Australian Native Plants

Background:

• Studied Horticulture at the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Richmond NSW Australia. B. App. Sc. – Horticulture
• Over 30 years experience growing plants from arid and Mediterranean areas of Australia and South Africa.
• Experience in Zoo Horticulture in Australia and have consulted with several zoos in the US on plant species for habitat design.
• Worked in the Native Cut Flower Industry in the Blue Mountains on the outskirts of Sydney and with local cut flower growers in California.
• Spent 2 years working on revegetation of areas disturbed by mining and other environmental projects for Mount Isa Mines in outback Queensland.
• Dedicated to introducing new and diverse plant material for drought prone areas.
• Read some of Jo's articles!

More about the us:

Australian Native Plants was established in the early 1990’s by myself, Jo O’Connell, with the help of my husband Byron Cox. From the beginning, our vision was to provide plants that are hardy, drought tolerant, cut flower producing and bird attracting.

We propagate most of our own plant material although we do buy plants in from other nurseries growing Australian plants in California. We import seed from Australia, and cuttings are grown from plants grown around the property and the many gardens we have been involved with in the area. We import tissue cultured plants from Australia also. We visit Australia every year to resource new plant material. Our aim is to offer a quality grown plant from the many diverse plant communities in Australia.

We are specialist growers, open by appointment. For more information about visiting, please click here. We consult with Landscape Architects, Designers and Landcape Contractors and we are happy to consult with you on your projects. We wholesale to other nurseries and cut flower growers in California.

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