Back in stock! Triangle Palms (Dypsis decaryi)

Dypsis decaryi

Triangle Palm

Very unique palm with a triangular shape; leaves grow from 3 distinct points of the trunk creating the triangle look. Spectacular grey-green leaves grow almost upright from the trunk and arch at the top. Originates in Madagascar and grows up to 15 m tall (although rarely seen at this size in cultivation). Very fast growing and very low maintenance. Extremely hardy, drought tolerant & handles light frost. For best results, this palm needs its own space to fully develop the shape which makes it so unique and special. Prefers full sun, but can be grown in semi-shade. Grows best with regular watering. Great container palm, will grow a nice thick trunk with minimal height in a pot.

Propagate from seed, usually germinates within a month.

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New! Pandorea jasminoides (Lady Di) (White Bower Vine)

A beautiful climbing plant native to Australia. Pandorea Lady Di™ has beautiful clusters of fragrant white flowers. This Pandorea has wonderful glossy foliage and grows quickly to 3m tall.

Growing Pandorea Lady Di ™

Pandorea Lady Di ™ is best grown in a full sun to shade position. It is best grown in well draining soil. Keep the soil fairly moist, but don’t let it water log. Pandorea will tolerate very light frosts and is fairly salt tolerant. Fertilise with a controlled release fertiliser for natives.

Pandorea uses

Pandorea Lady Di ™ is excellent as a fast growing plant to cover trellises, old fences or ugly walls. It grows well in pots or as ground cover. It would look beautiful growing up pergola’s or carports. Keep it well pruned to maintain shape & flowering vigour.

New! Liriope gigantum

Liriope gigantum – Turf Lily

Liriope is a beautiful, evergreen grassy type ground cover. It bears gorgeous little purple flowers and grows to 50-70cm tall, and 50cm wide. The strappy leaves are dark green, glossy and narrow.

Liriope, or Turf Lily is very tough and adaptable. It thrives without care in almost any garden. It is well suited to growing in pots, as a ground cover or as a border around a garden. Liriope is also often used as a lawn substitute, it doesn’t require anywhere near as much water as the lawn does to look good! Liriope is best grown ‘en masse’, with a whole bunch planted all together for maximum effect.

Liriope is best grown in full sun to part shade. It prefers well draining soil and is highly drought tolerant. Once established, this plant does not require any maintenance or water. You can lift and divide Liriope clumps, and plant the divisions elsewhere to create additional plants.

New! Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm)

The King of Palms!

About the Canary Island Date Palm

This palm, surprisingly, originates in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago just off the North West Coast of Africa. The Canary Island Date Palm is large & imposing, up to 20m tall. It provides a true feature in the garden with its huge, solid trunk, and long, arching feather leaves. Trunks are marked with old leaf scars. This palm bears yellow flowers, following by orange to dark red fruit with 1 large seed.

Phoenix canariensis would be great planted along streets or driveways, as a feature palm in the middle of a lawn, or even as a container palm while small. Although the fruit is edible, like other Date Palms, the size of the fruit is very small, making it hardly worth it.

Growing the Canary Island Date Palm

This palm is very hardy and is quite fast growing, especially once it starts forming a trunk. It gets large and will need to be given plenty of room. Petioles have spines on them, so keep these plants away from walkways. Choose a position in full sun, in well draining soil. The Canary Island Date Palm is frost tolerant to around -10 and also very drought tolerant. Fertilise with a slow release fertiliser in spring and summer. Mulch well, but keep mulch away from the trunk.

New! Gazania Daybreak var. Pink Shades (Gazania rigens)

Gazania Daybreak Pink Shades (Gazania rigens)

A Hot Summer Survivor!

About Gazania Daybreak var. Pink Shades

Gazania Pink Shades is a gorgeous ground cover with sensational colour, suitable to even the most hot & dry gardens. Daybreak Gazania’s have won many awards for garden performance. They come from South Africa and have beautiful light & dark pink 3” flowers. Flowers close every night, and reopen in the morning. Foliage is feathery and bright green, and plants grow to 25cm high. The plants are nice and compact and flower freely.

Growing Gazania Daybreak var. Pink Shades

This is a true easy-care plant. It will produce amazing flowers in even the driest soil, and it’s best grown in full sun. Gazania is very heat tolerant and fast growing. Fertilise with a liquid fertiliser every 2-4 weeks, or apply an organic fertiliser per directions on the packaging. Best grown in a frost free position.

