A new lily in stock!
It’s the first time we have propagated these pretty Arthropodium minus – Small Vanilla-lilies – and they have done very well. They are perennial and form tubers which store nutrients for the following growing season. This fragrant vanilla lily flowers from August to December. It prefers a bit of shade and is good in pots.
Right now we have plenty of these in tubestock at the nursery.
Wildflower combos on sale
Ready to go! Our Bili Nursery staff have been growing up these combos – 4 wildflowers in each pot – and they are looking just gorgeous – perfect presents for any occasion.
We chose these species because they flower for long periods and at different times and they are a good mix of trailers, uprights and groundcovers. The pots are lightweight and very good for water retention.
The large pots are $25 and the smaller ones $20. Call in to Bili Nursery at 525 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne to see the full range.
Lobelia pratioides – Poison Lobelia
To 30CM. Loosely matting, suckering dioecious perennial herb. Leaves dull green, toothed oblanceolate to lanceolate. Terminal sprays of blue to mauve flowers Oct to May. Requires wet soils. An attractive plant for a shady garden. Poisonous to stock.
Myriophyllum simulans – Amphibious Water-milfoil
To 40CM. Aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial herb with erect, weak reddish stems, rooting at nodes. Irregular or whorls0f fleshy, narrow to terete leaves. Single reddish male flowers, female reddish fading to white Sept to Mar. Variable species in both habitat and appearance.
Liparophyllum exaltatum – Erect Marsh-flower
To 1.2M. Tufted erect emergent perennial herb. Thick dark green broadly ovate to lanceolate leaves. Yellow 5-petalled flowers Sept to Mar. An excellent water plant for dams and ponds.
Rytidospermum caespitosum – Common wallaby Grass
To 90CM. Tufted perennial grass.
Leaves variable, usually hairy, flat or rolled often blue-green on upper surface.
Panicles variable, usually dense with purplish flowered spikelets Sept to Dec.
Carex tereticaulis – Common Sedge, Hollow Sedge, Poong’ort
To 1.2M. Densely tufted clump.
Long, narrow grey-green leaves.
Narrow dense spike-like panicle with orange-brown with whitish margins Sept to Dec.
Tetragonia implexicoma – Bower Spinach
To 1M. Prostrate, sometimes mound forming, trailing low shrub.
Clusters of thick, semi-succulent bright green diamond shaped leaves.
Single, strongly scented yellow flowers on slender stalks Aug to Nov. Succulent reddish berry.
Mimulus repens – Creeping Monkey-flower
20CM. Spreading suckering perennial herb, stems erect when submerged. Pairs of succulent sessile ovate leaves. Flowers blue to mauve Sept to Apr.