Carissa macrocarpa 'Desert Star' | Multiple Sizes
Carissa macrocarpa 'Desert Star' | Multiple Sizes
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Botanic Name: Carissa macrocarpa
Common Name: Desert Star
Plant Description: A compact, evergreen shrub with small, glossy green leaves and fragrant white star-shaped flowers. It produces small, edible red fruits and is highly drought and salt-tolerant, making it perfect for tough conditions.
Key Features: Low-growing, drought and salt tolerant, fragrant flowers, and edible fruit.
Used For: Great for low hedging, ground cover, coastal gardens, and container planting.
Ideal Growing Position: Prefers full sun to part shade in well-drained soil. Tolerates coastal conditions and dry periods once established.
Plant Height: 0.5–1 metre
Plant Width: 1–2 metres
Where We Deliver: 300km from the Sunshine Coast
From the hinterlands to the coastline, we deliver premium garden pots, hardy plants, and soil-ready essentials to suburbs across Southeast Queensland and beyond.
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➤ Sunshine Coast Region (Postcodes 4550 – 4575)
Including Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Buderim, Nambour, Coolum Beach, Maleny, and hinterland towns.
➤ Brisbane Metro (Postcodes 4000 – 4179)
Delivery to Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley, Paddington, Indooroopilly, Sunnybank, Carindale, and surrounding suburbs.
➤ Gold Coast & Surrounds (Postcodes 4207 – 4228)
Including Southport, Broadbeach, Nerang, Coomera, Burleigh Heads, and hinterland suburbs like Tamborine Mountain.
➤ Moreton Bay Region (Postcodes 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4035, 4037, 4054, 4500 – 4521)
Including Caboolture, Redcliffe, Strathpine, Deception Bay, Narangba, Kippa-Ring, North Lakes, Burpengary, Bribie Island, and nearby suburbs.
➤ Inland & Hinterland (Postcodes 4300 – 4352, 4580+, 4655+)
We reach Ipswich, Toowoomba, Gympie, Maryborough, Hervey Bay, and the smaller rural townships stretching out from the coast.
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