Wintersweet Nursery

29/04/2026

🌺🌺PLANT SALE!🌺🌺

Where: 4 Curtis Street, Creswick
When: 10am–12pm; Saturday 2nd May

14cm Pots $6ea
Tubestock $4ea

Come along this Saturday morning and find a great assortment of affordable perennials and shrubs propagated on site from my garden and ready to thrive in yours.

I’m still building up stock after a long break, so will not be opening on Sunday (and I can’t take pre-orders at this stage). But rest assured, I am working hard behind the scenes and will be back up to speed as soon as I possibly can!

Here’s the list for Saturday:

Achillea Cerise Queen
Achillea Gold
Agapanthus Dwarf Blue
Ajuga Catlin’s Giant
Ajuga Choc Chip
Ajuga Princess Nadia
Aquilegia Mixed Colours
Argyranthemum Pink
Buddleia Lindleyana
Campanula Blue Waterfall
Campanula Clockwise Blue
Campanula Purple Groundcover
Cistus Sunset
Cornflower Blue
Corsican Mint
Delphinium Blue
Dianthus Pink & White
Diascia Apricot
Diascia Pink
Dichondra Repens
Dusty Miller
English Box
English Lavender
Erigeron Seabreeze
Erigeron Seaside Daisy
Evening Primrose Purple
Foxglove Mixed Colours
Geums Orange, Red & Pink
H**e Blue Gem
H**e Mary Antoinette
H**e Oratia Beauty
H**e Snowdrift
H**e Wiri Image
Helichrysum Petite Licorice
Lamium Sensation
Lemon Balm
Leonotus Leonurus
Liriope Muscari
Liriope Pink
Lobelia Blue
Lomandra Lime Tuff
Lomandra Little Lime
Origanum Herrenhausen
Osteospermum Mixed
Pelargonium Pop Up
Pelargonium Striatellum
Penstemon Alice Hindley
Penstemon Maurice Gibbs
Penstemon Pink Cloud
Penstemon Port Wine
Penstemon Swan Lake
Phlox Amethys Pearl
Phlox Blue Ridge
Primula Mixed Colours
Rosemary Common
Rosemary Prostrate
Salvia Angel Wings
Salvia Azurea
Salvia Candleglow
Salvia Coral Pink
Salvia Corrugata
Salvia Joan
Salvia Nemorosa Pink
Saponaria Officinalis Purple
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sedum Little Missy
Sidalcea Party Girls
Silene Coronaria
Silene Rollies Pink
Silene Uniflora
Spiraea Anthony Waterer
Statice Blue Sea
Strawberries
Thyme
Verbena Mixed Colours
Verbena Rigida
Verbena Rigida Purple
Veronica Ornate silver
Veronica Spicata Purple
Viola Lemon

See you soon!
Janie

04/04/2026

🌺 UPDATE - SUNDAY SALE CANCELLED!!! 🌺

What a wonderful morning we had here at the nursery! It is so good to be back and to see all of the plants I have tended with love and care walking out the gate on their way to new homes :)

But unfortunately for those of you planning to visit tomorrow, that means there isn't enough left to open again this weekend, and I have had to cancel the Sunday sale. The tables are bare.

The next open day will be Saturday 2nd May 10am - 12pm. I would say Sunday 3rd as well, but I don't want to jump the gun! Let's see how stock levels go.

As I build up plant numbers, I will also open up online ordering for those of you unable to make the Saturday sales, but that is a work in progress, so stay tuned!

29/03/2026

PLANT SALE!!!

Where: 4 Curtis Street, Creswick
When: 10am – 12pm; Saturday & Sunday 4th-5th April

14cm Pots $6ea
Tubestock $4ea

Wintersweet Nursery is back on board with another Amazing Plant Sale Extravaganza!

Well, maybe not an extravaganza, but still pretty good.

The nursery is a work in progress after a long break, but it’s getting there, and I think you’ll be very pleased with the variety of plants available.

And you can’t beat the price!

Let’s keep gardening an affordable joy, as it should be :)

Here’s the list of species that will be available this weekend. Unfortunately I can’t offer pre-sales or take orders this time around, so come early for first pick!

