Author: Mathew Fenech

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December Plant Sale and Open Garden Weekend

At Wallis Creek Watergarden we will be holding a 2 day sale and tour event on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of December.

In addition Midsummer Herbs another local specialist nursery will be selling their plants on site, they should have a range of plants including strawberries, herbs, perennial vegetables and Australian native plants.

All of our own plants, including Lotus, Lilies, Sarracenia, and miscellaneous pond and bog plants will be on sale at 10% off all weekend.

The gardens should be at or very close to their seasonal peak and we will be providing regular guided tours of the gardens and nursery at 10am and 2pm each day, and possibly more depending on turn out.

It should be a great opportunity to buy and see interesting plants at their seasonal best and learn all about them.

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2024 Lotus Mail Order Season Ends

Lotus mail orders are now closed for the 2024 season.

Lotus will be available for mail order again starting some time in late Winter or Early Spring in 2025 depending on seasonal conditions.

Meanwhile lotus on site retail season has started at the nursery. Advanced potted lotus plants in 33cm flower buckets are available for retail purchase at our nursery.

This year many already have buds on early. They will remain available for the season until March 2025 or as long as stocks last.

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Lotus Mail Order Update

We have made some updates to lotus stock levels for mail order on the website.

Plants are rapidly becoming too large to send in the post and within a week or two lotus mail order season may end, or stocks and available varieties will at least become extremely limited.

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Mail Orders Open for Early Spring 2024

Items including temperate water lilies and Lotus are now listed as in stock and available for order on our website for the earliest plants of 2024.

This also includes just a couple of new to the website cultivars of Lotus from our collection.

Lotus mail order season is short and only lasts a couple of months, more lotus stocks will be added for mail order during that time, but once the plants are too big to post the mail order season will end until next year.

The first orders will be mailed out on August 5th. And then each Monday after that.

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Mail Orders Begin for 2024

Items are now listed as in stock on the online store. The first mail out of orders will be posted on the 29th of January.

Lotus is not available at this time of year and will be available some time around September.

The featured picture for this post is a one off freak flower that sadly cannot be reliably reproduced even on the same plant.

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Lotus Hail Damage

We had a hail event on Boxing day that has damaged some of the plants in the nursery.

This should not interfere with our summer lotus sale event and we still expect a good flowering display at that time.

However some of our retail lotus are likely to have visible cosmetic foliage damage so we are increasing our lotus sale discount for the event to 15% off marked prices for lotus.

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Summer Lotus Event

On the 7th, 8th and 9th of January during normal business hours we will be holding a seasonal sale event to promote our lotus during the prime flowering season. We will be open from 9am to 5pm but recommend customers aim for 10am to 3pm as the flowers are best seen during those hours.

These three days are during the peak of the season and we would encourage people to come and see the lotus, and water lily flowers at their prime even if you are not buying.

We will also be available to talk to customers and guests providing advice on water plants, ponds and tours of the garden.

Our lotus plants will all be 10% off their marked retail prices for those three days as well.