers, crooked, sculptural limbs clad in corky, silvery bark beneath silver-grey foliage. In late winter and early spring the canopy turns to massed golden trumpet flowers, often on near-bare branches, in one of the great flowering displays of the tropics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest placed where the whole tree can be seen, a lawn or courtyard specimen, poolside, or as a flowering street and avenue tree in warm districts. The pale bark and silver foliage read well against dark tropical greens and masonry alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tree for the tropics and warm subtropics, coastal and near-coastal Queensland into frost-free northern New South Wales. It asks for full sun and free-draining soil, is notably drought-hardy once established, and is briefly deciduous around flowering. Expect a slow-growing, characterful tree of around 6–8 m tall by 4–6 m wide; young trees are frost-sensitive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436655989102,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"waterhousea-floribunda-weeping-lilly-pilly-uc","title":"Waterhousea floribunda Weeping Lilly Pilly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaterhousea floribunda\u003c\/em\u003e, the weeping lilly pilly, drapes a dense, rounded canopy in soft pendulous foliage that moves with the slightest air, the reason it remains the benchmark native for screening at scale. Large clusters of white flowers arrive in summer, followed by pale green berries with a pink tinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first tree specified when an evergreen screen or hedge must be dense, fast and graceful, boundaries, pool enclosures, tennis courts and long private drives. Grown here in volume for projects that need matched screening runs; plant at 2–3 m centres for a continuous screen, closer for an instant hedge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReliable through Queensland and New South Wales and into warm-temperate Victoria. Fast-growing in most soils, from heavy clay to loam, with best results on reliable moisture. Evergreen and frost-resistant once established, tolerant of tropical heat and urban pollution, with non-invasive roots. Left untrimmed it reaches 8–15 m tall by 4–8 m wide; it is easily held at hedge scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 384 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656021870,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"waterhousea-floribunda-weeping-lilly-pilly-feature-wall-uc","title":"Waterhousea floribunda Weeping Lilly Pilly · Feature Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaterhousea floribunda\u003c\/em\u003e, the weeping lilly pilly, is the benchmark native for evergreen screening, and these trees are grown on specifically for continuous screen and feature wall planting, with dense pendulous foliage carried low and even. Large clusters of white flowers arrive in summer, followed by pale green berries with a pink tinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanted in a matched run at 1.5–2 m centres, these trees knit into a continuous green wall from day one, boundary screening, pool enclosures, courtyard backdrops and architectural hedging at height. The foliage takes clipping cleanly, so the wall can be held to a crisp face or left to move softly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReliable through Queensland and New South Wales and into warm-temperate Victoria. Fast-growing in most soils, from heavy clay to loam, with best results on reliable moisture. Evergreen and frost-resistant once established, tolerant of tropical heat and urban pollution, with non-invasive roots. Left untrimmed it reaches 8–15 m tall by 4–8 m wide; it is easily held at hedge scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 800 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656054638,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"delonix-regia-poinciana-uc","title":"Delonix regia Poinciana","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoinciana is the tree most people picture when they picture the tropics: a low, wide umbrella crown of ferny bipinnate foliage that turns scarlet-orange in early summer, holding flowers across the entire upper surface at once. Grown well, the crown finishes considerably wider than the tree is tall, which is the whole point of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shade tree for open ground, parkland, resort and large private lawns, wide coastal avenues, and any position where a 12–18 m spread is an asset rather than a problem. Space avenue plantings at 12–15 m centres and keep it well clear of narrow verges, service trenches and pool surrounds, since the roots run shallow and buttress with age. Beneath it, the deep shade suits \u003cem\u003ePhilodendron\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeliconia\u003c\/em\u003e and a coarse tropical understorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeciduous through the dry season, reshooting with or just after the flowers. It is frost tender and strictly a tropical to subtropical tree, coastal and near-coastal Queensland, the tropical north, and warm coastal northern New South Wales. Full sun and free-draining soil are the requirements; once established it handles drought, salt-laden wind and heat without irrigation. Growth is fast in warmth. In the ground it settles at roughly 8–12 m tall by 12–18 m wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 128 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide, price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656087406,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"plumeria-petite-pink-frangipani-uc","title":"Plumeria Petite Pink Frangipani","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Petite Pink' is a compact selection of the evergreen frangipani, \u003cem\u003ePlumeria obtusa\u003c\/em\u003e, dense, rounded and slow-building, with scented pale pink flowers held close over deep green glossy foliage through the warm months. It brings frangipani perfume to spaces the full-sized trees would overwhelm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScaled for courtyards, pool surrounds, raised