Achillea Cerise Queen
Achillea Gold Dust
Agapanthus Dwarf (non-invasive) Blue
Agastache Blue Fortune
Ajuga Chocolate Chip
Ajuga Princess Nadia
Anthemis EC Buxton
Aquilegia Grannies Bonnets
Argyranthemum Daisy Pink
Aster Ruby Buttons
Buddleia Black Knight
Buddleia Pink Velvet
Buddleia Curtis Purple
Campanula Clockwise Purple
Campanula Poscharskyana
Cistus Purpurea
Cistus Sunset
Convolvulus Cneorum
Corsican Mint
Delphinium Belladonna Blues
Dianthus Light Pink
Dianthus Pink/White
Diascia Apricot
Diascia Red
Dichondra Repens
Digitalis Trojana
English Box
Erigeron Glaucus Sea Breeze
Erigeron Seaside Daisy
Euryops Pectinatus
Evening Primrose Pink
Foxglove
Gaura Pink
Geum Tangerine
Geum Tempo Rose
H**e Blue Gem
H**e La Seduisante
H**e Oratias Beauty
H**e Snowdrift
H**e Wiri Image
Helichrysum Petite Licorice
Hemerocallis Daylily “On & On”
Lamium Sensation
Lavender Avonview
Lavender Hidcote
Lemon Balm
Leonotus Leonurus
Leucanthemum Shaggy Shasta Daisy
Limonium Sea Lavender
Liriope Muscari Purple
Liriope Pink
Lomandra Lime Tuff
Lychnis Coronaria
Mazus Blue
Mazus White
Nepeta Purrsian Blue
Nepeta Six Hills Giant
Oreganum Herrenhausen
Osteospermum African Daisy Mixed
Pelargonium Striatellum (native)
Pennisetum Dwarf Fountain Grass
Penstemon Pink Cloud
Penstemon Port Wine
Penstemon Swan Lake
Phlox Amethyst Pearl
Phlox Stolonifera Blue Ridge
Pratia Trailing White
Primula Ruby Queen
Primula White
Prunella Alba
Rosemary
Rosemary Prostrate
Salvia African Sky
Salvia Angel Wings
Salvia Blue Haze
Salvia Bog Sage
Salvia Candleglow
Salvia Coral Pink
Salvia Joan
Salvia Muelleri
Salvia Nemorosa Pink
Salvia Nemorosa Purple
Salvia Phyllis Fancy
Scabiosa Black Knight
Scabiosa Samanthas Pink
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sidalcea Party Girl
Silene Rollie’s Favourite
Soapwort Purple
Spiraea Anthony Waterer
Strawberries
Teucrium Purple Tails
Thyme
Verbena Hastata Purple
Verbena Rigida
Veronica Spicata Purple
Wahlenbergia Sky Mist
Wallflower Purple Blush

Janie x

06/03/2026

Hello Garden Friends!

After a long break from the nursery I am back at it, propagating and growing beautiful plants for your gardens. It's going to take a while to get back up to speed, so bear with me, but things are coming along nicely and it looks like I will be ready to reopen in 3-4 weeks time. Once I have a better idea of how things are going I will give you an exact date - but last weekend of March or the first weekend of April, something like that.

I am also propagating plants that will be available as smaller tubestock in bulk lots for those of you who are looking for baby plants to grow on either for your own gardens or to pot up and on-sell at markets or in retail spaces. There will be minimum order amounts (similar to other wholesalers), but it's a great way to source young perennials without travelling to the other side of the city. Exciting!

Stay tuned for further announcements! I've missed you all and can't wait to get back into it.

Janie

08/11/2025

Come and join me on my next adventure! The more the merrier!

We have big dreams here at the Creswick Community Garden, and big dreams don’t come cheap.

You may have noticed the garden is having some work done. A bit of a makeover! But it’s not just cosmetic. Yes, it looks better, but it also needs to function better so we can grow more fresh produce for all of the amazing food relief programs run by the Neighbourhood Centre.

