New Catalogues. Hellebores from Post Office Farm. Bulbs from Tonkins Bulbs

POST OFFICE FARM NEW CATALOGUE

This new 2010 catalogue lists over 40 different varieties of Helleborus, including several new introductions.

WEB www.postofficefarmnursery.com.au

TONKINS BULBS NEW CATALOGUE

We hope to have the Tonkins Bulbs winter catalogue up and running by the end of this week. Some of these bulbs are fairly rare and unusual and will be in limited numbers, so be quick.

Keep a look out for our next newsletter, or check for the latest a little later this week at www.nurseriesonline.com.au

Also check out the NEW ROSE SUPPORTS.... see the article on our front page.

We are enjoying.

Gardenia Radicans.

A low growing and seemingly fairly cold tolerant fragrant gardenia.... look for it your local nursery.

Autumn Newsletter form www.nurseriesonline.com.au

We have some great information on HERBS, AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS and MUST HAVE PLANTS.

HERBS

Autumn is a fantastic time to plant herbs. Hardy perennials such as Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Chives, Sweet Marjoram, Horseradish and French Sorrel will establish healthy well developed root systems before the chill of winter sets in and provide plenty of clippings to complement those hearty winter dishes! We bring you our selection from FOUR SEASONS HERBS

Garlic (organically grown and sourced from Tassie of course!) is a great winter crop for the cooler regions - plant now to enjoy your own cloves by Christmas time.

Saffron corms are available until the end of this month, then they will be available as potted corms (plants) for the remainder of the year (until sold out).

Herb Collections New Thyme Collection, and Winter Collection. Herb Tea Collection or the Mediterranean Collection

Gourmet Vegetables Plant now - Asparagus plants (12 months old), Artichokes, Horseradish , Warrigal Greens (New Zealand Spinach) and French Sorrel.

Edible Produce Fig trees ready to go (Brown Turkey variety ) Chilean Guava , Yellow Cherry Guava, Strawberry Cherry Guava, Rhubarb (Victoria and Crimson varieties, Alpine strawberries, Elderflower and Cape Gooseberries.

New Herb Seed Including Evening Primrose, Feverfew 'White Pom Pom', Winter Savory, Pink Winter Savory, Red Yarrow, Catmint, Catnip, Valerian, Tansy, Herb Robert, Borage White Flowering, Roman Chamomile, Feverfew and Sweet Annie seed.

Visit Four Seasons Herbs for Details

MUST HAVE PLANTS FROM TESSELAAR

Its a great time to plant bulbs including Allium Mount Everest, Black Arum Lily, Daffodils, Chilean Blue Crocus, and of course Tulips. Check out the details on Tesselaars newsletter

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANT GUIDE

A FREE software application that guides you though the selection process for Australian Native Plants.....

From the team at Nurseries Online........
"Please consider this as a special gift and thank you to all of our subscribers - courtesy of our friends at Eco Voice."

The Australian Native Plant Guide is a multimedia software application (free download)

A great little software package that provides a guide to selecting and using Australian Native Plants in the garden. If you are at all interested in Australian Native Plants either as a Landscaper, Landscape Architect or Home Gardener this is a great little application.

You will need to download a program called Abobe Air' to make it work, however the instructions are very simple.

All the best for the Autumn Garden from the team at www.nurseriesonline.com.au

New Bulb catalogues now online. PLUS Outdoor Lighting, Plant supports and Garden Arches

Now is a great time to order winter and spring flowering bulbs and we have THREE new catalogues now online. Many of these will be in limited supply, so if you are after the more unusual.... be quick.

Byan H Tonkin

Shirley and Jane have a great collection of hardy bulbs. The collection of sun loving bulbs from South Africa is well worth a look, and we love the Species Tulips, well worth a place in the garden.

Hillview Rare Plants

Marcus Harvey presents another outstanding catalogue with many hardy Crocus, Cyclamen, Iris and Fritillaria.

Drewitt's Bulbs

Tim has taken over the helm at Drewitt's, check out the Chilean Blue Crocus, the Daffodils and the Gladioli.

You can find all of these on our rare bulbs page.

Outdoor Lighting

If you are looking for Outdoor Lighting that you can install yourself, we have found it. Check out the Domus - DIY 3 Pack Fixed Kit LED Garden Spike Lights from OZ LIGHTING

We have also found some very interesting and practical garden art in the form of plant supports, rose supports, stakes, arches, arbors, pergolas, screens

Brock Metalcraft Pty Limited

Herbs from Four Seasons Herbs : New Bulb Catalogues

Four Seasons Herbs is a mail order nursery specialising in Herbs, and a great update their catalogue has just been released

We like the Basil collection and now is a great time to plant Basil.

But check out the others herbs (and spices) all available from Four Seasons Herbs.

Saffron. Grow your own saffron, growing instructions included.

