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September 2018

Dichroa febrifuga 'Blue Cap'

Aquilegia 'Songbird Blue'

Clive’s Comments

I started writing this article in mid-August whilst I was in Shanghai. I was there as Vice President of IPPS International and working with local Chinese to set up IPPS China. I was also working with director of Shanghai Real Estate and Garden Company on their plans for the major China Plant and Flower Expo in 2021. As I have mentioned in prior articles the whole way China approaches ꢀowering plants is inspiring. When we were there in May for initial IPPS China conference we were astounded by the rose plantings along the freeways of Hangzhou. We think there was 100km plus of freeway all lined with perfect roses in full ꢀower. Stunning! Wish we could do the same here.

Gaillardia x grandiꢀora 'Mesa Yellow'

I was only in Shanghai for three days of meetings but two of those were cancelled due to typhoons. So whilst sitting in hotel lobby working on laptop I started writing. The way the Chinese responded to the call by the president to ‘Color China with Plants’was amazing. It made us (Australian nurserymen) jealous due to the increased demand for plants. However as a free thinking Australian, I (and others in the group) felt somewhat uncomfortable at the eꢁorts local Chinese went to ‘obey’the president. The nurseries beneꢂtted from the call but it shows the level of governmental control over the community...

Gaillardia x grandiꢀora 'Arizona Sun'
Gaillardia x grandiꢀora 'Mesa Red'

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• Larkman Nurseries Pty Ltd
• September 2018
• 2

Flower Details Color Period

• Common Name
• $

Plant Name

Natives

Acmena smithii 'Minor' Restricted - Tas/WA

Brachyscome multifida dilitata 'Break O'Day' Brachyscome 'Radiant Magenta' Bracteantha bracteata 'Mohave White' Callistemon 'King's Park Special' Restricted - Tas/WA Callistemon salignus 'Great Balls of Fire' Dichondra repens Ficinia nodosa Grevillea 'Poorinda Queen' Grevillea thelemanniana 'Red Wings' Hardenbergia violaceae 'Alba' Indigofera australis Leptospermum obovatum 'Starry Night' Restricted - Lomandra longifolia Myoporum parvifolium 'Fine Leaf White' Pandorea pandorana 'Golden Showers' Pandorea pandorana 'Snowbells' Pratia pedunculata

Dwarf Lilly Pilly Cut Leaf Daisy green yellowOct-Dec $1.75 N V PS L C2 T2 mauve All Year $1.50 N V SUL
$1.60 PS MC2 SH0 $0.95 N Z SUL SH1 $1.50 N V SUL C2 T1
R

• Radiant Magenta Brachysome magenta All Year
• N

White Everlasting Red Bottlebrush Red Leaved Bottlebrush Kidney Creeper Knobby Club Rush Grevillea white red
Oct-Apr Dec-Jan

Special

• red
• Aug-Oct $1.85 N Z SUL C2 SH3

• insignificantAll Year
• $1.50 N Z PS M
• GC

G

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brown greenNov-Sep $1.30 N Z SUL pale red red

• Feb-Dec $1.50 N V PS H
• SH2

• Red Wings
• Aug-Dec $1.85 N X PS M SH2

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White Native Sarsparilla Purple Indigo white purple white white white
Jun-Sep Sep-Nov $1.65 N Z PS H Oct-Jan Sep-Dec $1.50 N Z SS M Sep-Mar $1.45 N V PS MC2 GC

• $1.50 N V PS L
• SH2

SH3
Dark Tea Tree Matt rush
$1.65 N Z PS MC2 SH3
CL
Fine Leaf Boobialla

• Pandorea
• gold + whiteSep-Nov $1.65 N V PS M
• C

C

**

• Snowbells
• white

blue
Sep-Nov $1.65 N Z PS M

• All Year $1.50 N V PS M
• Blue Pratia
• GC

Rhodanthe 'Paper Baby' Quick Lilly Pilly Lilly Pilly white white white white
May-Feb $1.50 N V PF L C2 Oct-Dec $1.85 N O SUL Oct-Dec $0.95 N Y SUL Oct-Dec $1.85 N V PS L

