Why We Can't Ship Some Plants

Products restricted to shipping for biosecurity reasons

To protect our food crops, and for general biosecurity and plant health, all nurseries are restricted by state or federal government from moving certain plants across state borders. Individual states have quarantine restrictions for additional plants in place.

Myrtaceae: SA, TAS, WA

Because of a disease called Myrtle Rust, nurseries are restricted by law from moving these plants across state borders. 

• Acca – feijoa
• Acmena, Syzygium, Waterhousea - lilly pilly
• Agonis - juniper myrtle
• Austromyrtus - midgem berry
• Babingtonia, Baeckea
• Backhousia - lemon myrtle, grey myrtle
• Callistemon – bottlebrush
• Chamelaucium - waxflower
• Corymbia, Eucalyptus – gum
• Leptospermum – tea tree
• Lophostemon – Queensland brush box
• Melaleuca – Claret Tops, paperbark, honey myrtle
• Metrosideros – NZ Christmas bush
• Thryptomene
• Tristaniopsis - water gum
• Xanthostemon – golden penda

Vaccinium spp. SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Because of a disease called Blueberry Rust, nurseries are restricted by law from moving these plants across state borders.

• Azalea & Rhododendron
• Blueberry

Fennel VIC

Gazania SA, TAS, WA

Acacia baileyana ACT

Fruit NT

• Berry fruits - blackberry, blueberry, mulberry, raspberry, youngberry
• Citrus plants - lemon, lime, orange, kumquat, poncirus
• Feijoa
• Monstera - fruit salad plant, swiss cheese
• Passionfruit
• Pineapple
• Tamarillo

TAS & WA additional plants

There are a few plant families which we do not send to TAS and WA because of additional biosecurity restrictions, or the potentially long transit time involved. These include:

• Alternanthera
• Ampelopsis - porcelain berry vine
• Berry fruits, passionfruit, tamarillo
• Brachyscome
• Bulbs
• Chrysocephalus - yellow buttons
• Citrus plants - lemon, lime, orange, kumquat, poncirus
• Cytisus - broom
• Dianthus - carnation, pink
• Dichondra Silver Falls
• Euphorbia
• Geranium
• Helichrysum
• Heuchera
• Hibiscus
• Hydrangea
• Lavender
• Mazus
• Melastoma
• Osteospermum
• Pelargonium
• Pieris
• Pratia
• Pteris fern
• Radermachera
• Rosemary
• Salvia - flowering sage
• Scaevola - fan flower
• Seeds
• Senecio Dolphin Necklace
• Tibouchina