planters and large containers; effective massed as a low flowering border or repeated along a terrace edge. Pairs naturally with the larger evergreen frangipani where a layered tropical planting is wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the species, the tropics and warm, frost-free subtropics of coastal Queensland, into sheltered northern New South Wales; frost-tender. Full sun on free-draining soil, tolerant of coastal exposure and dry once established. Compact and slow, typically around 2–3 m tall and wide in the ground, holding its evergreen foliage in warm climates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656120174,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"elaeocarpus-eumundi-eumundi-quandong-uc","title":"Elaeocarpus eumundi Eumundi Quandong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElaeocarpus eumundi\u003c\/em\u003e is the tree specifiers reach for when the plan calls for height without width. It holds a tight columnar frame of broad, shiny green leaves, flushes bronzy maroon on the new growth, and carries clusters of small, sweetly scented cream flowers from late spring into early summer, followed by blue fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe standard tool for screening a boundary where there is no width to spare. Planted at 1.5–2.0 m centres it closes into a continuous green wall; at 3–4 m it works as a slim driveway or street avenue. It also holds up as a courtyard specimen, a clipped formal hedge, or a windbreak on a narrow easement. Roots are non-invasive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvergreen, with a naturally columnar habit and a moderate to fast rate of growth. It prefers a sandy to loamy, slightly acidic soil with free drainage, and takes full sun or light shade. Tropical heat, coastal exposure and urban pollution are all handled without complaint; light frost is tolerated once the tree is established, though young stock is better sheltered on a cold site. Roots are non-invasive and the crown stays narrow. In the ground it reaches roughly 8–12 m tall on a narrow 3–4 m crown, and it suits Queensland, coastal New South Wales and warm, sheltered parts of Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 320 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide, price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656152942,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"elaeocarpus-eumundi-eumundi-quandong-feature-wall-uc","title":"Elaeocarpus eumundi Eumundi Quandong · Feature Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are Eumundi quandongs grown on specifically for continuous screen and feature wall work, furnished low, matched for height, and selected so a run of them reads as one unbroken green plane rather than a line of individual trees. The foliage is broad, shiny green with bronzy maroon new growth, and the habit is naturally columnar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanted shoulder to shoulder at roughly 1.2–1.5 m centres these form a solid feature wall in a single season, which is why they are specified for boundary screening, pool and plant-room concealment, and green architectural planes against built form. Matched height across the batch matters here: order the run together so the top line stays level. Keep a consistent irrigation line along the row, and clip lightly to hold the face flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvergreen, with a naturally columnar habit and a moderate to fast rate of growth. It prefers a sandy to loamy, slightly acidic soil with free drainage, and takes full sun or light shade. Tropical heat, coastal exposure and urban pollution are all handled without complaint; light frost is tolerated once the tree is established, though young stock is better sheltered on a cold site. Roots are non-invasive and the crown stays narrow. In the ground it reaches roughly 8–12 m tall on a narrow 3–4 m crown, and it suits Queensland, coastal New South Wales and warm, sheltered parts of Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 80 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide, price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656185710,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"cassia-rainbow-shower-uc","title":"Cassia Rainbow Shower","description":"\u003cp\u003eRainbow shower is the sterile hybrid of \u003cem\u003eCassia fistula\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCassia javanica\u003c\/em\u003e, and it does something neither parent manages alone: it carries gold, apricot and pink flowers on the same tree at the same time, in long pendulous showers through summer. The foliage is fine and pinnate, the crown broad and spreading, and because the tree is sterile it sets no seed pods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRainbow shower is a shade and flowering tree for open ground, a broad, spreading crown that wants 8–12 m of room and rewards it with a summer canopy of colour visible from a long way off. It suits parkland, resort and large private plantings, wide coastal avenues at 10–12 m centres, and lawn specimens where the full spread can be seen. Because the hybrid is sterile it sets no pods, which removes the litter problem that rules out many tropical flowering trees near paving and pools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSemi-deciduous, dropping foliage briefly in the dry season and reshooting with the flowers. It is a tropical and subtropical tree: frost tender, and best kept to coastal and near-coastal Queensland, the warm north of New South Wales and the tropical north generally. Give it full sun and free-draining soil; once established it carries drought well and tolerates coastal wind. Growth is fast in warmth. 