We have reproduced here a list of local nurseries featured on the Mornington Peninsula Shire website
Most of these nurseries specialise in providing site indigenous plants while others stock "natives" with only some indigenous species and limited knowledge to help the indigenous gardener
SPIFFA is planning to introduce a voluntary code of practice for indigenous nurseries and will compile a new list in due course. The nurseries on this list that fail to comply will no longer appear on this page
Native plants are not the same as indigenous plants and while a plant may be indigenous to the region, e.g. the Mornington Peninsula, it may not be indigenous to the particular site
Shire regional planting guides are a good start and you should ask the sales staff about where the seed/propagation material came from. As an example, Drooping Sheoak from the Shoreham area will do very badly in the Nepean Peninsula soils
The best way to ensure local provenance is to order 6 months in advance, so that you or the nursery can obtain your local area's seed or cuttings, preferably collected from the actual site or very close by, and then they can propagate it for you and you don't just end up with what the nursery had in stock at that time
Consider spreading local seed, of local species that take your fancy, on your garden and see what comes up, although it may take a year or two...
See a list of the greater Melbourne region indigenous nurseries here
Download lists of indigenous nurseries below
Most of these nurseries specialise in providing site indigenous plants while others stock "natives" with only some indigenous species and limited knowledge to help the indigenous gardener
SPIFFA is planning to introduce a voluntary code of practice for indigenous nurseries and will compile a new list in due course. The nurseries on this list that fail to comply will no longer appear on this page
Native plants are not the same as indigenous plants and while a plant may be indigenous to the region, e.g. the Mornington Peninsula, it may not be indigenous to the particular site
Shire regional planting guides are a good start and you should ask the sales staff about where the seed/propagation material came from. As an example, Drooping Sheoak from the Shoreham area will do very badly in the Nepean Peninsula soils
The best way to ensure local provenance is to order 6 months in advance, so that you or the nursery can obtain your local area's seed or cuttings, preferably collected from the actual site or very close by, and then they can propagate it for you and you don't just end up with what the nursery had in stock at that time
Consider spreading local seed, of local species that take your fancy, on your garden and see what comes up, although it may take a year or two...
See a list of the greater Melbourne region indigenous nurseries here
Download lists of indigenous nurseries below
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Peninsula indigenous and native nurseries.pdf | |
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Melbourne metro indigenous nurseries.pdf | |
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Victorian regional indigenous nurseries.pdf | |
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Code of practice for community based collectors and suppliers of native plant seed.pdf | |
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SPIFFA does not endorse or promote any particular nursery
and indigenous plant buyers should do their research about which species occur in
their area. Remember, local provenance propagation is best practice