The ponytail palm is a slow growing, evergreen tree that grows to around 9m tall. Its palm-like trunk has a massive swollen base that may reach 3m in diameter. Small white flowers are produced in mass during summer, followed by spectacular stems of pinkish seed on mature female plants. It is widely used as an indoor, patio or balcony feature plant. The ponytail palm grows well in many areas of Australia and is drought and heat tolerant although you must protect it from frost in cooler climates.

Is a shrub which grows to about 3.5m tall and 3.5m wide and has a fast growth rate when young but will slow down as it gets older. It flowers through spring and early summer and also sometimes through Autumn. It will grow in all types of soil including heavy clay soils and doesn’t need it to be well drained. It can grow either in full sun or semi shade and is best used as a hedge.

Cycad revolute is native to southern Japan. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm, or just sago palm, it is not a palm at all, but a cycad.

This is probably the most common Cycad, and it's a really hardy plant. It grows in full sun, semi-shade, coastal conditions, in a pot, and will produce either a single-trunk or multi-stemmed plant. It’s really fantastic with its gorgeous dark green foliage. It's also long-lived with a specimen in Japan that's over a thousand years old.

This vigorous but compact selection of Italian lavender will provide a brilliant display over many months. It is ideal for pots, hedging and cottage gardens.'Avonview' features striking deep purple flower spikes and aromatic foliage.  It Grows to a height of 80cm and a width of 60cm. Prefers a well drained soil in the full sun, trim after flowering to maintain shape.  Low water requirement once established.

Called sacred bamboo, this evergreen shrub grows to approx  1.8m and is native to China and Japan. It has dainty, vaguely bamboo-shaped evergreen foliage, which may take on tints of red and bronze in autumn and winter if grown in a sunny spot, giving foliage colour in the smallest of gardens. Grown in a small group with a male and a female plant, it will produce long-lasting red berries in autumn which will last through much of winter. The sacred bamboo is easily grown, can tolerate a prefer a degree of shade in a woodland-like setting, and is in no way related to the invasive true bamboos! The old fruiting stems can be removed and straggly canes pruned at their base in spring, when it can be mulched and fertilised. Note that this plant has a tendency to self-seed, so caution should be exercised if it is grown near a bushland area.