Space your plants 15 - 25cm apart for a nice clumping groundcover. Also suitable as potted plant, for borders or edging.

New! Garcinia magnostana (Mangosteen)

About the Mangosteen fruit

The Mangosteen is the Queen of Tropical fruits! Beautiful, ornamental fruits are purple to red and smooth on the outside. The fruits taste delicious; sweet & tangy, and are described as being similar to peaches. It is often called a ‘super fruit’ due to the said antioxidants and anti-disease effects. Mangosteen Juice is one of the new, very popular health juices. The fruits can be made into jams, and seeds can be toasted.

About the Mangosteen Plant

The Mangosteen is an evergreen tree which grows between 6-20m tall. New growth emerges purplish to red. It is not only a wonderful edible tree, with delicious tropical fruits, it’s also used for medicinal purposes such as Dysentery, skin disorders and cystitis. Some countries also valued it for its wood.

Growing the Mangosteen Plant

Originating in Asia, the Mangosteen prefers high humidity, and would benefit from regular watering, especially during summer. This tree is a true tropical plant, and can only be grown in frost free conditions. It should be grown in very rich, organic soil, with some added sand. Ensure it has good drainage and mulch well. It cannot be grown too close to the coast as it will not tolerate strong winds, salt spray or salty water.

Garcinia mangostana will grow a taproot almost immediately, and you should plant it in its final position before it gets to around 1/2m tall. After this, you may damage the taproot, damaging or killing the plant. Keep the tree in a protected, at least semi-shaded position for the first 3-5 years, before exposing it to full sun. In good conditions, the plants will fruit in 6-9 years from sprouting. Our plants are currently 1 year old.

Propagating the Mangosteen

Propagate from ripe, fully developed seed. Seeds sprout in aprox 3 weeks.

New! Michelia coco (Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia)

Michelia coco is a member of the magnoliaceae family, and it is a relative of the Magnolia. It bears beautiful, highly fragrant cream flowers during many months of the year. Michelia coco grows to around 4m tall and 6m wide.

The Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia is suited to use in pots, hedges and general garden feature plant. Michelia coco is also well suited as an indoor plant.

Growing the Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia

The Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia is best grown in moist, fertile ground. Ensure soil is well draining and slightly acid. Michelia should be grown in a warm, bright position, part sun to part shade. Fertilise this plant in spring with a good quality liquid fertiliser (such as Miracle-Gro) fortnightly, or NPK slow release fertiliser every 3 months or as directed on the packaging. Water them regularly, and prune to shape after flowering.

Michelia coco is often confused with Magnolia coco, but Michelias flowers generally form clusters amongst the foliage, whereas Magnolias form flowers at the ends of the branches.

New! Lampranthus (Ice Plant) Pink & Mixed

 

Lampranthus (Ice plant)

Lampranthus is a beautiful, ground covering succulent with deep purple flowers. They are native to Africa and are very drought hardy. Lampranthus is suitable for rockeries, banks or pots, and provides a lot of colour in the garden.

Lampranthus belongs to the Ice plant family, or Aizoaceae. Foliage is very succulent and short, and blue green in colour. Flowers come in all colours such as purple, white, red, yellow, and pink. Flowers are produced year round, and they open in the morning and close at night.

Growing Lampranthus or Ice Plant

Don’t overwater your Ice plant; almost the only rule you need to abide by. They are very easy to grow, and are best placed in a full sun position. They will grow in almost any kind of soil including poor, well draining soil. Most Ice Plants will be able to tolerant some very slight frost, but they are best grown in a position protected from frost.

Meaning of the name ‘Lampranthus’

The name Lampranthus comes from the Greek words lampros and anthos, meaning ‘bright flower’.

Cactus Island Nursery – Plant catalogue September 2009

It’s been a dry, dry month here at the nursery. We haven’t seen rain for months and can’t wait for the rains to arrive. Forecasters are predicting there will not be any rain until November…. Rain or no rain however, the plants have definitely decided Spring’s here, and all are growing well. We have added quite a few new plants this month, some of which are:

Lampranthus Deep Purple & Lampranthus Hot Pink. Commonly called Iceplants, these are truly tough little succulents, which are great for use in rockeries or as groundcover. Spathiphyllum Rob. Commonly called ‘Peace Lily’. Beautiful foliage plant which is excellent for use in shady positions and as indoor plant. Liriope gigantum, the Turf Lily or Giant Liriope. A staple plant for every garden and suited to pots, or as border plant. Pandorea Lady Di, the White Bower Vine. A stunning climbing plant with gorgeous white flowers. Randia fitzalanii, the native Gardenia with edible fruits. Michelia coco, the Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia with beautiful white fragrant flowers. Garcinia mangostana, the edible Mangosteen, known as one of the most tasty tropical fruits on earth. One of my personal favourites is Murraya Min-a-Min, it’s fragrance draws me to the shade house every morning, it is delicious! It is very, very tough and suitable for low hedges up to 1m tall, topiaries or just a general garden plant!

