{"product_id":"corymbia-ficifolia-wild-sunset","title":"Wild Sunset Flowering Gum - Corymbia ficifolia ‘Wild Sunset’","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\u003eWild Sunset Flowering Gum - Corymbia ficifolia ‘Wild Sunset’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrafted flowering gums exist because \u003cem\u003eCorymbia ficifolia\u003c\/em\u003e comes from a narrow pocket of far south west Western Australia and is unreliable on its own roots in the wetter, heavier soils of the eastern states. ‘Wild Sunset’ is budded onto a hardy rootstock, which fixes both the flower colour and the plant's tolerance, so what you plant is what you get. It stays small enough for a suburban front garden while producing large orange flower heads through summer that draw honeyeaters and lorikeets in numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Wild Sunset Flowering Gum\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarm Orange Flowerheads\u003c\/strong\u003e: Large terminal clusters open across the canopy in the hottest months, when little else is flowering.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrafted for Certainty\u003c\/strong\u003e: Seedling flowering gums vary wildly in colour and vigour; a grafted plant flowers true and copes with eastern conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eManageable Scale\u003c\/strong\u003e: It stays a small tree rather than the 10m the wild species can reach, so it fits under most powerline clearances.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNectar Value\u003c\/strong\u003e: Honeyeaters, lorikeets and native bees work the flowers heavily for weeks.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDecorative Gumnuts\u003c\/strong\u003e: Large woody urn shaped fruit follow the flowers and hold on the tree for months.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront Garden Feature\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single tree gives a summer flowering event without shading out the whole yard.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerge and Street Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Modest mature height suits nature strips where overhead clearance matters.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Attracting Native Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e: Combines naturally with grevilleas, banksias and low phosphorus companions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCourtyard Shade\u003c\/strong\u003e: The open crown throws light shade rather than deep gloom over paving and seating.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 6m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn in warm districts, spring where winters are cold and wet\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining sandy or gravelly loam with low phosphorus; mound the planting position 300mm on clay sites\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Never bury the graft union, and keep mulch pulled back from the stem so the union stays dry and visible. Water weekly for the first summer, then taper off sharply, and remove any shoots below the graft as soon as they appear so the rootstock does not take over.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\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, all day\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Far south west Western Australia (the species)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orange\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795366150430,"sku":"ND-0543-400MM","price":837.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/elKbO5MXzVzNWoW1i_HKT_C0xeJxgl.jpg?v=1787314316","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/corymbia-ficifolia-wild-sunset","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}