Recently we supplied a beautiful Acer japonicum ‘Vitifolium’ to Port Phillip Specialist School. We were delighted to receive this email from Yvonne Miller, of the school council: ‘To the whole team, Your wonderful Vitifolium is now housed and happy in our Special Needs Early Education Program playground. Thank you so much to Heather for the [...]

    A lot of our customers have noticed how healthy and green our Gardenias are recently. What is our trick? Well, firstly, lets talk about why Gardenias sometimes aren’t green. Simply stated, it is a lack of nutrients, and is referred to as chlorosis. But simply feeding them will a general purpose fertilizer wont [...]

After last Autumn’s fabulous show, this year’s display has been a little muted. the conditions that gave us such amazing colours last year – a wet summer, warm sunny Autumn days and cool nights – have not been repeated this year. However, despite the less-than-optimal conditions, one tree is still putting on a beautiful show. [...]

This is a lovely choice for a fast growing hedge. The leaves are large, glossy, and in spring, have an attractive bronze flush to the new growth. Pannicles of fragrant white flowers appear in Summer, followed by small red berries that age to black. Easily grown, it is tolerant of a wide range of soil [...]

  Kilby Park Tree Farm has been strengthening our ties with Holmesglen TAFE recently, and we are very proud to be sponsors for two Holemsglen students who are entering designs in the Achievable Gardens section of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS). Tomoko Nishida’s clever design is based on the concept of modularity. [...]

‘ It really is about nesting, nurturing, time out, sanctuary, nature connection…. ‘ This is the inspiration behind Urbaneco Australia’s 2012 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) entry.  Taking the idea of nesting as a starting point, Charlie Evans and his team have created an urban sanctuary in human scale. Central to the design [...]

Michelia alba have the ability to add scent to a whole garden with a wonderful heady perfume, while the large glossy leaves  add a touch of the tropics. We have some beautiful stock in 95lt pots, approximately 2.5m planted, on special at half the normal wholesale price. Contact us for more details. (Registered wholesale customers [...]

We have a limited number of these great looking Syzygium ‘Resiliance’. They are already shaped as narrow, upright trees and so are ready to put straight in to give an instant hedge. The ‘Resiliance’ cultivar is recommended because it doesn’t get bothered by Psylids. Small, dark and shiny leaves make it a perfect hedge and [...]