Some of our Azalea’s, including the popular Azalea Magnifica, are ready for sale again as well, as are 2 of our Bougainvillea’s, Bougainvillea Scarlet Glory & Bougainvillea Orange Glory. Bougainvillea Orange Glory comes with tags as it is Trademark protected by ColourStream Growers. All are available in limited numbers only, grab yours soon if you’d like some! Chamaedorea elegans, the very dainty & elegant Parlour Palm has also come up; we’re now selling small seedlings of those as well.

As always, if any of the plants below are not available on the website, just send me an email to set you up an order – I usually respond within a few hours, and can send a PayPal invoice to make it easy for you!

Kind regards, El – Cactus Island Online Nursery

Palms Remember! We offer great bulk discounts, starting at only 4 plants! Size Price Comments Archontophoenix alexandrae—Alexander Palm 50mm 3.99 Archontophoenix cunninghamiana— Bangalow Palm 50mm 3.99 Areca triandra—Triandra Palm 75mm 7.99 Out of Stock Areca vestiaria—Sunset Palm 100mm 9.99 Out of Stock Arenga engleri—Dwarf Sugar Palm 50mm 4.99 Beccariophoenix madagascariensis – Giant Windowpane Palm/Window Coconut Palm 75mm 6.35 Bismarckia nobilis—Bismarck Palm seedling 9.99 Only 2 left Butia capitata – Wine Palm / Jelly Palm 50mm 6.40 Carpentaria acuminata—Carpie 50mm 3.99 Caryota mitis 50mm out of stock Chamaedorea elegans—Parlour Palm Seedling 3.99 Very small plants Chamaedorea Metallica—Metallic Palm 50mm 4.75 Chamaedorea seifrizzii—Florida Bamboo Palm Seedlings 3.99 Very small – multi-planted Chambeyronia hookeri – Blonde Flamethrower Palm 75mm 9.25 Cyrtostachys lakka/renda - Lipstick Palm/Sealing Wax Palm Seedling 4.99 Out of stock – hope to have new plants in December Dypsis decaryi—Triangle Palm 75mm Seedling 5.99 3.50 Out of Stock Out of Stock Hope to have new plants in December Dypsis leptocheilos—Redneck / Teddy Bear Palm 75mm Seedling 5.50 4.00 Dypsis lutescens—Golden Cane 10x 100mm $25 Special! (Postage depends on postcode) Dypsis Pink Crown seedlings seedling 4.25 Howea forsteriana—Kentia Palm 75mm 5.50 Beautiful plants! Hyophorbe lagenicaulis—Bottle Palm 50mm 5.50 Out of stock Hyophorbe verschaffeltii—Spindle Palm 75mm 7.50 Out of stock Laccospadix australasica—Walking Stick Palm seedling 3.65 Latania loddigesii—Blue Latan Palm 75mm 7.85 Only 2 left Licuala grandis—Ruffled Fan Palm seedling 4.25 Licuala ramsayi—Australian Fan Palm seedling 3.35 Phoenix roebelenii—Dwarf Date Palm seedling 75mm 3.50 6.50 Out of stock Out of stock Pinanga coronata—Ivory Cane Palm 50mm 6.50 Out of stock Ptychosperma elegans—Solitaire Palm seedling 4.99 Out of stock Ptychosperma macarthuri seedling 4.99 Only a few left Ptychosperma microcarpum - Clustering PNG Palm 50mm 3.60 Ravenea rivularis—Majestic Palm 50mm 75mm 3.50 4.75 Roystonea regia—Cuban Royal Palm 50mm 5.99 Very tall stock – postage depends on postcode Sabal minor—Dwarf Palmetto seedling 3.95 Veitchia merrillii—Christmas Palm 50mm 5.50 Only a few left Washingtonia robusta—Mountain Cabbage Tree 50mm 4.50 Coconut Palms (inc. Dwarf Coconuts) Price reduction! Online Special…. All Coconuts are supplied as germinated nuts, with roots & foliage shoots. All are supplied with growing instruction. Western Australia can receive just-sprouted nuts only, with shoots up to 20mm in length. WA customers: please check whether just-sprouted nuts of the variety of your choice are available at the time of ordering. Every coconut attracts a $15 postage charge. Three coconuts can be posted for $20. Price Comments Golden