Here's a real bobby-dazzler from a B052 seedling from Thailand, now known as Coral Coast Hot Stuff, which it is! It has a pleasant floral perfume, but its main claim to fame is these HUGE brightly-coloured blooms that just stop you in your tracks. Can't get past it really. Just nothing like it. I have taken a couple of very tall, fat branches and bag-rooted them for a couple of lucky customers - only $50 each - first-in best-dressed.

FLASHY ANDAMAN

This lovely new cultivar with a distinctive carnation perfume was named in honour of a local teacher who was a good friend of mine, and died far too soon. A really lovely lady. Her family members have branches of this tree growing in many gardens now, so I can offer two branches for sale, at $40 each. The tree was grown from a seed of the famous Kimi Moragne, from the US, and it is a strange coincidence that the initials of the mother-tree and my friend Karen Mallard happen to be the same. Her family are very proud that this tree was named in her honour.

Here's a very interesting young seedling tree that has retained the perfume and petal shape of it's mother-tree - Dwarf Watermelon - while other characteristics of the blooms are still changing. Seeds from the original Dwarf Watermelon (sold in Australia as Cherry Clusters) are hard to obtain, as only one or two, in any, will be viable in their small, fat seed pods. However, I would very strongly suggest that any seeds obtained, be grown on, because I am quite convinced this is where our new mauves and purples will come from. See picture below another seedling from Dwarf Watermelon, unfortunately NOT yet for sale, until the tree is larger. Sue Newhouse named this one Little Pip as the mother-tree was a Dwarf Watermelon...think about it? $25 per branch at the moment - a very compact grower, and also a semi-dwarf.

Here is another semi-dwarf that was a 12-brancher as a seedling, and was named by one of our lady members. Perfume is mild, but flowers are very pretty, and grow in dense clusters. This would be great for a small garden or courtyard area, and only $25 per branch.

This new cultivar is much nicer that the picture shown here would suggest - memo to self - take a better picture this summer! The tree was grown from a gift seed from George Verbeck, from southern California. This gentleman is now deceased, but sent me many gifts, and I will always remember him as "Papa George" - his own name for himself. I have a few more trees from this batch of seeds as yet not flowering, so will wait for the best one to flower, to be called "Papa George" in his memory. In the meantime, this is the first, and though the perfume is not strong, you do get huge clusters of blooms that flower for many months. Four branches can now be taken - $25 each.