Nursery Online: 3 Awesome Plants You Can Buy

A great benefit of visiting a nursery online store is the convenience it affords, since you can simply check through all the available choices and order your best choice, right from the comfort of your home.

To help you out with your selection, here are 3 splendid choices that you should consider:

1. Cycas revoluta (Japanese Sago Palm):

If you're looking for a large planter, pot plant or accent, the Japanese Sago Palm is an excellent choice. This 2-meter tall evergreen cycad will fit perfectly into a whole range of garden designs including: formal, contemporary, tropical, Mediterranean and oriental.

Taking care of it is also quite simple. All you need to do is make sure that it has a soil moisture range between constantly moist and dry in-between watering. You also need to consider the best lighting, which must be warm and low sunlight. Pruning simply involves removal of spent leave at the base of your plant.

Just make sure to regularly follow these simple maintenance practices so that we don't end up adding another beautiful plant to the list of threatened species (the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts indicates that in 2009 Australia had 41 threatened species of ferns ).

2. Nandina domestica (Dwarf Sacred Bamboo)

If you thought only flowers display a rich array of color, you'll surely be happily surprised when you set eyes on the Dwarf Sacred Bamboo. This plant possesses a truly dazzling red leaf color, apart from the bright red of its berries, which form during the fall and winter seasons. If you enjoy both flora and fauna, you'll also love the sight of birds flocking on your beautiful plant, since they find those berries quite tasteful.

There exist countless uses for this uniquely beautiful plant, which include: specimens, borders, accents, mass planting, parking lot islands, above-ground planters and container plants. What's more, it even possesses moderate tolerance to drought.

Under the right conditions of care, your red-colored shrub will grow to a height of 5 to 8 feet, with a spread of 2 to 3 feet. Fortunately, it doesn't have any particular soil preferences and will grow pretty well in clay, slightly alkaline, acidic, loam and sandy soils.

3. Gardenia Augusta Florida

Who said that flowers and leaves are all there is to a beautiful plant? With Gardenia Augusta Florida, you also get a sweet fragrant scent. This is guaranteed to make it even more invaluable as a hedge, border or pot plant.

Gardenia is a particularly interesting plant among the 250 flowering plant species within the Rubiceae family (based on data from the Federal University of Pernambuco). Since it's originally from China, Japan and the Pacific Islands, you need to maintain it in conditions similar to such warm temperate climatic regions.

Maintenance of Gardenia Florida is a bit more complicated than the hardy Nandina. The right soil pH is especially critically for proper growth, which should range between 5 and 6. Cultivating around your plant is also off-limits, since its shallow roots can be easily damaged. To counter this restriction, simply use mulching, which will prevent growth of weeds.


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Keith has spent many years cultivating a wide range of exotic and native plants. He shares his best tips to help you succeed in your gardening pursuits. Make sure to get the best plant species from Nursery Online. Browse http://www.nurseryonline.com.au/ useful information on how to make a stress-free purchase.