Everything we grow here is for the benefit of the community. But we need money to do that, and we all know how hard it is to compete for grants - and begging the government for support is exhausting.

So, what if we could raise the money ourselves – while providing the community with some fabulous (and affordable) plants at the same time.

Enter: our very own CNC Community Nursery.

Even better, we are also offering free training to volunteers. Of course we are! We need your help! But in return, you will be learning how to do all of this yourselves. Why not start your own backyard nursery and make some money on the side? I can show you how, I would love to!

We meet on Wednesdays 1pm-3pm to propagate, pot up and prep plants for sale. Come and get your hands dirty, have a laugh and be part of something that is going to make a real difference.

Let’s grow something wonderful together!

If you’d like to come and check it out, please message me here for more information or just wander in on any Wednesday between 1pm & 3pm and we can go from there.

🌿 Rear of Creswick Neighbourhood Centre – 19 Victoria Street

See you soon!

Janie

06/11/2025

🌺🌺🌺 Garden Lovers! The time has come ...

This is the last weekend for Wintersweet Nursery (before I take a nice long break).

I had planned on closing for good – but the uproar!!! The chorus of disappointment!!! 😄 I just can’t let you all down!

So, we take an extended break instead and change a few things. The nursery will open again in Autumn for a big extravaganza – but it won’t be a regular thing, just when I have enough to fill the greenhouse. Yay!

In the meantime, Creswick will come alive this weekend for the annual Garden Lovers’ Weekend with several wonderful gardens open to ‘delight and inspire’. You can buy tickets with maps at the Neighbourhood Centre.

Once you have visited some of these gardens you will of course be thoroughly inspired and will want to buy plants, so ...

Wintersweet Nursery will be open:

🌺Sat & Sun 8th & 9th November: 10am-12pm (later if needed)
🌺4 Curtis Street, Creswick

I suggest getting here as we open on Saturday if there is anything in particular you are after – and I am so sorry, but I just don’t have the time this week to update the website or take pre-orders.

Here’s the list:

Agapanthus Dwarf Blue
Agastache Blue Boa
Agastache Mixed
Ajuga Burgundy Lace
Ajuga Catlins Giant
Anthemis EC Buxton
Aster Ruby Buttons
Aster Sky Blue
Aster Tall Blue
Astrantia Major
Buddleia Black Knight
Buddleia Moonlight
Buddleia Pink Velvet
Buddleia Salviifolius
Buxus English Box (from tubestock to advanced)
Calendula Touch of Red Buff 3-Packs
Campanula Clockwise Purple
Ceanothus Yankee Point
Centranthus Ruber
Chamomile German
Cistus Sunset
Convolvulus Cneorum
Corn 4-Packs
Cosmos 4-packs
Curry Bush
Dianthus Light Pink
Dianthus Pink & White
Dianthus Rebekah (Red)
Diascia Pink
Diascia Red
Echinops Ritro Blue
Echinops Veitchs Blue
Erigeron Seabreeze
Escallonia Iveyi
Euonymus Gold Thumb
Euphorbia Robbiae
Euryops Pectinatus
Evening Primrose Pink
Felicia Amelloides
Gaura Pink
Geranium Biokovo
H**e Albicans
H**e Blue Gem
H**e La Seduisante
H**e Marie Antoinette
H**e Oratias Beauty
H**e Pretty Pink
H**e Snowdrift
H**e Wiri Charm
H**e Wiri Image
Helianthemum Fire Dragon
Helichrysum Petite Licorice
Hemerocallis
Knautia Macedonica
Lamium Sensation
Lilac
Liriope Muscari
Lychnis Angels Blush
Lychnis Coronaria
Lysmachia Ephemerum
Monarda Panorama
Mondo Grass
Nasturtium
Nepeta 6 Hills Giant
Nepeta Purrsian Blue
Osteospermum Mixed
Pelargonium Pink
Penstemon Alice Hindley
Penstemon Maurice Gibbs
Penstemon Port Wine
Persicaria Ta**us
Phlomis Lemon Blush
Photinia Glabra
Phygelius Moonraker
Physostegia Virginiana Purple
Pink Betony
Prunella Alba
Pumpkin Blue Kurl
Rhodohypoxis Beverley
Rosemary Common
Rosemary Pink
Rosemary Prostrate
Sage
Salvia African Sky
Salvia Blue Haze
Salvia Boundary Creek
Salvia Candleglow
Salvia Green Ginger
Salvia Light Pink
Salvia Muelleri
Salvia Nemerosa Purple
Salvia Uliginosa
Saponaria Officinalis
Scabiosa Black Knight
Sea Holly Deep Blue
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sedum Silver Blob
Shaggy Shasta Daisy
Shasta Daisy
Sidalcea Malviflora Party Girl
Silene Coronaria
Silene Schafta Splendens
Silene Uniflora
Snapdragons
Spiraea Anthony Waterer
Succulents
Teucrium Purple Tails
Verbena Bonariensis
Veronica Blue Shades
Veronica Kapitan
Veronica Spicata Purple
Viburnum Tinus
Wahlenbergia
Wallflowers