Rhodanthe anthemoides Syzygium australe 'Cheetah' PBR Restricted - Tas/WA Syzygium australe 'Hinterland Gold' Restri

T2 T2 T2 GC GC

Special

Pretty Pilly

Syzygium australe 'Pretty Pilly' PBR Restricted - Tas/W

• Native Violet
• blue+white All Year
• $1.50 N V PS M

$1.50 N O PS M

Viola hederaceae Viola hederaceae 'Monga Magic' Westringia fruticosa

• blue
• All Year

All Year All Year
Native Rosemary Wynyabbie Gem white mauve
$1.45 N V SUMC2 SH2 $1.45 N V SUMC2 SH3

*

Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem'

Lavandula

White Lavender Blue French Lavender Royal Crown

• white
• Oct-Jan
• $1.60 E V SUMC2 SH1

$1.50 E X SUL C2 SH2 $1.50 E X SUL C2 SH2

***

Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba'

blue purple All Year

Lavandula dentata 'Ploughman's Blue' Lavandula dentata 'Royal Crown'- mid Sept Lavandula multifida 'Blue Torch' Lavandula 'Pretty Polly' Lavandula x heterophylla 'Riverina James' PBR (Nurser Lavandula x intermedia 'Blanche'

purple purple
All Year
Lavender Blue Torch Pretty Polly Lavender Florist's Choice Lavender White Lavandin Lavandin
Dec-Apr $1.50 E X SUS C2 SH2 purple+whitAug-Apr $1.50 E X SUMC2 SH1

**

mauve white
Sep-May $1.85 E V SUMC2 SH2

• Oct-Jan
• $1.60
• E

E
SUMC2 SH1

• SUMC2 SH2
• purple

purple
Nov-Feb $1.50

Lavandula x intermedia 'Margaret Rocky Hall' Lavandula x intermedia 'Seal'

• Lavandin
• Nov-Feb $1.50 E X SUMC2 SH2

Conifers

Castlewellan Gold Leighton Cypress Pencil Pine cones cones cones cones cones
$1.75 E V SUH $1.75 E V SUH $1.95 E V SUM $1.95 E Z SUH $1.85 E V SUM
T2 T2 T2 T2 T1

Cupressocyparis x leylandii 'Castlewellan' Cupressocyparis x leylandii 'Leighton Green' Cupressus sempervirens 'Stricta' Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'

*

Chinese Juniper Green Thuja

Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

BD/BE CC1/C2

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Bulb - Decidious/Evergreen Climbing Shrub Frontline Coastal / Secondline Coastal Clumping Shrub Creeper Decidious, Non Australian

EFFF GGC H

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Exotic, Non Australian Filtered Sun Filtered to Full Sun Grass Ground Cover Heavy Frost Tolerant Indoor Plant

SH LMNO

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Indoor Shrub Light Frost Tolerant Moderate Frost Tolerant Native Plant Pictorial Label - Other Printer Must purchase label

CL CR D

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IP

• *
• Less than 250 plants in stock

• Larkman Nurseries Pty Ltd
• September 2018
• 3

Flower Details

• Common Name
• $

Plant Name

• Color
• Period

Succulents

Crassula arborescens undulatifolia 'Bluebird' Crassula 'Jade Necklace' Crassula multicava 'Purple Dragon' Crassula muscosa Crassula ovata 'Lady's Fingers' Crassula perforata Echeveria affinis 'Chocolate'

• Crassula Bluebird
• pink+white Jul-Sep

pale pink Feb-Apr yellow greenSep-Oct yellow greenDec-Jun
$1.65 E Z SUL $1.65 E Z SUL
SH2 GC

