We have added some stock to the online store for early spring mail order plants.
Lotus, Temperate Lilies and some Louisiana Water Iris are among the plants that have been made available.
The first orders will be mailed out on Monday 28th of August.
2023 Mail orders now open
Stock is now available for order here on our online store.
This includes temperate and some tropical water lilies.
Lotus will not be available for mail order until early next Spring.
We have made a few changes to our website this time so contact us if you encounter any difficulties.
Mail Orders end for 2022
The 2022 mail order season is now over. All stock on the web site will be unavailable and no orders will be sent out during the rest of December to avoid the Christmas rush.
Mail orders will be available again, including tropical water lilies in the new year.
Christmas Mail Order Break
Due to slow parcel post near Christmas we will be ending the 2022 mail order season on Sunday the 4th of December with last orders being shipped Monday the 5th of December. The 2023 mail order season will then resume in the new year.
Early Spring Mail Orders Now Available
A few early spring plants are now listed as in stock for mail order on our web site.
This includes the season’s first Lotus and Temperate Water Lilies.
Additional stocks and varieties will be added as in stock over coming weeks.
Tropical Water Lilies will not be available for several months yet.
2022 mail orders now available
After a brief break for the Australia Day short mailing week we have once again set stocks of temperate lilies, tropical lilies and various water plants as available on the web site for mail order.
The first mail orders will be sent out on Monday the 1st of February and each Monday after that.
2022 Mail order trial week
We have just activated a bunch of stock of plants and water lilies on the web site for mail order.
Orders will be sent on Monday 17th of January.
Since the week after will include the Anzac day public holiday we will close orders on the 17th to avoid sending out orders in a short mailing week.
This will also allow us to asses if 2021 mail delays are still an issue. Assuming packages arrive in a timely manner mail order will resume after the Anzac day week.
2021 Mail orders closed due to postal delays
We have disabled mail orders entirely on the web site listing all items as out of stock.
This is because of increasing delays in express post parcel delivery at the moment resulting in many packages being delayed or lost.
Since our products are live plants even an excessive delay can result in the effective loss of the plants.
All outstanding orders should at this point have been sent.
A significant improvement in postage times before Christmas is unlikely so mail orders are likely to only resume some time in 2022.
In the mean time our retail nursery remains open to the public for retail purchase of a wider range of more advanced potted plants. Subject to covid safety rules and any changes to them.
2021 Lotus Mail Orders Have Ended
The brief 2021 lotus mail order season has now ended. All lotus are now out of stock for mail order on our online store.
Lotus will be available for mail order again next year.
This happens because our lotus plants are now too big and fragile to send in the post at this time of year. However it is also because for many varieties our available stocks for mail order have now sold out.
In the mean time lotus are now available for retail purchase as potted plants at our nursery, and as long as stocks last should remain available until around February/March 2022.
Some Additional Lotus Stocks
We have added some additional lotus stocks to the online store today.
They are likely the last run of lotus stock we will add for mail order this lotus season.
If it’s lotus and it’s not in stock now it either has already sold out or will not be available this season.