Hope you can make it!
Janie

28/10/2025

🌿🌿 PLANT NUTRIENTS & DEFICIENCIES WORKSHOP 🌿🌿

Saturday 1st November, 10am -12pm
Creswick Community Garden (at the Neighbourhood Centre)

Cost: $15. Sign up at:
https://creswicknc.org/classes-workshops/in-the-garden

This workshop is all about learning how to "speak plant" and understanding what those yellowing leaves, misshapen fruit or stunted growth are actually telling us. We’ll dive into what’s really going on beneath the surface, how nutrients move through the soil and how plants use them to grow and thrive.

You’ll learn about macro and micro nutrients, the nitrogen cycle, and the role of microbes in making minerals plant-available. We’ll talk about why some plants turn purple or bronze in winter, the real cause of blossom end rot, and how pH affects nutrient uptake. It’s practical, hands-on knowledge that helps you read your garden like a pro and respond to what your plants actually need.

If you’ve ever looked at a struggling plant and wondered why, this workshop will give you the answers - and a whole new way of seeing your garden!

Hope to see you there,

Janie

25/10/2025

Today’s plant sale has been cancelled due to the heavy rain! The front car park area is sodden and our paths are too slippery. Also, I swear that last lightening strike almost hit me 😬! See you in 2 weeks for the next one 🌺

22/10/2025

🌺🌺🌺 Hello Garden Lovers! 🌺🌺🌺

Second last weekend of plant sales coming up:

Sat & Sun 25-26 October 10am-12pm
4 Curtis Street, Creswick

I have finally had a chance to update the website, so you can also order online and arrange to pick up at a more convenient time if you can’t make it this weekend.

I’m also busily potting up and growing on propagations that will be ready for the final opening in two weeks time. Keep an eye out for those!

🌺 This week’s list is below:

Achillea Moonshine
Agapanthus Dwarf Blue
Ajuga Catlins Giant
Arctotis Plum
Aster Ruby Buttons
Aster Sky Blue
Aster Tall Blue
Buddleia Ascot Velvet
Buddleia Moonlight
Buddleia Salviifolia
Buddleia Sungold
Buxus English Box
Calendula
Ceanothus Yankee Point
Centranthus Ruber Rosenrot
Cistus Sunset
Convolvulus Cneorum
Dianthus Rebekah (Red)
Diascia Pink
Diascia Red
Echinops Ritro Blue
Echinops Veitchs Blue
Erigeron Seabreeze
Euonymus Gold Thumb
Euonymus Tom Thumb
Euphorbia Robbiae
Euphorbia Tiny Tim
Euryops Pectinatus
Evening Primrose Pink
Felicia Amelloides
Foxglove
Foxglove Parviflora
H**e Albicans
H**e Blue Gem
H**e La Seduisante
H**e Marie Antoinette
H**e Pretty Pink
H**e Snowdrift
H**e Wiri Image
Helichrysum Italicum (curry)
Helichrysum Petite Licorice
Iberis Sempervirens
Iris Foetidissima
Iris Tall Purple
Lamium Sensation
Lavender English
Lilac
Liriope Muscari
Lychnis Occulata
Lysmachia Ephemerum
Monarda Jacob Cline
Monarda Panorama
Mondo Grass
Nasturtium
Nepeta Six Hills Giant
Nepeta Walkers Low
Osteospermum Mixed
Penstemon Alice Hindley
Penstemon Maurice Gibbs
Penstemon Port Wine
Persicaria Ta**us
Phygelius Moonraker
Prunella Alba
Rosemary Prostrate
Sage
Salvia Blue Haze
Salvia Boundary Creek
Salvia Candleglow
Salvia Muelleri
Salvia Nemorosa Purple
Salvia Royal Bumble
Salvia Uliginosa
Scabiosa Samanthas Pink
Sea Holly Blue
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sedum Lidakense
Shaggy Shasta Daisy
Shasta Daisy
Silene Coronaria
Silene Schafta Splendens
Silene Uniflora
Stachys Lambs Ears
Stachys Pink Betony
Veronica Blue Bouquet
Viburnum Opulus
Viburnum Tinus
Viola Hederacea
Viola Odorata Pink
Wahlenbergia Sky Mist
Wallflower

