Kangaroo Paws – Ozbreed
Episode: #27 1/12/07
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
In Trevor’s protea garden in the front yard he has beautiful Waratahs, South African leucospermuns, leucodendrons and stunning proteas that are already starting to flower and will make a stunning feature. With this garden Trevor is hoping it will be a visual treat with plants from the protea family that come from across the globe. So there is a mecca for birds and bandicoots and other nectar loving creatures and an endless source of the most stunning flowers.
To add spice to the garden Trevor decided to line an informal path way between his place and his neighbours, George, with some strappy leafed plants. The logical choice was kangaroo paws as they are so hardy, blend in beautifully with proteas and the newer varieties are stunning flowering producing an incredible array of flowers. The trouble is most of the varieties out there suffer from a disease called ink spot which can ruin them, even kill them. That was till the latest release of improved breeding from Ozbreed.
The velvet series of landscape paws have been bred for performance in a landscape situation, with no care, tough conditions and low water supply they have proven to be an absolute winner in trial, so they are going into my garden.
There are 4 colours, Ruby Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Ruby Velvet’) with compact but dense foliage grown 300mm high and ruby flowers to 800mm height. Gold Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Gold Velvet’) is as the name says golden flowers on stems to a metre and a compact habit with vigorous clean foliage. Regal Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Regal Velvet’) is a more robust plant with flowers as tall as 1.4 metres and dense compact foliage to 500mm.
The sweetheart of the range is Velvet Amber Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Velvet Amber’), the flowers are midsized and are just radiant, it is a real sweetheart colour, one of the best Trevor has seen. The foliage is not as dense but will reach about half a metre high.
Growing paws has been a challenge for those of us with heavier soils. They originate from very sandy free draining soils so make sure you replicate the origin by adding raised beds of sand or plant into chunky composted wood chips. Planting densely will keep weeds away and you can border them with other strap leaf plants like Ozbreed’s Lomandra Tanika or Dianella little jess.
Kangaroo paws are one of the quintessential Aussie plants you should have in your garden. They not only provide food for wildlife, particularly for the birds, who love them. They add unique shape and form to a garden in a low water use and maintenance situation.
After being the choice of leading landscape designers, landscape architects and landscapers this new Velvet range of specially bred landscape paws are now available to home gardeners and your sure to get great results.
For more information on the Ozbreed velvet Kangaroo Paw range visit www.ozbreed.com.au
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
In Trevor’s protea garden in the front yard he has beautiful Waratahs, South African leucospermuns, leucodendrons and stunning proteas that are already starting to flower and will make a stunning feature. With this garden Trevor is hoping it will be a visual treat with plants from the protea family that come from across the globe. So there is a mecca for birds and bandicoots and other nectar loving creatures and an endless source of the most stunning flowers.
To add spice to the garden Trevor decided to line an informal path way between his place and his neighbours, George, with some strappy leafed plants. The logical choice was kangaroo paws as they are so hardy, blend in beautifully with proteas and the newer varieties are stunning flowering producing an incredible array of flowers. The trouble is most of the varieties out there suffer from a disease called ink spot which can ruin them, even kill them. That was till the latest release of improved breeding from Ozbreed.
The velvet series of landscape paws have been bred for performance in a landscape situation, with no care, tough conditions and low water supply they have proven to be an absolute winner in trial, so they are going into my garden.
There are 4 colours, Ruby Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Ruby Velvet’) with compact but dense foliage grown 300mm high and ruby flowers to 800mm height. Gold Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Gold Velvet’) is as the name says golden flowers on stems to a metre and a compact habit with vigorous clean foliage. Regal Velvet Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Regal Velvet’) is a more robust plant with flowers as tall as 1.4 metres and dense compact foliage to 500mm.
The sweetheart of the range is Velvet Amber Landscape Paw (Anigozanthos, Hybrid Cultivar, ‘Velvet Amber’), the flowers are midsized and are just radiant, it is a real sweetheart colour, one of the best Trevor has seen. The foliage is not as dense but will reach about half a metre high.
Growing paws has been a challenge for those of us with heavier soils. They originate from very sandy free draining soils so make sure you replicate the origin by adding raised beds of sand or plant into chunky composted wood chips. Planting densely will keep weeds away and you can border them with other strap leaf plants like Ozbreed’s Lomandra Tanika or Dianella little jess.
Kangaroo paws are one of the quintessential Aussie plants you should have in your garden. They not only provide food for wildlife, particularly for the birds, who love them. They add unique shape and form to a garden in a low water use and maintenance situation.
After being the choice of leading landscape designers, landscape architects and landscapers this new Velvet range of specially bred landscape paws are now available to home gardeners and your sure to get great results.
For more information on the Ozbreed velvet Kangaroo Paw range visit www.ozbreed.com.au
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