Course:
Plant Sale
Date:
10/11/2025
Time:
12 pm
-
1 pm
Location:
Outside the Cafeteria, East Campus
Please support our Horticulture Certificate III students at their end of year plant sale! There will be a huge assortment of plants, including trees, shrubs, groundcovers, hanging baskets, colourful blooms, succulent bowls, enchanting hand-crafted terrariums and more.
How to purchase (EFPTOS sales only)
- order in advance by emailing mmtucker@gordontafe.edu.au and pick up and pay on the day, or
- purchase any available stock on the day
STOCKLIST
| Common Name | Pot Size | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Sage | 140mm | Stunning low maintenance plant 60x90cm, prized for its soft velvety purple and white flower spikes. A garden favourite! | $8 |
| Bottle tree | 140mm Seedling | Absolutely stunning, iconic Australian native tree growing up to 20m tall. This tree gets its name from the distinctive swollen barrel shaped trunk that resembles a bottle. | $8 |
Balm of Gilead | 140mm | Low maintenance upright shrub growing to 1mx1m, producing spikes of pink tubular flowers throughout spring and summer. Highly aromatic leaves release a lovely lemony-mint or camphor scent. | $8 |
Purple top verbena | 140mm | Tall slender plant with flower stems topped with purple/lilac flowers reaching up to 2m tall. Full sun to partial shade, cottage garden favourite! | $8 |
| Strawberry- Adina | 220mm baskets | This vigorous plant produces abundant, medium sized, firm, bright red, extremely sweet fruit in spring and summer. | $15 |
| Strawberry- Red Gauntlet | Large, firm fruit with pink flesh, sweet flavour with a hint of tartness. | $15 | |
| Strawberry- Tioga | Prolific fruiter. Vigorous variety with very sweet, low acid fruit | $15 | |
| Mixed Petunia bowls | 200mm bowl | Bright colourful mix of petunias and mixed annuals. Full sun | $10 |
| Australian indigo | 140mm | Open, spreading Australian native shrub growing to 1-3mx 1-3m, with beautiful grey green feathery foliage and clusters of pink/mauve flowers in spring. Hardy and easy to grow, sun to part shade. | $8 |
| Sweet basil bowls | 200mm bowls | Fresh and fragrant! Bring the garden to your table with our lush, sweet basil bowls ready for your culinary creations. Sun to part shade. | $10 |
| Native violet | 140mm hanging basket | Lush green foliage with delicate violet blooms that cascade gently from this hanging basket, or carpet forming groundcover. Brighten up a shady corner or hang in your patio with dappled light. Don’t miss out on this beauty! | $12 |
| Spider plant | 140mm hanging basket | One of the easiest plants to grow, adapting to a wide range of conditions, from well- lit indoors to outdoor in sun or shade. Striking green and white arching, straplike leaves. Low growing to 20cm. | $12 |
| Spur flower | 140mm | Easy care low shrub 40x50cm with tall spikes of bright pink blooms from late summer right through autumn. | $8 |
| Dwarf mondo grass | Tube stock | Low growing, clump forming grass to 10cm high and will continue to spread once established. With lush, dark green leaves, mondo grass is great for pots, edging and between pavers where it will form a dense cover. Full sun to part shade. | $3 each |
| Lamb’s ear | 140mm | Dense, mat forming ground cover with soft, silvery green, velvety leaves that resemble a lambs ear. | $8 |
| English box topiary | 140mm | Bring festive charm to your table this Christmas with our English box topiary. Decorate with lights or ornaments for a festive look. Low maintenance and easy to shape, use year after year. Full sun to part shade, can be inside for short periods. | $10 |
| Petunia mixed colours | 250mm Wire hanging baskets | Enjoy a burst of living colour with our delightful petunia baskets that will bloom from spring to autumn. Mixed colours. | $15 |
| Fairy rose | 140mm | Hardy, compact, disease resistant rose with profuse clusters of delicate light pink miniature flowers, blooming continuously from late spring to late autumn. Graceful spreading habit growing 60-120cm. Full sun. Perfect for pots, sunny garden beds and borders. A stunning little rose. Don’t miss out! | $8 |
| Leucadendron ‘Yellow Harvest’ | 140mm | Low maintenance, drought tolerant evergreen shrub growing 1mx1m, featuring yellow/cream flowers in spring. Great for pots and small gardens, full sun position. Great long lasting cut flower. | $8 |
| Eucalyptus ‘Baby Blue’ | 140mm | Small gum tree known for its silvery blue foliage prized by florists. Cream flowers in late winter to spring attracting birds and pollinators. | $8 |
| Terrariums | Various sizes | Too many to list! Not for pre order. | Various Prices |
| Mixed succulent bowls | Small, Medium, Large | Small $10 Medium $15 Large $25 |
Thank you for supporting the budding Horticulturalist of the future! This is an integral part of their assessment.