Organic Tasmanian Purple Garlic - Available now - delicious for eating now, or save until the end of Autumn and grow your own!

Wasabi plants - grow your own hot, spicy condiment!

Fantastic Basil range available from the beginning of December. The range includes Sweet Basil, Perennial Basil, Thai Basil, Sacred Basil, Greek Basil, Red Rubin Basil and Dark Opal Basil. New varieties will be included as I come across them (Yes, Tara from Four Seasons Herbs is a bit of a Basil nut!!).

Gourmet Basil collection which contains a number of varieties for the serious Basil lover.

Other heat loving herbs which are available now include Lemongrass, Vietnamese Mint, Cape Gooseberry, Cardamom, Caraway, Bergamot (Wild, Red and Lemon varieties) plus many more.

A new addition to the Four Seasons Herbs is a collection of Tasmanian Bushfoods Plants and Seeds. This range includes a number of edible plants native to Tasmania (so far, we have available - Sagg, Chocolate Lily, Native Currant and Coastal Wattle) More coming soon.

Back in Stock : Stevia, Stone Pine, Rosella, Ashwanganda, Zaatar (spicy oregano), Spanish Sage, Cape Gooseberries & True Greek Oregano. Visit Four Seasons Herbs

New Bulb Catalogues.

Many bulbs are hardy, easy to grow and also Drought tolerant.

We have new Bulb catalogues coming soon including Tonkins Bulbs (look out for the Species Tulips, Miniature Daffodils and Nectaroscordum siculum). Drewitts Bulbs new catalogue will be ready early in the New Year plus Lake Nurseries and Tesselaars.

Keep an eye on www.nurseriesonline.com.au for the latest releases.

Rare and Unusual Plants

Tesselaars have released a new list of rare and unusual plants. We particularly like Arisaema consanguineum and Santolina Primrose Gem (Santolina romarinifolia). Arisaemas are wonderful plants for semis shade, fascinating flowers. Santolina copes well with full sun and is a really tough, drought tolerant plant. You can check out these and other rare and unusual plants at the Tesselaar website.

For more rare and unusual plants visit us at www.nurseriesonline.com.au

Attention Landscapers and Retailers

Two new Wholesale Nurseries well worth a visit

Hastings Tubestock Growers

and

Faceys Nursery

More new listings coming soon.

In the meantime, if you can't find what you are after contact us for your planting needs.

Time to plant the herb and vegetable garden.

With some good spring rains now is a great time to plant out the vegetable garden

Four Seasons Herbs offers a wide range of culinary and other herbs all by mail order.

New seed varieties - Including: Tomatoes, Pumpkins, Gourds, Carrots, Broccoli, Chilli's, Capsicums, Eggplants, Celeriac, Beans, Peas, Broad Beans, Zucchini and more.

Tara from Four Seasons has implemented a new safer packaging method - Blister/clam shell packaging which completely encloses plants to ensure they cannot be crushed, squashed or damaged during transit.

SOME NEW RELEASES New Plants Available Now - Wasabi plants - why not grow your own deliciously hot condiment!, Shallots (Red and Golden), Mountain Pepper Berries(Male and Female pairs), Artichoke Violetto, Red Flowering Yarrow, Bay Trees, Wild Thyme (Mother of Thyme)

Back In Stock - Rosella Seedlings (Native Hibiscus - delicious sub-tropical fruit on a beautiful and fast growing climber), - Alpine Strawberries (Intensely sweet, prolific, tiny strawberries- produced on plants which don't form runners) - Pyrethrym - natural pest control plant - Carraway Thyme Saffron Corms and Organic Garlic will be available from December 09. Seed Potatoes - Gourmet 'Spud' Sampler $20 (5 varieties of our best performers) - Salad Pack $15 (3 varieties of salad spuds) - Extended Harvest Pack $20 (2.5kgs of a number of varieties) - Kipflers, Dutch Cream, Spunta, King Edwards, Desiree, Pink Eye $5 - New Certified seed varieties from Harvest Moon - Free 25gm packet of Broad Bean seed with each Seed Potato purchase

Fennel - Florence, Bronze & Sweet

New and Unusual Edible Plants - Rosella, Chia, Asparagus seedlings (Mary Washington), Horseradish, Warrigal Greens, Artichokes (Green Globe and Purple) , Epazote, Dill Vierling (grown for seed production), Kale, . Edible Flowers - Calendula, Borage (Blue and White varieties) and Elecampagne (soon)

Most Popular - French Tarragon, Horseradish, Chervil, Italian Parsley, Chocolate Mint, Lemon Thyme, Lemongrass and Comfrey

New Seed Collections - Tasmanian Bushfoods Seed Collections

VISIT FOUR SEASONS HERBS FOR FULL DETAILS

Coming soon..... A New Waterlily and Sacred Lotus supplier

For all the latest news visit www.nurseriesonline.com.au