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Nursery Direct
Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
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.
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Looking for a larger size?
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.
Grass Tree - Xanthorrhoea johnsonii
There is no substitute for the silhouette of a grass tree: a blackened trunk, a dense skirt of fine arching leaves, and in season a single flowering spear standing well above the crown. Xanthorrhoea johnsonii is the eastern species from Queensland and northern New South Wales, and it grows so slowly that the plant you install is essentially the plant your garden will have for decades. What it asks for is the opposite of most nursery advice: poor soil, sharp drainage, full sun and almost no fertiliser.
Why Grass Tree
Fine Leaf Skirt: Hundreds of narrow leaves arch outward from the crown and move constantly in light wind.
Nectar Spike: The cream flowering spear is a heavy nectar source and draws honeyeaters and native bees.
Century Scale Longevity: Individual plants live for a very long time, and the trunk records that age in centimetres.
Phosphorus Sensitivity: It has evolved for nutrient poor soils, so it thrives in ground where nothing else does.
Sculptural Presence: Trunk, crown and spear give three distinct forms in a single plant.
Ideal Applications
Native garden focal point: It is the plant everything else in an Australian planting scheme is arranged around.
Dry rocky slope: Free draining elevated ground mirrors its natural habitat.
Minimal courtyard planting: A single specimen in gravel needs no companions to hold a space.
Water restricted front garden: It maintains its appearance through drought and watering bans without irrigation.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5m to 2.5m centres if planted in a drift
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3m to 4m centres
Best Planting Season: Spring to early autumn into warm, dry soil
Soil & Drainage: Sandy or gravelly soil, low in nutrients, with drainage that never allows water to sit. Rich compost, manure and standard garden fertilisers will damage or kill it.
Establishment Care: Water weekly through the first summer, then reduce to occasional deep soakings and eventually to nothing at all. Mulch with gravel rather than organic material, keep the crown well clear of soil and mulch, and do not cultivate or disturb the root zone once the plant is in.
Plant Details
Height: 0.8m to 2.5m over many years, with flower spikes rising above the crown
Width: 1m to 1.8m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun
Native to: Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales
Flower Colour: Cream to white
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.







