"curlycook" wrote in message
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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


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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