Malay Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Golden Spicata Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Green Malay Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Orange Spicata Dwarf coconut 33.99 Red Malay Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Red Spicata Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Yellow Malay/Nias Yellow Dwarf Coconut 33.99 Any 3 of the above coconuts 90.00 + $20 postage Cycads Size Price Comments Cycas revoluta - Sago Palm 50mm 3.99 Zamia furfuracea—Cardboard Palm 50mm 75mm 3.50 8.10 Foliage Plants Size Price Comments Acmena smithii—Lilly Pilly 75mm 5.50 Alpinea ‘Red Back’ - Native Ginger 50mm 4.99 4 available Anthurium macdougalii 75mm out of stock Beaucarnea guatemalensis—Red Ponytail Palm 100mm seedling 9.25 3.75 Beaucarnea recurvata – Ponytail Palm seedling 3.50 Cordyline Hawaiian Sunset 50mm out of stock – can possibly order in Cordyline Pink Diamond 50mm out of stock – can possibly order in Cordyline Pink Tip 50mm out of stock – can possibly order in Cordyline Purple Compacta 50mm out of stock – can possibly order in Cordyline Purple Prince—deep plum purple 100mm 50mm 8.50 4.99 7 available Cordyline Red Edge 50mm out of stock Cordyline Romba—funky pink/ red/purple 100mm 8.50 Cordyline Rosebud 50mm out of stock – can possibly order in Croton Colours of Africa 50mm 4.99 10 available Dracaena concinna – Red Edged Dragon Tree 50mm 4.25 Dracaena draco—Dragon’s Blood Tree seedling 4.50 Dracaena hookeriana 50mm 4.25 out of stock Liriope gigantum (Turf Lily, Giant Liriope) 50mm 4.50 Monstera deliciosa—Split Leaf Philodendron/Delicious Monster 75mm 12.99 Pandanus monticola—Screw Pine seedling 3.99 Pandanus tectorius syn.pendunculatus —Beach Screw Pine 75mm 10.50 Rhoeo spathacea—Moses in a Cradle offset 4.99 Spathiphyllum Rob (Peace Lily) 50mm 5.00 Xhantorrhoea johnsonii—Blackboy/Grass Tree seedling, 40mm jiffy pot 5.50 Out of stock. Hope to have ready in summer Flowering & Fruiting Plants Size Price Comments Ananas comosus—Pineapple fruit plant 100mm 9.50 Back in stock! Azalea Brides Bouquet— double white 50mm 4.99 5 available Azalea Christmas Cheer—Best for bonsai, cherry 50mm 6.50 out of stock Azalea Dogwood—Salmon pink & white seedling 75mm 4.99 8.99 10 available 5 available Azalea Fairy Queen—Magical rosy pink 50mm 75mm 4.99 8.99 4 available 1 available Azalea Glowing Embers—Like fire! 50mm 6.50 out of stock Azalea magnifica—beautiful purple 75mm 8.99 Azalea Red Wing—Best all round performance. Red 50mm 75mm 4.99 8.99 5 available 5 available Bauhinia monandra—Pink Orchid Tree 100mm 19.99 (inc. postage) out of stock Bougainvillea Scarlet Glory seedling 4.50 5 available Bougainvillea Orange Glory (With tags) seedling 4.99 3 available Calliandra tweedii—Mexican Flame Tree 50mm out of stock Clivia Belgian Hybrid 75mm 8.99 Only 5 left Clivia miniata – Kaffir Lily 75mm 4.75 Doryanthus excelsa—Gymea Lily 50mm 4.99 Only 5 left Frangipani Darwin Harney cutting out of stock Frangipani Watermelon cutting out of stock Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen) 100mm 14.99 5 available Gardenia Aimee Yoshiba/First Love 75mm 7.99 out of stock Gardenia florida 50mm 4.50 Gardenia Golden Magic 50mm 7.99 out of stock Gardenia Professor Pucci 75mm 7.99 out of stock Gordonia axillaris—Fried Egg Plant 50mm out of stock Hibiscus Fantasia—Huge white flowers 50mm out of stock Hibiscus Jayella—Unique golden brown 50mm out of stock Hibiscus landersii—Cherry double pink 75mm 6.50 4 available Hibiscus Maui—huge tropical pink 50mm out of stock Hibiscus Regius