Tropical plants that feed and shelter wildlife — nectar-rich flowers for honeyeaters, lorikeets and sunbirds, and blooms that draw butterflies and native bees through the seasons. A wildlife garden is one of the easiest ways to give something back to the Wet Tropics, and it costs you nothing in beauty: many of the best nectar plants are also the most spectacular things you can grow. Heliconias, gingers and flowering shrubs offer deep, long-lasting flowers that suit nectar feeders perfectly, and a well-planned garden keeps something in bloom year-round so there’s food available in the leaner months. We focus on non-invasive, clumping varieties that won’t escape into surrounding bushland — an important consideration anywhere near rainforest or cassowary country.
Advanced Plants for Pickup
Advanced Flowering Trees — Available for Pickup at the Nursery A genuine range of striking flowering trees, from starter tube stock through to advanced, flowering-size specimens ready to be a feature in your garden. Saraca Our all-time favourite for the foliage, the cauliflorous orange flowers, and just how much wildlife it attracts — see our [...]
Bulk Buy Tropical Plants
This is a 5 plant bulk buy.This elegant palm is native to Far North Queensland and needs hear and humidity to look it's best. It has a crownshaft similar to Foxtail palms with a more slender trunk, which makes it a somewhat more flexible palm for smaller gardens or mass planting. Personally, I prefer Black Palms for landscaping, definitely scream smick tropical. Cassowaries love it's fruit!
Palms and Bamboos
This elegant palm is native to Far North Queensland and thrives in heat and humidity. It features a crownshaft similar to Foxtail palms but with a more slender trunk, making it a versatile choice for smaller gardens or mass plantings. Personally, I prefer Black Palms for landscaping—they really give off that sleek tropical vibe. Plus, cassowaries love their fruit!
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Scutellaria costaricana can flower all year round and is great for attracting nectar feeders to your garden. The yellow form being sold here packs a solid punch of rich yellow in garden beds. Generally grows a meter or less, can be cut back to maintain shape. In cooler climates this makes an excellent pot plant, it does not like wet feet but needs regular watering. .
Bulk Buy Tropical Plants
A beautiful ornamental shrub with spreading branches and fragrant foliage, available in a bulk pack of 10, perfect for creating a hedge.
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Manitoa lenticellata is native to parts of FNQ as well as the Torres Straits and New Guinea. The spectacular folded new leaves are the draw card for this stunning tree as well as the creamy clusters of powderpuff flowers that appear in spring. Their fruity scent fills the air and are also attractive to nectar feeds.
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Starburst Clerodendrum is an attractive large growing shrub native to New Guinea and the Philippines. Clusters of pink to white, colored flowers that burst into bloom through late winter till early spring.. The explosion of blooms is truly stunning, with each flower head being made up of dozens of smaller 5cm long flowers. The foliage is attractive with a green top and strong purple underside. This is an excellent feature plant/landscaping plant for tropical and subtropical gardens. It's a shame that it isn't used more. They make a spectacular hedge.
Bulk Buy Tropical Plants
Must have palm for Tropical Landscaping. Bulk Buy of 5 barerooted palms
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
I highly recommend Aphelandra hartwegiana as an interesting feature plant but more so as a sunbird attractor. The long lasting flowers attract nectar feeders all though the winter.
Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines
In Asia Saracas are called "The Sorrowless Tree" as Buddha was believed to be born under one.
Edible Tropical Plants
Attractive shrub can be pruned or left to turn into a small tree that produces clusters of yellow flowers followed by deep red fruits. Flesh is thick, sweet and somewhat pasty reminding people of peanut butter, hence the name. Quick to grow and can produce in the first year. Another perfect fruit for school gardens or kiddie foraging gardens.