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This batch is marcot grown, air-layered from a selected parent tree, so the flower colour, density and form come through true rather than varying plant to plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRainbow shower is a shade and flowering tree for open ground, a broad, spreading crown that wants 8–12 m of room and rewards it with a summer canopy of colour visible from a long way off. It suits parkland, resort and large private plantings, wide coastal avenues at 10–12 m centres, and lawn specimens where the full spread can be seen. Because the hybrid is sterile it sets no pods, which removes the litter problem that rules out many tropical flowering trees near paving and pools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSemi-deciduous, dropping foliage briefly in the dry season and reshooting with the flowers. It is a tropical and subtropical tree: frost tender, and best kept to coastal and near-coastal Queensland, the warm north of New South Wales and the tropical north generally. Give it full sun and free-draining soil; once established it carries drought well and tolerates coastal wind. Growth is fast in warmth. 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Flowering is heaviest in full sun. The classic pairing is with \u003cem\u003eBrachychiton acerifolius\u003c\/em\u003e, whose scarlet flowering overlaps its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate: reliable across Queensland, New South Wales and the warmer parts of Victoria; established trees take light frost, young trees need protection from it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeciduous, briefly bare in late winter to early spring ahead of flowering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil: well-drained soils essential; drought tolerant once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowth: moderately fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature size in the ground: typically 10–15 m tall with a broad spreading crown of 8–12 m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 256 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656284014,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"tristaniopsis-laurina-luscious-water-gum-uc","title":"Tristaniopsis laurina Luscious Water Gum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTristaniopsis laurina\u003c\/em\u003e ‘DOW10’ Luscious is the refined form of the native water gum, leaves nearly twice the size of the species, deep green and glossy, with copper-tinged new growth and bark that peels port-red to reveal a mottled cream trunk. Fragrant golden-yellow flowers follow in summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe usual choice where a native is wanted with the presence of a magnolia, avenues and driveways, clipped screens and hedges, pool surrounds and courtyards. Its dense evergreen canopy and non-invasive roots suit paved and serviced streetscapes; plant at 3–4 m centres for screening, wider for avenue work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProven through Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria; frost-resistant and drought-hardy once established, and tolerant of tropical heat and urban pollution. Grows in a wide range of soils in full sun or light shade. Evergreen, with moderate growth to around 7–12 m in the ground, though it is readily held smaller under a clipping regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 192 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656316782,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"peltophorum-pterocarpum-yellow-poinciana-uc","title":"Peltophorum pterocarpum Yellow Poinciana","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe yellow poinciana carries its flowering above a wide umbrella of fine, ferny foliage, upright spikes of golden, lightly fragrant flowers through summer, followed by coppery seed pods. \u003cem\u003ePeltophorum pterocarpum\u003c\/em\u003e is among the most generous shade trees of the tropics, with a broad crown and dependable colour year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA canopy and avenue tree for warm climates, streets, parkland, resort-style grounds and large gardens where broad summer shade is the point. The fine bipinnate foliage casts a light, dappled shade that lawns and underplanting tolerate well. Allow room for a crown approaching the tree's height in spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor tropical and warm subtropical coastal gardens, north Queensland through to south-east Queensland; frost-tender, and not suited to cold or southern inland sites. Fast-growing; evergreen in the true tropics and briefly semi-deciduous through cooler or drier winters. Matures around 10–15 m tall by 8–12 m wide in the ground. Best in full sun on well-drained soil, tolerating coastal exposure and periodic dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 192 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656349550,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"buckinghamia-celsissima-ivory-curl-uc","title":"Buckinghamia celsissima Ivory Curl","description":"\u003cp\u003eIvory curl hangs its flowers in long cream spirals through summer and autumn, honey-scented and heavy with bees. A member of the protea family from the north Queensland rainforest, it holds glossy dark leaves year round and pushes new growth in bronze and pink, so there is colour on the tree well outside the flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA proven subtropical street tree, it is planted widely through Brisbane, with a compact crown that suits verges, medians and courtyards. Planted at 3–4 m centres it closes into a dense screen that holds foliage to the ground. As a single specimen it sits comfortably near outdoor living areas, where the scent and the bird and bee activity are part of the point. Keep it clear of high-phosphorus garden beds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvergreen. A tropical and subtropical species, suited to Queensland and coastal New South Wales as far south as sheltered warm gardens; young trees are frost tender and established trees take only light frost, so it is not a choice for cold districts. It needs well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, and being a member of the Proteaceae it resents high-phosphorus fertilisers, use a native-specific low-phosphorus feed. Growth is moderate, reaching roughly 6–10 m tall by 3–5 m wide in cultivation, taller in rainforest conditions. Water through extended dry spells while establishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. Price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656382318,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"harpullia-pendula-tulipwood-uc","title":"Harpullia pendula Tulipwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eTulipwood, \u003cem\u003eHarpullia pendula\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the most polished of the eastern rainforest natives, a neat, widely spreading crown of glossy green foliage, white flowers in spring, and then the display that has earned it a place in so many Queensland streets: orange-yellow capsules splitting to glossy black seeds through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic Brisbane street and avenue tree, comfortable over footpaths thanks to its moderate scale and non-invasive roots, and equally good as a courtyard or lawn specimen where the winter fruit display can be enjoyed at close range. Plant avenue runs at 6–8 m centres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate: native from northern New South Wales into Queensland; suits tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate zones and tolerates light frost once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvergreen, with a slow to moderate growth rate, it holds its neat form without constant attention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil: sandy, loamy and acidic soils; good drainage preferred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature size in the ground: typically 8–12 m in cultivation with a rounded crown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTolerates coastal exposure and urban pollution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656415086,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"plumeria-obtusa-evergreen-frangipani-uc","title":"Plumeria obtusa Evergreen Frangipani","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlumeria obtusa\u003c\/em\u003e keeps everything the frangipani is loved for, perfumed white flowers with a soft yellow eye through the warm months, and holds its deep green, glossy foliage year-round in warm climates, sparing the bare winter silhouette of the common species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA natural for pools, courtyards and resort-style plantings, used singly or in informal groups; the rounded evergreen crown suits tropical and contemporary coastal schemes alike. Plant it where the scent gathers, beside terraces, entries and outdoor rooms, and it is equally comfortable in a generous container.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest in the tropics and warm, frost-free subtropics, coastal Queensland and sheltered warm positions into northern New South Wales; frost-tender, and fully evergreen only where winters stay warm. Full sun on free-draining soil, with strong tolerance of coastal exposure and dry spells once established. Moderate growth, maturing around 4–6 m tall and wide in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 96 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656447854,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"magnolia-champaca-champak-uc","title":"Magnolia champaca Champak","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe champak is grown for its perfume before anything else, golden-orange flowers held among glossy evergreen foliage, releasing a fragrance that carries across a garden through the warm months. Revered across South and Southeast Asia and long planted around temples, \u003cem\u003eMagnolia champaca\u003c\/em\u003e brings an upright evergreen presence and one of the most recognisable scents in horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant it where the fragrance will be met, beside entries, courtyards, pool terraces and outdoor rooms, or as an upright evergreen specimen within a tropical planting scheme. Its conical habit suits repetition along a drive, and it sits naturally alongside frangipani, gardenia and broad-leafed rainforest species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tree for the tropics and warm, frost-free subtropics, coastal Queensland and sheltered northern New South Wales; it is not suited to frost-prone or cold southern sites. Give it deep, rich, well-drained soil with reliable moisture; growth is quick in warmth. Evergreen, reaching roughly 10–15 m tall by 5–8 m wide in the ground in Australian gardens. 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For the rest of the year it is a clean, grey-trunked shade tree with handsome lobed foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven room in open lawn or parkland the flowering reads as a single mass of colour, which is how the tree earns its place. It also works as an avenue at 8–10 m centres and as a street tree, with roots that stay well behaved near paving. Planted in sequence with jacaranda it extends the flowering season through late spring and early summer, and it pairs comfortably with lower native understorey that can take the summer leaf drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeciduous only around flowering, dropping its glossy maple-shaped leaves in late spring before setting scarlet bells through November to January, then refoliating quickly. Suited to Queensland, coastal and tableland New South Wales and the warmer parts of Victoria; established trees take moderate frost, though young stock should be protected. It accepts most soils provided drainage is genuine, grows quickly in youth and reaches roughly 10–20 m tall by 6–10 m wide in the ground. Drought tolerant once settled. Flowering is heaviest on older trees and after a dry winter, and seed-grown trees can flower irregularly for their first years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrown in the tropics at Donkin Farm, north Queensland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide. 