**

Jade Necklace Vine Purple Dragon Crassula Watch Chain Crassula
$1.65 $1.65 $1.65
EEEE
PS L PS L SUL SUL
SH2 SH2 SH2 SH2 R

• pinkish
• Apr-Jun

String of Buttons Chocolate Echeveria Mexican Firecracker Mini Kala pale yellow Aug-Nov $1.65 orange red+yellow Sep-Nov $1.95
Dec-Feb $1.95 E X SUM
SUM

**

• E
• R

Echeveria setosa

pink red
Sep-Oct Jul-Oct
$1.65 E Z SUS $1.65 E Z PF S
SH1 SH1

Kalanchoe pumila 'Quicksilver' Kalanchoe uniflora 'Freedom Bells' Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Golden Sun' Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Orange' Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Paleface' Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Rainbow' Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'White Sun' Pachyphytum hookeri

Kalanchoe Freedom Bells

• Golden Pigface
• golden yelloOct-Feb

orange Oct-Feb pale pink Oct-Feb

• $1.50
• E
• PS MC1 GC

Orange Pig Face Pale Pig Face
$1.45 E Z PS MC1 GC $1.50 E X PS MC1 GC
Rainbow Pink Pigface White Sun deep pink Nov-Feb $1.50 E V PS MC1 GC white pink

• Oct-Feb
• $1.50 E V PS MC1 GC

Hookers Fat Plant Pat's Pink Sedeveria Autumn Joy
Aug-Oct $1.95
$1.65
EE
PS L C2 GC

• PS L C2 SH1
• pale pink

pink

Sedeveria 'Pat's Pink' Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

• Jan-Apr
• $1.65 E V SUM SH1

Golden Stonecrop Red Jelly Beans

• golden yelloOct-Nov $1.65 E X PS H
• GC

GC GC

Sedum 'Gold Mound' Sedum x rubrotinctum 'Aurora Red' Sedum x 'Thundercloud' Senecio radicans 'Bananas' Senecio radicans 'Beans'

• yellow
• Dec-Feb $0.95
• E

EEE
SUM SUL

Special

Sedum Thundercloud String of Bananas Senecio String of Beans pale pink Dec-Feb $1.65

*

white white
Jul-Sep Jul-Sep
$1.65 $1.65
PS L C2 GC PS L C2 GC

Hellebores

Creamy Green Hellebore Hellebore Ice n Roses Red Hellebore Ice n Roses White Soft Pink Hellebore creamy greeJul-Oct deep red Jul-Sep
$13.00 E Z PS H $14.00 E X PS $14.00 E X PS $13.00 E PS H
SH0 SH0 SH0 SH0

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Ice Breaker Max' 17cm Helleborus x glanforensis 'Ice n Roses Red' 20cm Helleborus x glanforensis 'Ice n Roses White' 20cm Helleborus x hybridus 'SP Bridget' 17cm

• white
• Jul-Sep

soft pink Jul-Oct

Indoor (min 12/tray)

Alpinia zerumbeet 'Variegata' 9.5cm Asplenium nidus 9.5cm Asplenium nidus 'Avis' 9.5cm Blechnum gibbum 9.5cm Davallia fejeensis 9.5cm

Shell Ginger Variegated Bird's Nest Fern Fern Birds Nest Fern Silver Lady Fern Rabbits Foot Fern Rasp

• pale pink Nov-Jan $4.75
• E
• PS S
• CL

• FN
• fern spore

fern spore fern spore fern spore fern spore fern spore fern spore fern spore
$4.75 N Z PF L $4.75 N V PAS $4.75 E Z PF L $4.75 E Z PF L $4.75 N Z PF L $4.75 E V F S $4.75 N Z PF L $4.75 N Z PF L
SH3 FN FN FN

Doodia media 9.5cm

• Fern Boston
• ISH

ISH ISH

Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis' 9.5cm Polystichum retroso paleaceum 9.5cm Pteris cretica albolineata 9.5cm

