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Nursery Direct
Hickory Ash
Flindersia ifflaiana
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.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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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.
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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
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Hickory Ash - Flindersia ifflaiana
Flindersia ifflaiana is a north Queensland rainforest tree long valued for its hard, close grained timber, and increasingly used in tropical landscapes for its upright frame and glossy pinnate foliage. In closed forest it grows into a tall straight emergent; in an open garden or streetscape it stays considerably shorter and builds a rounded, well proportioned crown. The tree is worth knowing for its seed capsules, which are woody, prickly and split into star-shaped valves that are often collected once they fall.
Why Hickory Ash
Straight leader: It naturally forms a clean central trunk, which makes it easy to lift for clearance over paths and driveways.
Glossy compound leaves: Pinnate foliage with a high sheen gives a refined rainforest texture rather than a heavy solid canopy.
Sculptural seed capsules: Woody star-like capsules are a distinctive feature and hold on the tree before dropping.
Tropical durability: It is adapted to wet season deluges and dry season heat in the far north, where many exotics struggle.
Wind firmness: The strong timber and deep rooting habit make it more storm resistant than many fast growing shade trees.
Ideal Applications
Tropical shade tree: A single specimen on a large lawn gives high, filtered shade without dropping heavy fruit.
Park and street planting: The straight trunk and controlled crown suit verges and public open space in the far north.
Rainforest restoration: It is a canopy component of wet tropical revegetation projects on the Queensland coast.
Rural entry avenue: Planted at wide spacing it forms a substantial formal approach over time.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 7 to 9m
Best Planting Season: Early wet season in the tropics, spring in frost free subtropical gardens
Soil & Drainage: Deep, fertile, free draining soil with reliable moisture. It performs poorly on shallow, compacted or persistently waterlogged ground.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice weekly through the first two dry seasons, encouraging roots to follow moisture downward. Mulch out to the canopy edge, keep a grass free circle around the base for the first three years, and formative prune early to establish a single leader with well spaced branches.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 15m in open cultivation, considerably taller in closed rainforest
Width: 5 to 8m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast in warm humid conditions
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun once established; young trees appreciate part shade
Native to: Rainforests of north eastern Queensland
Flower Colour: Small cream to white, in sprays through late spring and summer
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.







