Australian Succulents
Attila Kapitany
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Cactus and Succulent Society of Australia
Provides contacts and links to similar societies in most major cities of Australia (all have plant sellers). |
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Australian Plants Society, Victoria While not a website about succulents, it's still one of Australia's best resources for contacting fellow enthusiasts about native plants. |
Gardens to visit
Australian native succulent plants are not necessarily always obvious or a major part of any Australian Botanic Garden. Considerable research or a reference in hand is a big advantage. Also the time of the year to find plants and in some cases at their peak may require some homework prior to any visit. For example the Aridlands Botanic Gardens is best visited from August through September, preferably in the middle of this period and after good seasonal rains, when both perennial and annual succulent plants are in vigorous growth and flower. The opposing dry summer and autumn can have these plants shrivelled and unappealing or absent altogether. Botanical Gardens around Australia that include notable plantings of Australian succulent plants are:
- Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Stuart Highway, Port Augusta West, SA 5700
Phone.: 08 8641 1049 Fax: 08 8641 1241
Email:
Website: www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org
Displays of various arid and semi-arid zone environments on
about 200 hectares. Succulent plants are a dominant feature. - Australian Inland Botanic Gardens
River Road, Mourquong (near Mildura) Vic. 3500
Phone: 03 5023 3612 Fax: 03 5022 0012
Email:
Website: www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/botanic - Australian National Botanic Gardens
Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 62509450 Fax: 02 62509599
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Website: www.anbg.gov.au - Cranbourne Botanic Gardens
1000 Ballarto Road, Cranbourne, Vic. 3977
Phone: 03 5990 2200 Fax: 03 5990 2250
Website: www.rbg.vic.gov.au/rbg_cranbourne - Mt Annan Botanic Gardens
Mount Annan Drive, Mount Annan, NSW 2567
Phone: 02 4648 2477
Website: www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
Recommended nurseries
Sourcing plants and seeds The contact details of a selection of specialist plant and seed suppliers are listed here, but there are many more nurseries that are not included.
Some of the nurseries below are just beginning to extend their range into this area of native succulent plants, and so dedicated searching may be required e.g. ask about plants not yet in their regular catalogues.
Alternatively you can source your own material in the field. More details about the laws and permits required are available in the book.
- Australian Orchid Nursery -Wayne Australian Natiive Nursery WayneTurville
Ph: (03) 5977-3122 Fax: (03) 5977-3350
Email:
Web: www.australianorchids.com.au
A grower of native orchids specialising in epiphytic and lithophytic species, as well as their cultivars. Excellent website. - Bottle Tree Plantations
PO Box 2867 Toowoomba. Qld. 4350
Phone: 07 4697 6195 Fax: 07 4697 6124 Mobile: 0412 222 535
E-mail:
Website: www.bottletrees.info
Grows and sells Brachychiton rupestris. Shipped worldwide. - Boab Research - Peter Johnson
Dept of Agriculture PO Box 19, Kununurra WA 6743
Email:
Ph: 08 9166 4000 Fax: 08 9166 4066 - Brenton Tucker Native Plants & Carawatha Garden
Placid Estates Rd Wellington East via Tailem Bend SA 5260
Ph: (08) 8572 7104
Large range of small to advanced plants. Also extensive display gardens. - Codrington Nursery
Princes Highway Codrington Vic 3285
Ph: (03) 5568 4344 Fax: (03) 5568 4306
Email:
Website: www.codringtonnursery.com.au
Large range including coastal varieties indigenous to south west Victoria.
- Kuranga Native Nursery Vic.
Ph: (03) 9760 8100
Website: www.kuranga.com.au
Regarded as having Australia’s largest range of Australian flora. - Nielsen’s Native Nursery
49-51 Beenleigh Redland Bay Rd Loganholme QLD 4219
Ph: (07) 3806 1414
The range includes Brachychitons, Cycads, and rainforest and bush tucker plants. - Sacred Garden Rare Plants
- 132 Silver Valley Rd MS 415 Mt. Garnet QLD 4872
- Phone (07) 4097 0065
- Includes Agaves, ant-house plants, Sansevierias
- Website: www.sacredgardenfrangipanis.com
- Steve Prowse - (Drought Proof Plants)
P.O Box 648 Gordonvale Qld, 4865
Ph: (07) 40 561818 Fax: (07) 40 561688
Email:
Deals in a wide range of plant species but has a strong interest in cacti and succulents and native plant including Myrmecodias and Hydnophytums. - Taz Wild Plants
“Bonneys Plains” Conara, Tasmania 7211
Ph/Fax: (03) 6384 2165
Email:
Commercial grower of local flora – eg Bulbine bulbosa.
- Wildgems Native Plants
PO Box 89 Cobargo NSW 2550
Ph/fax: (02) 6493 7398
Extensive wholesale range includes rare species. - Wirrimbirra Native Nursery
Hume Highway between Bargo and Tahmoor Eastside NSW 2574
Ph: (02) 4684 1112
Wide range including unusual plants.
Seeds
- Australian Mining Industry Catalogue
A comprehensive seed catalogue developed for rehabilitation and revegetation projects in NT, WA and QLD.
Website: www.kimseed.com.au - Nindethana Seed Service
PO Box 2121 Albany WA 6330
Ph: (08) 9844 3533 Fax: (08) 9844 3573
Website: www.nindethana.iinet.net.au
Broad selection of Australian seed. - Wildflower Society of Western Australia Inc.
PO Box 64 Nedlands WA 6909
Seed Sales officer: Eastern Hills Branch PO Box 111 Glen Forest WA 6071
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