Fern Japanesse Sword Fern Brake

PA

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Part Sun

SH0 SH1 SH2 SH3 SC SU SS

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=

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Dwarf Shrub Small Shrub Medium Shrub 0.8 -1.5m Large Shrub Scrambler Full Sun
< 0.4m 0.4 - 0.8m

T1 T2 T3 VXY

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Small Tree Medium Tree Large Tree Pictorial Label Pictorial Label Pictorial Label Pictorial Label
< 5.0m 5.0 - 15.0m > 15.0m

PF PS RSSF SH

Part to Filtered Sun Part to Full Sun Rockery Plant Frost Sensitive Shade to Filtered Sun Full Shade
1.5 - 3.0m

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Various Printers Larkman Nurseries Macbird Floraprint

• Norwood Labels
• =
• =
• Full Shade to Full Sun

Z

• Larkman Nurseries Pty Ltd
• September 2018
• 4

Clive’s Comments conꢀnued…

...A level that we were uncomfortable with. The way the Chinese government controls the country is contrary to what we see as a good way to live. In some ways this is true as we value personal freedom as the most important aspect of modern life. However I someꢀmes feel that the old fashioned ‘benevolent dictatorship’ has some posiꢀve aspects. The ability for a government to do what needs to be done without having to convince a cynical media can make for a beꢁer world. The media is not answerable to the community in any way other than raꢀngs – not really democraꢀc. However it is able to influence the social direcꢀon of the Australian people.

The crazy thing is when I return to Australia our Government is in chaos due to a relay bad poll result and a media baying for blood. The Prime Minister is under siege from his own party, government is too close to get legislaꢀon through and we seem to be rudderless. At the same ꢀme unemployment is as low as it has been for years and the economy is ꢀcking along at a steady rate. Interest rates are low, housing is on the increase and overall the community is preꢁy happy. In theory we should have stable government.

This probably means a change of Prime Minister followed by an elecꢀon. In fact I bet we have a new Prime Minister by the ꢀme this goes to press. We need the elecꢀon to seꢁle the poliꢀcs down and allow business to get on with producing and selling product. For us we just want a great spring with fine weekends and happy and acꢀve home gardeners. We are an opꢀmisꢀc industry and every year we plan for a busy spring summer and as oſten as not it happens.

The pleasing thing to see is the resurgence of indoor plants especially as it is happening amongst a new generaꢀon of plant lovers. The internet and Social Media are alive with collectors of unusual indoor plants like Variegated Monstera, Chinese Money Plant and rare succulents. The main collectors are young and new to plants. We have a commercial quaranꢀning facility and are seeing hundred of new succulents every year. This year we are also seeing a wide selecꢀon of Monstera and Philodendrons coming through. All exciꢀng stuff.

Overall I am looking forward to a busy six months with lots of new and old fashioned plants. Spring starts next week and the gardens are already looking good. I love spring in Melbourne and I hope your spring is busy and rewarding.

Clive Larkman

Exotics

Dark Pink Chinese Lantern Red Legs Oyster Plant Dwarf White African Lily Giant African Lily

• dark pink All Year
• $1.65 E X PS M SH3

SH2
Dec-Feb $2.35 E V PS MC2 SH1 Dec-Mar $2.35 E V PS MC2 CL

Abutilon x hybridum 'Pink Storm' Acanthus mollis 'Red Legs'

mauve, purpNov-Jan $1.95 E O PS L

**

white purple maroon blue

Agapanthus praecox orientalis 'Snowball' T/C Agapanthus 'Purple Cloud' T/C Akebia longeracemosa Aquilegia 'Songbird Blue' Aquilegia 'Songbird Cardinal' NEW LINE Arctotis x hybrida 'Yellow'

• Fragrant Akebia
• Sep-Nov $1.75 E X PS M

Sep-Dec $1.50 E Z PS M
CRR
Blue Granny's Bonnet Cardinal Columbine Yellow Arctotis crimson + wSep-Dec $1.50 E Z PS M yellow white
Apr-Nov $1.65 E O PS C2 GC