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The two-toned foliage reads beautifully against dark backdrops and in afternoon light, and the flowers draw nectar-feeding birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate: tropical and subtropical Queensland into warm coastal New South Wales; frost tender when young, tolerating only light frost once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvergreen, fast growing in warmth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil: deep, free-draining soils; mulch and steady moisture through establishment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature size in the ground: typically 8–15 m in cultivation, taller in rainforest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuvenile foliage deeply lobed, maturing to entire leaves; bird attracting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 32 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656546158,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"grevillea-robusta-silky-oak-uc","title":"Grevillea robusta Silky Oak","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe silky oak, \u003cem\u003eGrevillea robusta\u003c\/em\u003e, is the largest of the grevilleas and one of eastern Australia's great flowering trees, deeply divided, ferny foliage silvered beneath, and boughs crowded with golden comb flowers in late spring, heavy with nectar and birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fast avenue, parkland and paddock tree that delivers height quickly on new subdivisions, its spring flowering reading from hundreds of metres. 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Few evergreens screen as quickly or as completely in warm climates, and few carry the same softness of outline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA proven screening and avenue tree for tropical and subtropical projects, planted at 3–4 m centres it closes into a continuous visual barrier within a few seasons, and as a single specimen it matures into a broad, weeping dome. It clips well, taking formal hedging at height. Keep it well clear of paving, pools and services: like most figs its root system is vigorous, so allow generous setbacks or specify root barriers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate: thrives in tropical and subtropical Queensland and warm coastal New South Wales; frost sensitive, so not suited to cold inland districts or southern states\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvergreen, fast growing in warmth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil: adaptable to most free-draining soils; performs best with reliable moisture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature size in the ground: typically 8–15 m tall with a similar spread if left unpruned; readily held smaller as a clipped screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTolerates coastal exposure and heavy pruning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656611694,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"ficus-microcarpa-hillii-flash-uc","title":"Ficus microcarpa hillii Flash","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Flash' is a compact, quick-growing form of \u003cem\u003eFicus microcarpa\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003ehillii\u003c\/em\u003e, flushing light green over a body of dense emerald foliage. It is the workhorse of tall formal screens in warm climates, fast to establish, thick to the ground and tolerant of hard clipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it wherever a tall evergreen screen or formal hedge is needed at pace: boundary screening at 2.5–3.5 m centres, pleached avenues, topiary and clipped columns beside pools and courtyards. It shrugs off coastal exposure and urban pollution. Plan for its roots, keep it away from paving, pipes and pools unless root barriers are used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate: Queensland and warm coastal New South Wales; tolerates tropical heat but is sensitive to all except the lightest frosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvergreen, fast growing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil: most soils, best with reliable moisture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMature size in the ground: 10–15 m if left untrimmed; almost always maintained as a clipped screen of 4–8 m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow maintenance once established; takes hard pruning readily\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThis tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrently standing: 64 trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField-grown ex-ground at Donkin Farm, Utchee Creek, root-pruned and basket-lifted, delivered and craned Australia-wide; price on application through the Shortlist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Signature Trees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54436656644462,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"lagerstroemia-speciosa-queen-crepe-myrtle-uc","title":"Lagerstroemia speciosa Queen Crepe Myrtle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe queen crepe myrtle, \u003cem\u003eLagerstroemia speciosa\u003c\/em\u003e, is the grandest of the genus, a true tropical tree carrying large upright trusses of mauve to lavender flowers through summer over big, leathery leaves that turn copper-red before dropping in the dry season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA signature street and shade tree across the tropics and a striking lawn or poolside specimen in frost-free gardens. Use it where jacaranda scale is wanted with a summer, rather than spring, performance. 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A Brazilian rainforest species that has proven itself in tropical Queensland, it delivers the golden-rain effect the temperate laburnums promise, in a tree actually built for this climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the landscape\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA show tree for the warm north: striking as a single specimen against dark foliage, in courtyard and resort planting, or repeated along a drive where the hanging gold chains read in rhythm. Its tidy, upright habit suits streets and formal settings that cannot accommodate a spreading canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTropical and warm frost-free subtropical climates; flowers best in full sun on deep, well-drained soil with reliable moisture. Moderately fast to around 8–12 m in cultivation with a narrow to oval evergreen crown. 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