Gardenza Catalogue Prices include Goods and Services Tax (GST) and are subject to change. See website at http://gardenza.co.nz for more details and online ordering. Downloaded on 6 Jul 2018 at 12:04:27 Aroids and Taros Alocasia cucullata (Jade Millie Taro) Stunning glossy green leaves Medium height: to 80cm Semi to full shade & shelter Keep dry in winter Frost tender Alocasia macrorrhiza var. rubra (Taro Rubra) Glossy dark green leaves with pinkish brown stems Medium height: to 1.8m Part sun & shade Colocacia esculenta 'Fontaines' (Black Taro) Stunning glossy deep-green leaves Black veins & stems: to about 1m high Bright yellow spathe Full sun to semi shade Associated with water where no frost Colocacia fallax (Ground Cover Taro) Medium 17cm pot - $10.00 Small spreading aroid Low growing: to about 50cm Velvet heart-shaped leaves Colocasia esculenta (Edible Taro) Huge lush heart-shaped glaucous leaves Tropical foliage and edible rhizomes Medium height: to approx 1.5m Semi-shade to full sun where no frosts Medium 17cm pot - $10.00
Cannas,Gingers,Heliconias, Bananas,Strelitzia Canna x generalis (Panache) Exotic dusky-pink & peach flowers Clean green leaves & stems Medium height; about 1.75m Musa Manii (Ornamental Banana) Spectacular pink banana flowers clumping slowly Medium height to 2.5m Tropical foliage Full sun to part shade Tolerates light frost & dry Hedychium angustifolium (Peach Butterfly Ginger) Spectacular peach flowers Medium height: to 1.9m Hedychium coronarium (White Butterfly Ginger) Spectacular white flowers Medium height: to 1.75m Hedychium gracile (Dwarf Butterfly ginger) Spectacular cream-yellow flowers Short: to 1.5m high Hedychium greenei (Red Leaf Ginger) Showy foliage & orange-red flowers Medium height: to 1.6m Full and part sun
Alpinia zerumbet (Variegated Shell Ginger) Spectacular pendant flowers Medium height: to 1.9m Best in part sun Elettaria cardamomum (Cardamom) to 1.7m Clumps freely Aromatic foliage Great in container or garden with some shelter Heliconia schiediana (Parrot's Beak Flower) Medium 17cm pot - $20.00 Spectacular red & yellow flowers to 1.75m & clumps freely with some shelter Very long flowering period Heliconia subulata (Parrot's Beak Flower) Medium 17cm pot - $20.00 Spectacular red & yellow flowers to 2m & clumps freely with some shelter Very long flowering period Clivia Clonal Clivia Hybrid Clivia - Seed & Seedlings Marantas (Prayer-plant family) Stromanthe sanguinea (Purple Wizard Bush) Spectacular red waxy flowers Arrow-shaped green leaves with soft plum undersides Clumping medium height to 1m Semi-shade & sheltered Great in tub or woodland garden Keep dry in winter Frost tender
Other Amaryllids Crinum asiaticum (Starburst Lily) Pre-flowering, 17cm pot - $15.00 Spidery scented white flowers Structural form to 1.2m & clumps slowly Tolerates light frost & dry Hippeastrum blossfeldiae Spectacular orange flowers 40-50 cm spikes 2-3 large florets per spike Tolerates light frost Hippeastrum papilio (Butterfly Amaryllis) 2-3 year, 10 cm pot - $10.00 Specimen 17 cm pot - $15.00 Specimen 17cm pot - $20.00 Showy burgundy & lime-green flowers Spring flowering 40-50cm flower spikes 3-4 large florets per spike Hippeastrum papilio hybrids Spectacular large flowers Spring flowering 40-50cm spikes 2-4 florets per spike Scadoxus puniceus (Cream Paintbrush Lily) Amazing cream coloured flowers in winter Stunning foliage over summer - clumps freely Scadoxus puniceus (Orange Paintbrush Lily) Amazing orange flowers in winter Stunning foliage over summer - clumps freely 2-3 year, 10 cm pot - $10.00 Specimen 17 cm pot - $15.00 Pre-flowering, 10 cm pot - $20.00 Specimen 17 cm pot - $30.00 Pre-flowering, 10-12 cm pot - $10.00 Medium 14-17 cm pot - $20.00 Specimen 20-25 cm pot - $25.00
Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae (Fireball Lily) Pre-flowering 10cm pot - $10.00 Flowering 17cm pot - $20.00 Spectacular salmon-orange flowers - flowers & clumps freely Almost evergreen in tub or garden Hymenocallis x festalis (Sacred Lily of the Incas) Pre-flowering 10 cm pot - $10.00 Flowering 17cm pot - $20.00 Spectacular white spidery flowers - flowers & clumps freely Ideal in full & part-sun Other Subtropicals Aspidistra elatior (Cast iron plant) Upright dark-green narrow leaves Clumping medium height to 1m Semi to full shade & dry in winter Mass for texture in shady gardens or as a potted focal point Intolerant of frost Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata' (Cast Iron plant) Dark green & white striped leaves Clumping medium height: to 1m Semi to full shade & dry in winter Mass for texture in shady gardens Or as a potted focal point Intolerant of frost Helleborus orientalis Flowering 17cm pot - $15.00 Nodding white, pink or plum flowersoften freckled, appear in winter Medium height: to 70cm Easy Care, Part sun to shade Great in woodland or formal gardens Frost hardy & tolerates dry Odontonema strictum (Firespike) Spectacular red flower spikes in late autumn glossy green leaves Medium height: to 1.5m