{"product_id":"allocasuarina-torulosa","title":"Forest She-oak - Allocasuarina torulosa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eForest She-oak - Allocasuarina torulosa\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForest she-oak has the finest, most weeping foliage of the casuarina group, hanging in soft rusty-green curtains from an upright, fairly narrow crown. What most people notice first is the winter colour: the male trees flush a warm copper-rust across the whole canopy before flowering. \u003cem\u003eAllocasuarina torulosa\u003c\/em\u003e also carries a distinctive corky, deeply fissured bark, and as a species of dry eucalypt forest along the east coast it copes with poor, shallow, acidic soils that would starve most ornamental trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Forest She-oak\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeeping Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fine drooping branchlets give a soft, almost pine-like curtain that moves and sighs in wind.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinter Colour Flush\u003c\/strong\u003e: Male trees turn a warm rust to copper tone across the canopy in the cooler months.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCorky Bark\u003c\/strong\u003e: Thick, deeply furrowed, corky bark gives strong trunk character even on relatively young trees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoor Soil Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fixes nitrogen through root associations and thrives on shallow, infertile, acidic ground.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWildlife Support\u003c\/strong\u003e: Woody cones are a food source for black cockatoos, and the litter layer suppresses weeds beneath.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWindbreak and Shelterbelt\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rows of she-oak filter wind effectively while tolerating exposure and poor soil.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eErosion Control\u003c\/strong\u003e: Useful on batters, gully edges and degraded ground where soil needs binding.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative Grove\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a stand it creates the whispering, needle-carpeted understorey typical of she-oak forest.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInformal Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: The narrow upright habit suits repeated planting along a rural drive.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 10m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring on the east coast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well drained acidic to neutral soils from sand through to light clay, tolerating low fertility and shallow profiles\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water weekly for the first summer and then only in long dry periods, since this species is naturally frugal. Mulch with its own dropped needles once available, avoid phosphorus-rich fertilisers, and plant several together if the copper winter flush matters, as only male trees show it.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 to 20m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to light shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coastal and near-coastal eastern Australia, from Queensland to southern New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Insignificant, with rust-brown male flower flushes and small woody cones\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795340493086,"sku":"ND-0103-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":59795340525854,"sku":"ND-0103-100L","price":1175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/gDQ8uw_JBhHRohY6FEqlZ_CnXdD7dN.jpg?v=1787313716","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/allocasuarina-torulosa","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}