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Cherry Puff Powder Puff Lilly Pilly
Syzygium wilsonii ‘Cherry Puff’
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 100L
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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.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
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.
Cherry Puff Powder Puff Lilly Pilly - Syzygium wilsonii 'Cherry Puff'
Among Australian rainforest plants, few match the display of Syzygium wilsonii: pendulous crimson powder puff flowers hang below the branches like lanterns, and the new growth emerges in long, drooping flushes of glowing coral-red. 'Cherry Puff' is a selected form of that species, grown as a shrub or small tree in a rounded, softly weeping habit. It comes from the wet tropical forests of north Queensland, so it needs shelter, humidity and protection from harsh afternoon sun to look its best.
Why Cherry Puff
Pendulous Flowers: Crimson powder puff blooms hang beneath the foliage where they are seen from below.
Coloured New Growth: Fresh flushes emerge coral-red and cascade before hardening to green.
Rainforest Native: A genuine Australian species suited to shaded native and tropical schemes.
Bird Attracting: Nectar-rich flowers bring honeyeaters into a sheltered garden.
Weeping Habit: Soft, drooping form that reads very differently from the stiff clipped lilly pillies.
Ideal Applications
Sheltered Feature Shrub: A single plant in a protected bed where the hanging flowers can be viewed close up.
Rainforest Understorey: Layered beneath established canopy in a tropical or native garden.
Informal Screen: Grouped along a shaded boundary for a soft, non-rigid green wall.
Courtyard and Atrium: Suits warm, humid, wind-protected courtyards and covered light wells.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.2m to 1.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2m to 3m
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer into warm soil
Soil & Drainage: Rich, free-draining soil high in organic matter, kept consistently moist
Establishment Care: Water two to three times a week through the first two summers, as this species will not tolerate drying out. Mulch heavily with leaf litter or fine bark, feed with a native-safe slow release fertiliser in spring, and shelter from wind, frost and hot afternoon sun.
Plant Details
Height: 2m to 3m
Width: 1.5m to 2.5m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Filtered light to part shade; morning sun only in warm humid districts
Native to: Wet tropical rainforests of north east Queensland
Flower Colour: Crimson red
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.







