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United Nurseries are constantly searching for something new, innovative, different, delicious or beautiful to bring you all year round. Our nursery owners travel the world to find plants to excite you, inspire your creativity in the garden, kitchen and home.
United Nurseries are also a preferred supplier for international seed companies wishing to launch new varieties in Australia. Keep this in mind when you are looking for something new, different or exclusive to add to your garden.
The most important thing of all to United Nurseries is that our products help you to discover your inner gardener and the joy that gardening brings.
New Releases
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Carrington Blue Shades
In Autumn 08, United Nurseries added Carrington Blue Shades to our popular Carrington Pansy range. The Carringtons exhibit strong vigour and withstand extremes of temperature while maintaining a neat compact habit. Carrington Blue Shades mix produces abundant flowers of blues ranging from velvety blue to variegated blue with face, combined with crisp white blooms with a brilliant yellow centre. |
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Pansy Oriental
In the Elite range, United Nurseries have added the Pansy Oriental. It is a beautiful mix of pansies bearing masses of flowers in warm red, orange,
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Digger's Heirloom Releases
Discover garden fresh flavour with our new Digger’s releases.United Nurseries is thrilled to partner with The Digger’s Club for the release of the new Digger’s Selections and have extended the range this season. The Heirloom seeds are not just nostalgia in an edible form, they have been selected by backyard gardeners over hundreds of years, surviving pests and diseases. |
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Digger’s Selections Heirloom Bloomsdale Spinach
Bloomsdale Spinach has thick, glossy, savoy leaves. It has the benefit that it is slow to bolt. This spinach provides a fresh supply vitamin A, C, niacin, thiamin, potassium and calcium at your doorstep, as it can be harvested leaf by leaf for freshness. Try this bountiful producer and is delicious in a quick sautee with garlic, pancetta and olive oil. It is also excellent fresh in salads, steamed and in stir-fries. Available in Digger’s 100mm pot.
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Digger’s Broccoli Romanesco
Photographers have been known to photograph these wonderful spiral creations just for arts sake. Broccoli Romanseco has a unique chartreuse green colour with a mosaic patterned conical head. Cuisine restaurateurs have rediscovered this heirloom vegetable and it is turning up on plates in elite eating establishments, either steamed, as pureed soup or on crudite platters for dipping. It is prized for its nutty flavour and creamy taste. The Broccoli Romanesco has sometimes been described as a combination of characteristics of the broccoli and the cauliflower, but tastes superior to both. It is a powerhouse of goodness containing vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, fibre and anticarcinogens. Available in 100mm pots. |
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Digger’s Rainbow Chard
Rainbow Chard or silverbeet, is such a colourful mix with red, pink, orange, yellow and creamy white stalks, it is a delight to grow. It has a continuous supply of nutritious leaves, full of folate and iron, which you can cut the outer leaves as you require and it continues to grow. This chard is not susceptible to bolting, having a great tolerance to hot and cold conditions. Experience this wonderful vegetable; when the leaves are young use fresh in salads and more mature leaves steam lightly for 4 minutes. Available in Digger’s King punnet & 100mm pot.
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Allans Early Red Tomato
Allans Early Red is exclusive to United Nurseries. This tomato has been developed by United Nurseries Tasmania. This is an early cropping tomato variety, 3 to 4 weeks earlier than Rouge de Mamande. It prolifically bears ribbed, flavoursome, disease resistant fruit on a bush habit. It has an advantage for the cooler locations where many tomato varieties do not give good results. Available in 100mm pots.
Hababero Chilli
Due to the popularity of the hot, hot, hot Habanero Orange Chilli in United Nurseries Top Taste Advanced Chilli range, three more Hababero varieties have been added. The range now has Habanero Orange, Red, Yellow and Brown and they are for the Chilli eater who wishes for colourful heat in their cuisine. Available in 100mm pots. |
  
From left to right: Brown Chilli, Orange Chilli and Red Chilli. |
Geranium Releases
United Nurseries Geraniums will add intensity to your garden, flowering from spring through to autumn.
Geraniums know how to survive harsh conditions. They will commence to flower in spring and continue through summer and into autumn.
They will love a full sun position and can battle the heat of summer. The label displays United Nurseries ‘Mini Maxi’ logo which indicates that this plant requires minimal water for a maximum garden impact. Maintenance is low, just a tidy bloom trim after the flower heads are past perfection.
Due to the popular demand by consumers of ‘Jaffa’ Geranium, United Nurseries have included the addition of ‘Lollypop’ Geranium. These varieties have been bred to produce multiple flower stems, early flowers and reduced yellowing of leaves.
The ‘Jaffa’ and ‘Lollypop’ Geranium are for the gardener who enjoys warmth and brightness in their garden, combined with easy maintenance.
