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SFTC Honey Bee Collection 2


$9.95

This collection of honeybee attracting seed contains:

  • Purple Coral Pea
  • Honeysuckle Banksia
  • Cranbrook Paperbark
  • Prickly Box

Detailed germination notes are enclosed in the packet, and each of the 4 sachets contains a minimum of 12 seeds.

Description

Hardenbergia violacea

Purple Coral Pea

  • Prostrate ground cover or climber.
  • Perennial.
  • Width 3.0m +
  • Growth rate very fast.
  • Use for fence, chook shed cover, ground cover
  • for banks under trees.
  • Any soils except very wet.
  • Full sun to part shade.
  • Moderately frost hardy.
  • Very drought tolerant.
  • Flowers in winter.
  • Prune to control size and shape.
  • Vigorous grower.
  • Butterfly attracting.
  • Bee attracting.

Banksia marginata

Honeysuckle Banksia

  • Variable low to medium shrub 3.0-5.0m
  • Growth rate medium.
  • Use for screen, windbreak, specimen and bonsai.
  • Any soils with fair drainage.
  • Full sun to part shade.
  • Very frost tolerant.
  • Very drought tolerant.
  • Very wind firm.
  • Flowers in summer.
  • Prune as required to shape.
  • Bird attracting.
  • Excellent cut flower.
  • Good for coastal to highlands areas.
  • Bee attracting.

Melaleuca pustulata

Cranbrook Paperbark

  • Tasmanian endemic.
  • Neat rounded shrub 2.5-3.0m
  • Growth rate fast.
  • Use for shelter, screen, specimen.
  • Any soils including dry.
  • Full sun to part shade.
  • Very frost hardy.
  • Very drought tolerant.
  • Very wind firm.
  • Flowers in spring.
  • Bird attracting.
  • Highly perfumed.
  • Bee attracting.

Bursaria spinosa

Prickly Box

  • Bushy upright shrub 2.5-4.0 m
  • Growth rate medium.
  • Use for screen, windbreak, paddock shelter.
  • All soils with reasonable drainage.
  • Full sun.
  • Very frost hardy.
  • Very drought tolerant.
  • Very wind firm.
  • Flowers late spring to early summer.
  • Can be trimmed as a hedge.
  • Useful honey species.
  • Highly perfumed.
  • Bird attracting.
  • Bee attracting.

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