Hope to see you there!

Janie

08/10/2025

Hi Everyone,

The nursery will be open this weekend, Saturday only due to some family commitments.

🌺 Saturday 11 October – 10am-12pm
🌺 4 Curtis Street Creswick

It’s getting toward the end for Wintersweet Nursery. The Creswick Garden Lovers weekend of 8-9 November will be the last opening, so that’s only three more weekends of trade.

I have updated the website and put (almost) everything online, so if you are unable to make it this Saturday you can put in an order and pick it up whenever is convenient.

Thank you for your ongoing support! This week’s list is below:

Achillea Moonshine
Achillea Summer Pastels
Agapanthus Dwarf Blue
Ajuga Catlins Giant
Aquillegia
Arctotis Plum
Armeria Pink
Aster Ruby Buttons
Aster Sky Blue
Aster Tall Blue
Buddleia Moonlight
Centranthus Ruber
Cistus Sunset
Convolvulus Cneorum
Dianthus Light Pink
Dianthus Rebekah
Diascia Red
Echinops Veitchs Blue
English Box
Erigeron Seabreeze
Euonymus Gold Thumb
Euonymus Tom Thumb
Euphorbia Robbiae
Euryops Pectinatus
Evening Primrose Pink
Felicia Amelloides
Foxgloves
H**e Albicans
H**e Blue Gem
H**e La Seduisante
H**e Mary Antoinette
H**e Snowdrift
H**e Wiri Image
Helianthemum
Helichrysum Italicum (Curry Bush)
Helichrysum Petite Licorice
Hemerocallis Stella Bella
Heuchera Ruby Bells
Ipheion Uniflora
Lamium Sensation
Lavender English
Lemon Balm
Lilac
Liriope Muscari
Lupins mixed
Lychnis Angels Blush
Monarda Jacob Cline
Mondo Grass
Nasturtium mixed
Nepeta Six Hills Giant
Nepeta Walkers Low
Osteospermum Mixed
Penstemon Alice Hindley
Penstemon Maurice Gibbs
Penstemon Pink Cloud
Penstemon Port Wine
Penstemon Thorn
Persicaria Ta**us
Phlomis Lemon Blush
Phygelius Moonraker
Pink Betony
Prunella Alba
Salvia Blue Haze
Salvia Boundary Creek
Salvia Candleglow
Salvia Lake Strawberry
Salvia Muelleri
Salvia Nemorosa Purple
Salvia Nemorosa Rose Marvel
Salvia Royal Bumble
Salvia Uliginosa
Sanguisorba Officinalis
Santolina
Saxifraga Rose
Scabiosa Samanthas Pink
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sedum Lidakense
Sedum Matrona
Shasta Daisy
Shasta Shaggy Gem
Silene Coronaria
Silene Schafta
Silene Uniflora
Spiraea Anthony Waterer
Teucrium Purple Tails
Verbena Bonariensis
Veronica Ornate Silver
Viola Odorata Pink
Wallflower Purple Bicolour

Hope to see you there!

Janie