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Nursery Direct
Carob Tree
Ceratonia siliqua
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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The photo shows this species, not the individual plant reserved for you. Send us an enquiry and we usually reply within 1 business day with photos of the actual stock available in the size you want.
Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 430mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 300L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Carob Tree - Ceratonia siliqua
Few trees offer the combination of drought resilience, evergreen structure, and raw longevity that Ceratonia siliqua delivers. A staple of Mediterranean landscapes for millennia, it brings immediate presence and enduring canopy to any serious planting project, with virtually no ongoing input required.
Why Carob Tree
Exceptional drought tolerance: Thrives in hot, arid conditions once established, making it well-suited to Australia's most demanding climates.
Evergreen canopy: Reliable year-round foliage provides consistent shade, structure, and visual mass across all seasons.
Remarkable longevity: A tree known to outlast generations, representing a lasting investment in any property.
Minimal maintenance demand: Requires no supplemental fertilising or intensive care once settled into its site.
Mediterranean gravitas: Its broad, dense canopy and dark glossy foliage deliver a timeless, architectural quality rarely matched by other species.
Ideal Applications
Large-scale shade provision: Cools expansive open areas on residential estates, commercial properties, and civic landscapes.
Specimen feature planting: Commands attention as a standalone focal point where canopy form and scale are priorities.
Low-water rural and acreage projects: Performs reliably across dry, low-input landscapes with minimal irrigation infrastructure.
Windbreak and shelter planting: Structurally robust in exposed, coastal, and high-wind environments.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m
Best Planting Season: Spring or autumn
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained to dry soils; tolerates sandy, loamy or rocky soils; highly drought tolerant once established; dislikes waterlogged conditions
Establishment Care: Water deeply but infrequently during the first two to three years to encourage deep root development. Once established, carob trees are highly drought tolerant and require minimal supplemental irrigation.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 15m
Width: 8 to 12m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Mediterranean region and Middle East
Flower Colour: Red
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







