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Tilba Nursery

The Avenue, Tilba Tilba | NSW

SUMMER HOURS | From Friday Jan 02, 2026 the nursery will return to our regular opening hours of 9am to 2pm, four days a week – Thursday to Sunday.

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The nursery stocks a unique range of quality plants for all gardens – each season sees a new range of colours and inspirations in the nursery. Tilba Nursery is particularly renowned for its range of cottage and perennial plants – including many rare and seldom grown varieties. This range of quality of plants, sourced from the best specialist growers, sees cottage garden enthusiasts from all parts of NSW (and even interstate) regularly visiting to track down plants simply not available anywhere else.

New stock in our Collector’s Corner this week includes the unusual Western Australian Banksia dryandroides. ...

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Mar 12

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New stock in our Collector’s Corner this week includes the unusual Western Australian Banksia dryandroides. This compact shrub features attractive foliage that resembles a dryandra (as they were know before they were all renamed as banksias!) plus dainty orange/brown/yellow flower spikes.

This WA banksia can do well on the east coast in a sunny spot with good drainage (images here are garden plants growing and flowering near Corunna, NSW). Native potting mix is the perfect addition to any soils that are either too heavy or ‘hungry’ sands. All of the WA species in our Collector’s Corner have been selected for local conditions - we’ve grown them all to flowering in the garden!

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after something a little different for your native plant collection.

#inthenursery #autumn #nativeplants #banksias #tilbatilba collectorscorner

In stock this week | Gastrolobium (Brachysema) praemorsum ‘Brown Butterfly’ is an unusual native ground ...

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Mar 10

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In stock this week | Gastrolobium (Brachysema) praemorsum ‘Brown Butterfly’ is an unusual native ground cover which features dark bronze/brown leaves and striking red pea-like flowers. This hardy sprawling form can be grown in well drained soils in both full sun and part shade - we often use this distinctive plant in native garden projects to provide contrast foliage colour in dappled light areas around larger shrubs or under trees. ‘Brown Butterfly’ appreciates a good prune after flowering - which will bush up the plant nicely.

We currently also have a range of other interesting Gastrolobiums in stock including the low-growing ‘Lemon Drops’ (with pale yellow flowers) and the unusual G. sericeum ‘Black form’ which features dark burgundy/black flowers.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday, in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after something a little different for your native garden.

#gastrolobium #nativeplants #autumn #tilbatilba #inthenursery

Trigger plants (Stylidium) are beautiful and interesting small Australian wildflowers which are increasingly ...

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Mar 6

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Trigger plants (Stylidium) are beautiful and interesting small Australian wildflowers which are increasingly being enjoyed by gardeners as new cultivated forms become available. They are known as ‘trigger plants’ because of the unusual flowers which feature a column that is triggered by visiting insects and then springs upwards to deposit pollen on the head or back of the pollinator.

We have two select forms in stock this week : Stylidium Dinosaur Grass ‘Raptor’ (40cm x 40cm) and the slightly more compact Stylidium Dinosaur Grass ‘Pinkasaurus’ (25cm x 25cm). Both varieties form neat mounts of attractive grassy foliage with spikes of pink flowers a feature in early spring. Their neat habit and delicate flowers mean they are equally at home in native or cottage gardens - they are also an interesting option for pots.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after something a little different for your native or cottage garden.

#inthenursery #nativeplants #triggerplants #tilbatilba #autumn

Helenium ‘Zimbelstern’ looking great in the nursery this morning after over-night drizzle. This hardy ...

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Feb 28

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Helenium ‘Zimbelstern’ looking great in the nursery this morning after over-night drizzle. This hardy perennial is perfect for late summer/autumn colour and attracting pollinators.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday, in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after some instant flowering for your garden.

#inthenursery #perennials #helenium #autumn #tilbatilba

New in the nursery this week - Banksia spinulosa ‘Coastal Cushion’. This outstanding dwarf form is one of ...

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Feb 28

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New in the nursery this week - Banksia spinulosa ‘Coastal Cushion’. This outstanding dwarf form is one of the best small banksias with a slightly larger and more robust habit than ‘Birthday Candles’ and masses of flower cones in winter. It naturally forms a neat, mounding shrub and is very hardy in local conditions.

Other banksias in stock this week include the larger growing B. spinulosa ‘Bold and Gold’ (2m x 2m) which makes a very attractive low screen with striking yellow flowers and several new B. ericifolia forms. We also have a nice range of WA banksia species in out Collector’s Corner if you want to try something a little different.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after more banksias for your native garden.

#inthenursery #nativeplants #banksias #tilbatilba

Grevillea synapheae (catkin grevillea) is a beautiful WA species which features masses of creamy flowers from ...

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Feb 27

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Grevillea synapheae (catkin grevillea) is a beautiful WA species which features masses of creamy flowers from mid-winter to mid-spring. Low growing forms in particular are a great option for rockeries and raised beds where they can be easily shaped into attractive mounding shrubs. Can do really well in local conditions in a full-sun spot with an appropriate native soil mix - images here are garden plants flowering near Corunna, NSW (flowering in August).

We have Grevillea synapheae available in our Collector’s Corner this week. We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after something a little different for your native plant collection.

#inthenursery #nativeplants #grevilleas #tilbatilba #collectorscorner

Crepe Myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are a great option for summer / autumn flowering in the garden but also add ...

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Feb 25

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Crepe Myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are a great option for summer / autumn flowering in the garden but also add attractive foliage and decorative bark when not blooming. Many varieties also colour up well in autumn making crepe myrtles an all-seasons feature tree.

We have a range of crepe myrtles (red, pink and white flowering varieties) arriving in the nursery this week - including some attractive bush forms for smaller gardens.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday, in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after crepe myrtles for your late-summer / early autumn garden.

#inthenursery #crepemyrtles #autumn #tilbatilba

Asters (Symphyotrichum) are hardy perennials with daisy-shaped flower heads that range in color from white to ...

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Feb 23

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Asters (Symphyotrichum) are hardy perennials with daisy-shaped flower heads that range in color from white to blue and purple. They are a great option for cheery autumn colour in the garden or pots but many forms will actually start flowering as early as January (we have some really nice purple Asters out in the garden now).

We currently have a range of colours and forms available in the nursery - most are still in bud but ‘Snow White’ is already in full flower. Other popular blue/purple/pink forms like ‘Otis’, ‘Fair Lady’ and ‘Ruby Buttons’ should start to flower other the next few weeks.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday, in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after some hardy perennial colour for your late-summer / early autumn garden.

#inthenursery #perennials #autumn #asters #tilbatilba

Callistemon ‘White Anzac’ is starting to flower in the nursery this week. This compact form of Callistemon...

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Feb 23

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Callistemon ‘White Anzac’ is starting to flower in the nursery this week. This compact form of Callistemon citrinus is a great option if you want a hardy bottlebrush with an alternative flower colour to red/pink and more of a low spreading habit (1.5m high) than a tall screen.

If you are after a white flowering Callistemon with a little bit more height and an upright habit for screening we have the ‘Wilderness White’ form of Callistemon viminalis expected back in stock later this week when our next batch of natives arrive.

We’re open 9am to 2pm, Thursday to Sunday, in Tilba Tilba, NSW if you’re after some extra flowering for your summer/autumn garden.

#callistemons #nativeplants #summer #tilbatilba #inthenursery

Apart from cottage plants and perennials the nursery also carries an extensive range of Australian natives (many unusual or rare), cacti and succulents, citrus, berries and unusual food plants, roses (old fashioned, modern and species), rare and interesting exotics – plus seasonal vegetable seedlings and herbs. We now also carry a range of indoor plants.

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