{"product_id":"corymbia-ficifolia-fairy-floss","title":"Fairy Floss Flowering Gum - Corymbia ficifolia ‘Fairy Floss’","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\u003eFairy Floss Flowering Gum - Corymbia ficifolia ‘Fairy Floss’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrafted flowering gums solved the two problems that always dogged seedling \u003cem\u003eCorymbia ficifolia\u003c\/em\u003e on the east coast: unpredictable flower colour and a root system that resented anything wetter than Western Australian sand. ‘Fairy Floss’ is the soft candy pink in that grafted range, flowering in dense terminal clusters through the middle of summer on a tree that stays genuinely small. It is the flowering tree people choose when a jacaranda or a poinciana would be three times too big for the block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Fairy Floss Flowering Gum\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Soft powder pink with paler centres, held in heavy clusters that cover the outer canopy rather than scattering through it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue to Type\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grafted rather than seed grown, so the colour you are buying is the colour that flowers, every season.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Stature\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mature height stays under most powerlines and suits a suburban front yard or verge.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Value\u003c\/strong\u003e: Heavy nectar brings lorikeets, wattlebirds and honeyeaters in from December, followed by the ornamental gumnuts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSummer Timing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Flowers when most ornamental trees have finished, filling the December to February gap.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerge and Street Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Compact enough for a nature strip and short enough to sit under service lines.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Garden Feature\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single tree carries a courtyard or front garden without shading the whole space.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Combined with grevilleas and banksias it extends the nectar season through the hottest months.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShort Driveway Avenue\u003c\/strong\u003e: Repeated at close spacing it gives a suburban drive a defined summer colour run.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a screen. In a row for colour, 3 to 4m apart.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 5m.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring through to early autumn while the soil is warm.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sharp drainage above all else. Sandy or gravelly soil is ideal, and on clay the tree should sit on a raised mound. The graft union must stay well above soil and mulch level.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply once a week through the first summer, then taper off, because established plants resent constantly damp soil far more than dryness. Mulch with coarse bark kept clear of the trunk, and prune lightly straight after flowering to keep the canopy tight.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\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, open and airy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e The far south west of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft pink\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"50L","offer_id":59795376996638,"sku":"ND-0541-50L","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/J-CGeYNXuVHmu9wsM4EsD_65yQyBNm.jpg?v=1787314581","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/corymbia-ficifolia-fairy-floss","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}