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Heliconia ‘Kawauchi’
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.
Heliconia ’Kawauchi’
Heliconias earn their place through their bracts, and this Heliconia selection carries upright, boat shaped bracts in warm orange and yellow tones held clear above the paddle shaped foliage. It grows as a clumping perennial that spreads slowly by rhizome, building into a dense stand of upright leafy stems. In frost free coastal and tropical Australian gardens it flowers over a long warm season and cuts extremely well.
Why This Heliconia
Upright Bracts: Flower stems stand above the leaves, so the display is clearly visible rather than hidden.
Long Season: Warm climate plants produce successive flowering stems from late spring into autumn.
Clumping Habit: Spreads to fill a bed at a manageable rate rather than invading neighbouring planting.
Bold Foliage: Broad banana-like leaves give a strong tropical texture even between flowering flushes.
Vase Life: Cut stems hold their form and colour for well over a week indoors.
Ideal Applications
Tropical Border: Massed with gingers, cordylines and philodendrons for a layered warm climate bed.
Filtered Light Garden: Grown under high palm canopy where light is bright but not harsh.
Poolside Colour: Adds strong colour in a sheltered warm position with reliable moisture.
Cut Flower Production: Planted in blocks in a working garden for regular harvesting.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1.2m for a continuous mass
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1.5 to 2m
Best Planting Season: Spring and early summer
Soil & Drainage: Rich, moisture retentive but free draining soil high in organic matter, slightly acid
Establishment Care: Water two or three times a week through the first warm season and never allow the clump to dry out completely. Mulch heavily with compost, feed monthly through the growing season, and cut spent stems to the ground to encourage fresh growth from the rhizome.
Plant Details
Height: 1.5 to 2.5m
Width: 1 to 2m, spreading by rhizome
Growth Rate: Fast in warm humid conditions
Foliage: Evergreen in frost free climates
Light: Part shade to filtered sun, sheltered from strong wind
Native to: Genus native to tropical Central and South America
Flower Colour: Orange to yellow bracts
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.







