Evergreen shrubs to 4 m high. Flowers appear in white clusters in spring and summer, followed by spectacular and abundant fruit maturing to red, orange or yellow.

Superb hedging plant that will reach a height of 4m if trimmed to form a small tree but thrives when trimmed to form a 1-1.5m hedge. It has orange and bronze tipped foliage and inconspicuous, fragrant yellow flowers. Xylosma will tolerate sun or shade. It is an exceptionally hardy plant, adapting to most soil conditions.

This superb Australian native rainforest plant has glossy green foliage, a profusion of fluffy white flowers and small colourful berries. There are many different cultivars of this plant with a wide range of growth habits, foliage types and berry colours. Many make highly desirable hedges and screens. 'Elite', 'Bush Christmas' and 'Hinterland Gold' are three of many suitable selections.

A large shrub or small tree to 5m high in cultivation. The foliage is very attractive and the new growth is often pink or bronze coloured. The true flowers are white in colour .The main attraction is the massed display of red sepals n which are commonly mistaken to be flowers. These are at their peak in early to mid summer and usually at Christmas. The sepals and foliage are widely used for cut flowers.