‘Jaffa ‘ Geranium is a brilliant orange flowering geranium with multiple flowering head habit. ‘Lollypop’ Geranium’s blooms are brilliant pink with a light centre, with multiple flowering head habit. These geraniums are ideal for garden and pot. They will grow to a height and width of 35-40cm approximately. Available in 125mm pots.
The ‘Superb’ range Geraniums are from vegetative produced stock, which ensures the confidence of overall excellent quality. The range includes:
‘Bon Bon’ Superb – a zonal geranium with brilliant, crisp white petals with bright pink splashes. Dark green foliage provides a deeper background contrast. It displays a compact, upright habit.
‘Candy’ Superb – a zonal geranium with dark, sultry red blooms with dark green leaves. It has a compact upright habit.
‘Sweetie’ Superb – an ivy geranium with fluffy, semi-double lavender blooms with ivy leaves. This ivy geranium is a compact variety with a branching habit, where there is no necessity for pinching. It is a compact trailer.
‘Sherbet’ Superb – has a multiple flowering head habit with pale pink outer petal with deep pink centres and dark green foliage. It has a compact, upright habit.
This Superb Geranium range is ideal for garden and pot. They will grow to a height and width of 30-35cm approximately. Available in 140mm pots.
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From left to right: ‘Bon Bon’ Superb, ‘Candy’ Superb, ‘Sweetie’ Superb and ‘Sherbet’ Superb. |
Afrikaan Osteospermum Range
United Nurseries Osteospermum Afrikaan range with colourful jewel like colours, are a gardener’s best friend.
Osteospermum’s origins being from hot, dry South Africa, know how to survive harsh conditions. The Afrikaan range combines the durability of the Osteospermum with the advantage of an extended growing season, in comparision to other Osteospermums. Afrikaan will start to flower in spring and continue through summer and into autumn, long after other varieties have ceased. The gem coloured daisy blooms will warm and brighten your heart, for eight months of the year.
These Osteospermum have a compact habit and strong basal branching which produces a neat shape that does not look leggy and untidy. They grow to a garden friendly height of 40-50cm and a width of 50cm and look great in a garden or container. They give the appearance of a bunch of flowers bursting forth with joy.
The Afrikaan range is for the gardener who enjoys warmth and brightness in their garden, combined with easy maintenance. The colour range includes:
Afrikaan Amethyst – a sultry, deep pink purple coloured daisy
Afrikaan Coral – a coral, deep salmon coloured daisy
Afrikaan Gold – a bright gold coloured daisy
Afrikaan Pink Diamond – deep pink outer daisy petals softening to pale pink toward the centre
Afrikaan White Diamond – crisp white daisy flowers with a blue centre
United Nurseries Afrikaan Osteospermum range will provide you with a profusion of flowers to help you bejewel your garden. Available in 140mm pots.
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From left to right: Afrikaan Amethyst, Afrikaan Coral, Afrikaan Gold, Afrikaan Pink Diamond and Afrikaan White Diamond. |
Earthling™ Range
United Nurseries have introduced three new tomatoes to the Earthling™ range for 08 spring.
The Earthling™ range is produced in 100mm bio-degradable pots. These pots are bio-degradable, compostable and provide the ease for the gardener to plant directly into the soil. Experienced gardeners can show the novice that this is a simple and effective way of planting seedlings.
The Earthling™ is protected by a recycle wrap to avoid damage during transport and for removal from the display tray. This can be placed in the recycle bin before planting out the Earthling™. |
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The three tomato varieties, Cherry, Medium and Large size provide homegrown tasty tomatoes for the varying requirements for family mealtimes.
The addition of these tomatoes provides gardeners with an easy way to teach some of the younger generation how to plant without the worry of plastic disposal.
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Strawberry Top Taste
A new addition this season to the fantastic range of strawberries from United Nurseries is the delicious Strawberry Schizam.
Strawberry Schizam
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High yielding
Flavoursome
Medium to large conical shaped
Red fruit
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Berry Delight
United Nurseries have added to their range of Berry Delight with Jostaberry.
Other Berries in this range are:
Raspberry Berry Delight
Berry Delight Currant – Red and Black Currant
Grape – White Sultana, Zante Black Currant Grape, Zante Red Currant Grape - available South
Australia only
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Crazy Grass
This architectural, fast growing plant with upright twisted leaves, makes an interesting indoor potted plant. Tidy when leaves dry and place in a well-lit position. |
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Fresh New Look
This season as well as great plant releases, United Nurseries has a fresh new look. Catch our new labels in the stores. |
As always United Nurseries can satisfy all your gardening needs this spring, providing you with a selection of vegetables and herbs to suit any garden or gardener. Whether you have a large garden or only an inner city balcony, United Nurseries products will add interest and excitement to your gardening, cooking and entertaining this spring and summer. |
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