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Philodendron ‘Heather May’
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Supplied in 400mm
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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.
Philodendron ‘Heather May’
This is a self-heading philodendron rather than a climber, which means it builds a radiating rosette of broad glossy leaves on stiff upright stalks and needs no pole, trellis or support to look full. Like the tropical American species behind them, Philodendron hybrids of this type want warmth, shelter and bright indirect light, and they hold a lush architectural form in shaded positions where flowering plants simply sulk. In a large pot it delivers instant tropical mass at eye level.
Why Heather May Philodendron
Self Heading Form: Grows as a clumping rosette with no climbing habit, so it stays where it is planted and needs no support.
Glossy Foliage: Thick, waxy leaves reflect light and keep their sheen year round without seasonal dieback.
Low Light Performance: Holds colour and form in shade and bright indirect light that most foliage plants cannot handle.
Container Friendly: The compact root system tolerates long term pot culture with only occasional repotting.
Constant Presence: Fully evergreen, so a shaded courtyard corner never looks bare.
Toxicity warning: The sap contains calcium oxalate crystals that burn the mouth and throat if chewed, so keep it away from small children and pets.
Ideal Applications
Sheltered Courtyard Underplanting: Massed beneath established trees it fills the shaded understorey layer, provided the soil is kept moist.
Large Indoor Container: Well suited to bright interior positions away from direct window glass.
Covered Patio And Atrium: Thrives in roofed outdoor rooms and light wells where rain rarely reaches.
Tropical Layered Planting: Works as the mid layer between ground cover and taller palms or gingers.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1.2m for a continuous mass planting
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1.5m
Best Planting Season: Spring to summer, while soil is warm
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil high in organic matter. In pots use a premium mix opened up with perlite or bark, and never let the container stand in a saucer of water.
Establishment Care: Keep the mix evenly moist but never soggy, and feed monthly with a balanced liquid fertiliser through the warm months. It is frost tender, so keep it under cover or indoors in any garden that drops below about 5 degrees, and note that the sap contains calcium oxalate and irritates skin and mouths, so site it away from small children and pets.
Plant Details
Height: 1 to 1.5m
Width: 1 to 1.5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Bright indirect light to part shade. Direct midday sun scorches the leaves
Native to: Garden hybrid. The parent species come from tropical Central and South America
Flower Colour: Insignificant, and rarely produced in cultivation
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.