maximus—Curvy red 50mm out of stock Hymenosporum flavum—Native Frangipani 75mm 7.99 Ixora Prince of Orange 75mm out of stock Mandevilla Crimson 75mm out of stock Mandevilla Pink Petite 75mm out of stock Mandevilla Red Riding Hood 75mm out of stock Markhamia lutea—Nile Tulip Tree 75mm 7.50 out of stock Medinilla magnifica—Malaysian Orchid 75mm out of stock Metrosideros Fiji—NZ Christmas Tree 75mm out of stock Michelia coco (Large Leafed Port Wine Magnolia) 50mm 5.50 Murraya Min-a-Min (Dwarf Orange Jessamine, Dwarf Mock Orange) 50mm 4.65 Nerium Oleander Dwarf Apricot 50mm 3.50 Nerium Oleander Madame Dubois (white) 50mm 3.50 Nerium Oleander Splendens—double Pink 50mm 3.50 Nerium Oleander Souvenir de Cazalis Alluf (red) 50mm 3.50 Pandorea Lady Di (tm) 50mm 4.75 Pyrostegia venusta—Orange Trumpet Creeper 75mm out of stock Randia fitzalanii (Native Gardenia) 50mm 4.95 Need fertiliser, plants quite yellow Stephanotis floribunda—Madagascar Jasmine 75mm out of stock Strelitzia Nicolai—Giant or White Bird of Paradise Seedling 75mm 4.50 9.50 Strelitzia reginae—Bird of Paradise Seedling 75mm 8.50 out of stock Succulents Size Price Comment Adenium arabicum—Fat Desert Rose Seedling 8.99 Out of stock Adenium Obesum—Desert Rose 50mm Out of Stock Agave bracteosa—Squid Agave Seedling 4.50 Agave filifera—Thread Agave Seedling 4.50 Agave parryi—Parry’s Agave Seedling 4.50 Agave Victoria-reginae—Queen’s Agave 50mm 9.99 Aloe Africana—African Tree Aloe seedling 4.99 Aloe juvenna cutting 5.00 Aloe parvibracteata offset 12.99 Postage depends on postcode Aloe vera 50mm 3.99 Aptenia cordifolia—Baby Sun Rose cutting 3.50 Out of stock Euphorbia grandicornis—Cow’s Horn Cactus seedling 5.50 Only 1 or 2 left Euphorbia Lactea—African Milk Plant 50mm 8.50 Euphorbia millii—Crown of Thorns 50mm 6.99 Euphorbia trigona—African Triangle Plant cutting 4.95 Huernia lavranii cutting 8.99 Only 1 left Huernia schneiderana cutting 6.50 Only 5 left Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi offset 5.50 Not all with roots Lampranthus Deep Purple (Iceplant) 50mm 4.50 Lampranthus Hot Pink (Iceplant) 50mm 4.50 Pachypodium geayi—Purple Madagascar Palm 50mm Out of stock Pachypodium lamerei—Madagascar Palm seedling 5.50 Pedilanthus macrocarpa—Slipper Plant cutting 6.50 only 3 left Plectranthus caninus—Dogbane offset 4.99 Portulacaria afra—Moneypenny/Jade plant cutting 2.50 Sansevieria Hahnii Gold 100mm 9.99 Only 3 left Stapelia grandiflora cutting out of stock Yucca aloifolia—Spanish Bayonet seedlings Seedlings coming soon! Yucca filamentosa Seedlings Seedlings coming soon! Yucca rigida—Blue Yucca 50mm out of stock Yucca rostrata—Beaked Yucca 50mm out of stock Cactus Island Online Nursery can source 1000’s of palms, cycads, succulents, azalea, foliage & flowering plants, exotics & native plants. If you are looking for specific plant species, send us an email, we may be able to help. Cactus Island Nursery is an online nursery / mail order nursery only. We post plants every Monday, payment cut off time is 8am. Orders paid for after 8am will be posted the following Monday. Postage is a flat rate of $15 - for unlimited amounts of plants, excluding coconuts. All items are sent via express post. Coconuts incur $15 postage per nut, or 3 coconuts can be sent for $20. Cactus Island Nursery cannot send plants to Western Australia, Tasmania or Internationally due to quarantine issues. W.A. can receive just-sprouted coconuts. Please review the plant growing information on the back of your invoice for tips and plant care instructions. Kind regards, Dan & El