• All Year $0.95 E Y PS M SH2
• White Daisy

Special

Argyranthemum frutescens 'White Large Si Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'

• Black Butterfly Bush
• deep purpleNov-Jan $1.50 E Z PS MC2 SH3

BD/BE CC1/C2

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Bulb - Decidious/Evergreen Climbing Shrub Frontline Coastal / Secondline Coastal Clumping Shrub Creeper Decidious, Non Australian

EFFF GGC H

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Exotic, Non Australian Filtered Sun Filtered to Full Sun Grass Ground Cover Heavy Frost Tolerant Indoor Plant

SH LMNO

¶
=======
Indoor Shrub Light Frost Tolerant Moderate Frost Tolerant Native Plant Pictorial Label - Other Printer Must purchase label Less than 250 plants in stock

CL CR D

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IP

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• Larkman Nurseries Pty Ltd
• September 2018
• 5

Flower Details Color Period

• Common Name
• $

Plant Name

Exotics

• Skinny Box
• pale yellow Sep-Nov $1.50

pale yellow Sep-Nov $0.95
EE
PS H PS H
SH3 SH2 SH2 SH3 GC

Buxus longifolia

Golden Edged Box Korean Box

Special

Buxus microphylla 'Golden Triumph' Buxus microphylla 'Koreana' Buxus sempervirens Campanula portenschlagiana 'Resholdt's Variety'

Carex testaceae Not for WA

Cistus 'Grayswood Pink' Cistus 'Snowmound' Clematis montana rubens Convolvulus sabatius Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' Diascia barberae 'Diamonte Apricot' Dichroa febrifuga 'Blue Cap' Dicliptera sericea Dietes grandiflora Escallonia 'Nana Rosea' Escallonia x iveyi Eumorphia prostrata Euonymus japonicus microphyllus 'Green Rocket' Euonymus japonicus microphyllus 'Tom Thumb' Euryops pectinatus Felicia amelloides Felicia amelloides 'Variegated' Fuchsia 'Lord Byron'

pale yellow Sep-Nov $1.50 E V PS H pale yellow Sep-Nov $1.50 E V PS H

*

English Box Resholdt's Bell Flower Sedge

• blue
• Oct-Jan
• $1.50
• E
• PS M

ivory pink

• Dec-Feb $1.45 E V PS M
• G

Pink Rock Rose White Rock Rose Pink Clematis
Nov-Mar $1.60 E X SUL C2 SH1

• Oct-Jan $1.50 E Y SUMC2 SH2
• white

• deep pink Oct-Dec $1.60 E V PS M
• C

**

Mauve Bindweed Purple Corydalis Apricot Twinspur Blue Evergreen Hydrangea Hummingbird Plant Wild Iris mauve purple apricot blue

• Nov-Feb $1.50 E V SUM
• GC

Nov-Mar $1.95 E X PS M SH2 Sep-Apr Jan-Apr

• $1.50
• E
• SUM
• R

$1.85 E X PF M SH2 orange white pink
Jan-May $1.65 E X PS S Nov-Feb $1.40 E V SUM
SH2 CL
Escallonia 'Pink Pixie' White Escallonia Silver Cloud
Oct-May $1.50 E Z PS L C2 SH2 white white cream cream yellow blue
Jan-Feb Jan-Apr
$1.50 E Z PS M SH3 $1.50 E X SUL GC

**

Green Rocket Box Euonymus
Nov-Jan $1.50 E Z SUM SH1 Nov-Jan $1.50 E V SUM SH1

• Sep-Nov $1.50 E V SUM SH2
• Grey Euryops

Blue Marguerite Variegated Blue Marguerite Fuchsia
Sep-Nov $1.50 E V PS M Sep-Dec $1.50 E V PS L
RSH1 SH1 SH3 SH1 SH1 SH1 blue