Good Nurseries in Perth

[curlycook]

I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden Design exams in the UK.
Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact, preferably ones with a web site.

Cheers

Al

[Loosecannon]

"curlycook" > wrote in message
...
>
> I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
> Design exams in the UK.
> Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
> the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
> preferably ones with a web site.
>
> Cheers
>
> Al
>
>
> --
> curlycook


Hi Al,

Low down on nurseries here in Perth is that most are supplied by
wholesalers. Those wholesalers will not sell to the public but will sell to
people in the trade.

By far the biggest is Benara Nurseries which puts out around 300000 plants a
day. They are the biggest in Australia and located in Wanneroo north of
Perth.

When you say landscaping it says to me advanced plants. There is a nursery
here called Advanced Trees which sell container grown plants or trees grown
in planter bags.

There are some Nurseries that grow their own plants like Landsdale Nursery
in Landsdale.

Another Is Plant World in Landsdale which offer a discount card for people
in the trade.

Native Australian plants can be purchased either at Lullfitz Nursery or
Zanthorrea Nursery.

TreesaGreen is an interesting nursery as it sells relatively cheap plants. I
have a theory it is mainly Benara Nurseries dumping ground for not so good
looking stock. Also I think they buy stock from growers and they pot them up
themselves for sale.

Not sure if any of these have a website. A lot of wholesalers will require
you to have membership so you can access plants on their sites. But I am
unable to say what that is exactly.

A lot of landscapers will buy small plants and tend them for a few years and
sell them at a premium as an advance plant. I have done that with some of my
own jobs.

Just remember in Perth the temperature can pass 40 C or 105 F in summer.
This makes working that little more interesting with early starts to miss
the daytime extremes.

Mulches, blended soil mixes and the likes are readily available and usually
it is only a matter of finding the most convenient to the job.
The "Sandman" delivers and helped me on one job by offering stuff at cheaper
rate to get it off the truck. Because someone wanted a different soil mix
next. Also I have got extra than was ordered most of the time which always
comes in handy.

It will be handy to get an ABN (Australia Business Number) so that you can
get trade discounts.

I hope this helps.

Richard

[gromit]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:47:59 +0100, in aus.gardens
curlycook > posted:

>
>I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
>Design exams in the UK.
>Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
>the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
>preferably ones with a web site.

If you're going to be working with roses, it's hard to go past
Roworth's. With their help and advice, I've managed to resurrect some
so-so rose bushes into stunning growers. I've also planted a few
varieties 3 weeks ago which are in flower now.

http://www.roworth.com.au/

A couple of pics from my garden:

http://ii.net/~gr0mit/files/pics/garden/garden041017-1139a.jpg
http://ii.net/~gr0mit/files/pics/garden/garden041019-0913a.jpg

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Phil
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[Ken Oaf]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:58:06 +0800, "Loosecannon"
> wrote:

> By far the biggest is Benara Nurseries which puts out around 300000 plants a
> day. They are the biggest in Australia and located in Wanneroo north of
> Perth.

300,000 a day?

I can't see the entire Australian market absorbing over a billion plants per
year.

[Ken Oaf]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:22:45 +1000, Ken Oaf > wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:58:06 +0800, "Loosecannon"
> > wrote:
>
> > By far the biggest is Benara Nurseries which puts out around 300000 plants a
> > day. They are the biggest in Australia and located in Wanneroo north of
> > Perth.
>
> 300,000 a day?
>
> I can't see the entire Australian market absorbing over a billion plants per
> year.

Whoops, 100 million ;-)

[Raelene]

"Loosecannon" > wrote in message
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>
> "curlycook" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
> > Design exams in the UK.
> > Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
> > the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
preferably ones with a web site.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Al

I just spent an afternoon trundling around some Nurseries, today, in Melville on
Leach Hwy


You might want to specify a suburb or two to give ppl an idea of where you're
going. Perth's a big place, you know, and to say either Joodalup or Mandurah
makes a biggggggggg difference.

Was going to go to Vision Splendid Gardens and nursery for a day out last
weekend as the nursery is quite nice.....so's the one at Mandurah and Bibra
Lake's Dutch Windmill. Anyhow, I took a left turn and went to Dwellingup
instead.

Raelene
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[Raelene]

"Ken Oaf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:22:45 +1000, Ken Oaf > wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:58:06 +0800, "Loosecannon"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > By far the biggest is Benara Nurseries which puts out around 300000 plants
a
> > > day. They are the biggest in Australia and located in Wanneroo north of
Perth.
> >
> > 300,000 a day?
> >
> > I can't see the entire Australian market absorbing over a billion plants per
year.
>
> Whoops, 100 million ;-)

Speaking of lots of plants......... you've reminded me of the research paper I
did on Princess Diana's funeral, etc and remember reading there was a 'flowers'
in England and they ended up having to import from some other country. Can't
remember, now.

Raelene
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[Andrew D]

In article >, gromit
> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:47:59 +0100, in aus.gardens
> curlycook > posted:
>
> >
> >I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
> >Design exams in the UK.
> >Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
> >the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
> >preferably ones with a web site.
>
> If you're going to be working with roses, it's hard to go past
> Roworth's.

When I work with roses, I find it hard to go past the Roundup!

Sorry, couldn't resist (not exactly a rose lover).

--
Andy D.

[ellipsis]

In article
> > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:47:59 +0100, in aus.gardens
> > curlycook > posted:
> >
> > >
> > >I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
> > >Design exams in the UK.
> > >Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
> > >the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
> > >preferably ones with a web site.

The Zanthorrea Nursery (there is one of our more intriguing species for
you to learn about right away) is great for native flora. They are a
little way out of town (in ³the hills² to the east) but are well worth
a visit.

http://www.zanthorrea.com.au/

....

[Travis Morien]

(Andrew D) wrote in message >...
> In article >, gromit
> > wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:47:59 +0100, in aus.gardens
> > curlycook > posted:
> >
> > >
> > >I am emigrating to Perth in January 2005 and have just passed my Garden
> > >Design exams in the UK.
> > >Most of the plants will be new to me and I wonder if any one can give
> > >the low down on good nurseries in Perth and the surround to contact,
> > >preferably ones with a web site.
> >
> > If you're going to be working with roses, it's hard to go past
> > Roworth's.
>
> When I work with roses, I find it hard to go past the Roundup!
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist (not exactly a rose lover).

:)

Nobody has mentioned the Friends of Kings Park sales yet, if you're
into WA native plants.

FOKP have four sales per year, most of the plants sold are tubestock
but they have a fair few in pots as well. Prices are very cheap, $2
for most things, up to $8 for hybrid kangaroo paws in a pot.

I go to all of them (and as a member of FOKP I often help out at the
sales) but the one in early autumn is the best to attend as this is
the ideal planting time in Perth.

Travis