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Fmbg Nursery Plant Sales List Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden FMBG NURSERY PLANT SALES LIST - JANUARY 2021 Nursery: 21 Williams St, Melton, Vic 3337 Volunteers Welcome Open: Prices (GST incl.): * 10am to 1pm - Tuesdays and Thursdays * Forestry tubes $3 * Other times by appointment * 70mm pots $4 www.fmbg.org.au Covid safety measures to be observed * 90mm pots $6 FMBG members discount 4 customers at a time, wearing of masks, social distancing Contact: [email protected] Facebook: Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden Plant Nursery and Depot · Acacia aphylla · Correa pulchella Autumn Blaze · Acacia flexifolia Bent-leaf Wattle · Correa pulchella Coffin Bay pink · Acacia lasiocalyx · Correa pulchella hybrid Pink Carpet · Acacia lasiocarpa prostrate form · Correa pulchella Little Cate · Acacia maxwellii · Correa pulchella Marion Bay · Acacia multispicata · Correa pulchella 'minor' · Adenanthos sericeus Woollybush · Correa pulchella Pixie Bells · Alyogyne hakeifolia Elle Maree · Correa pulchella Redbanks · Alyogyne hakeifolia Melissa Anne · Correa pulchella Remarkable Rocks · Alyogyne huegeli subsp. Hutt River Native Hibiscus · Correa reflexa var speciosa · Banksia praemorsa Yellow flowers · Correa Wyn’s Wonder · Beaufortia orbifolia · Crowea exalata Festival · Boronia clavata · Dampiera alata · Boronia crenulata · Dampiera diversifolia · Boronia megastigma Lutea · Dampiera rosmarinifolia · Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong · Darwinia citriodora · Brachychiton rupestris Qld Bottle Tree · Darwinia pinifolia · Callistemon citrinus ‘Endeavour’ · Dodonea boroniifolia · Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress-pine · Eremophila adenotricha · Calothamnus quadrifidus grey leaf · Eremophila aureivisca · Calothamnus quadrifidus yellow · Eremophila brevifolia · Calytrix depressa · Eremophila Crazy Mac · Calytrix tetragona Fringe myrtle · Eremophila cv 'Big Poly' · Chamelaucium drummondii · Eremophila cv Meringur Midnight · Chamelaucium floriferum · Eremophila debilis · Chamelaucium uncinatum purple · Eremophila dempsteri · Coopernookia georgei · Eremophila dichroantha · Correa alba pannosa pink/white · Eremophila drummondi · Correa Dusky Bells · Eremophila eriocalyx · Correa glabra var Turnbulli · Eremophila glabra Belalla Gold ABN 53 715 421 623 Inc No A0045077Z Page 1 of 3 January 2021 Plant Sales List - Friends of Melton Botanic Garden Plant Nursery · Eremophila glabra Hairy Leaf form · Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Redgum · Eremophila glabra Kalbarri carpet · Eucalyptus erythronema subsp. erythronema · Eremophila glabra low growing · Eucalyptus gardneri Blue mallet · Eremophila glabra Murchison River · Eucalyptus grossa Coarse-leaved mallee · Eremophila glabra prostrate red · Eucalyptus incerata Mount Day mallee · Eremophila glabra Roseworthy form · Eucalyptus lehmannii Lehmann's mallee · Eremophila glabra Yorke Peninsula form · Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. megalocarpa · Eremophila hygrophana · Eucalyptus macrandra River yate · Eremophila laanii Pink form · Eucalyptus Moon Lagoon Fine foliage mallee · Eremophila laanii White form · Eucalyptus orbifolia Round-leaved mallee · Eremophila latrobei x forrestii · Eucalyptus petiolaris - orange Water gum · Eremophila macdonnellii · Eucalyptus petiolaris - yellow Water gum · Eremophila mackinlayi · Eucalyptus pimpiniana Pimpin mallee · Eremophila maculata compact yellow · Eucalyptus platypus Moort · Eremophila maculata orange · Eucalyptus redunca subsp. porphyria · Eremophila maculata yellow · Eucalyptus steedmanni Steedman’s mallet · Eremophila Meringur Crimson · Eucalyptus stricklandii Strickland's gum · Eremophila microtheca · Eucalyptus synandra Jingymia mallee · Eremophila nivea mauve · Frankenia pauciflora · Eremophila Nullarbor Nymph · Goodenia ovata · Eremophila oldfieldii subsp. angustifolia · Goodenia varia · Eremophila oppositifolia Cream form · Grevillea delta · Eremophila oppositifolia Pink form · Grevillea lavandulacea · Eremophila oppositifolia Purple form · Grevillea rhyolitica Deua Grevillea · Eremophila pinnatifida · Grevillea thelemanniana · Eremophila polyclada · Grevillea Winpara Gem · Eremophila pterocarpa · Guichenotia macrantha · Eremophila racemosa x maculata · Hakea bucculenta · Eremophila recurva · Hakea Burrendong Beauty · Eremophila rugosa · Hakea cucullata · Eremophila saligna · Hakea invaginata · Eremophila sargentii · Hakea laurina Pincushion Hakea · Eremophila scaberula · Hakea neurophylla · Eremophila Summertime Blues · Halgania cyanea · Eremophila ternifolia · Halgania preissii · Eremophila veneta · Hardenbergia violacea purple · Eremophila weldii Purple Emu-bush · Harnieria kempeana · Eremophila youngii yellow · Hibbertia serrata · Eriocephalus africanus Wild Rosemary · Hypocalymma angustifolia · Eucalyptus behriana Bull mallee · Hypocalymma robustum Swan River Myrtle ABN 53 715 421 623 Inc No A0045077Z Page 2 of 3 January 2021 Plant Sales List - Friends of Melton Botanic Garden Plant Nursery · Hypocalymma xanthopetalum · Pileanthus vernicosus · Kunzea pulchella · Platytheca galioides · Lambertia ericifolia · Prostanthera aspalathoides tall red form · Lechenaultia formosa orange · Prostanthera sieberi · Leionema dentatum · Prostanthera sp · Leptospermum sericeum · Protea neriifolia · Leucadendron laureolum Flamingo · Ptilotus drummondii · Leucospermum reflexum · Regelia megacephala · Lobelia pratioides · Ricinocarpus Bridal Star Wedding Bush · Lysiosepalum involucratum · Salvia africana lutea Golden Sage · Maireana oppositifolia Bluebush · Salvia dolomitica · Maireana sedifolia Pearl Bluebush · Salvia microphylla · Melaleuca elliptica Granite Honey-myrtle · Scholtzia oligandra · Melaleuca fulgens orange · Senna artemisioides · Melaleuca lanceolata Moonah · Solanum simile Oondoroo · Melaleuca psammophila · Thomasia purpurea · Melaleuca teretifolia 'Georgiana Molloy' · Thryptomene saxicola Payne's variety · Myoporum floribundum · Tremandra stelligera · Nematolepis phebalioides · Veronica perfoliata · Olearia lepidophylla · Verticordia plumosa var. grandiflora · Olearia pannosa Velvet Daisy-bush · Verticordia staminosa · Olearia phlogopappa pink · Zieria prostrata · Pelargonium sidoides Silver-leaf Geranium Plant Range: * Native and other plants grown in the Melton Botanic Garden * A wide range including eremophila and eucalyptus varieties, numbers vary * Plants suited to growing in Melton and dryland theme gardens All proceeds contribute to the work of the Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden ABN 53 715 421 623 Inc No A0045077Z Page 3 of 3.
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