Riverdene Nurseries

16/03/2026

Can you see him? His little Blue Banded Butt is buried so far in the Swainsonia flowers he is hard to see. The whole bench of Swainsonia seedlings is buzzing with these beautiful native bees.

26/02/2026

Not a native to Australia but a stunning drought hardy bush anyway "Canary Island Smoke Bush" (Bystropogon canariensis) gets its name from the clouds of fluffy flowers that give a misty or smoky appearance. The leaves are aromatic as well and smell like mint when brushed. Well suited to the Australian garden.

25/02/2026

For those that have acess to a river bank, this is the Native Tree Violet. The end of the leaves have little scalloped edges and the branches have fines thorns all over them.

Found on Google from plantthis.com.au

25/02/2026

And some of the prettiest (Astartea fasicularis) have the most boring common names "False Baeckia". These guys will be a mass of flowers shortly.

25/02/2026

"Queen of the Bush" Pimelea linifolia) is self explanatory because the flowers look like a crown?

25/02/2026

But wait, there is more "Koala Bells" (Artenema fimbriata). Don't ask me how Koala and a Bell are related but this one always makes me imagine a Koala with an anklet of little bells jingling as he climbs his tree!

25/02/2026

Some plant names just get you to buy them... "Sparkling Mint Bush" (Prostranthera rhombus Pink) just starting to flower

23/02/2026

Hey guys, we are in desperate need of cutting material of Melicytus dentatus (Native Tree Violet). If anyone has a shrub in their yard, we would appreciate some cuttings?

27/01/2026

OK then - let's do this! RIVERDENE WILL BE OPEN Saturdays and Sundays from 10am till 2pm throughout February & March! We have benches full of garden plants - all tubestock $5 each!

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27/01/2026

Hey guys, just wondering how much interest there would be if I was to start opening on weekends again?

03/09/2025

Hi followers. We have missed the White Cedar seed from the nursery because the boss is in hospital and we did not realise it was time to collect so if anyone has a tree with seed that they would like to send our way, we would appreciate it!

25/07/2025

Over the past month or so we have been watching some new birds make a home with us here at the Nursery. We were not sure at first that we had seen these new friends but we are now - we have breeding pairs of the Regent Bowerbird sharing our space! They are a beautiful bird. We have had quite a colony of the Satin Bowerbirds over the past 10 years but this is the first sighting of the Regents so for those of you in Gresford, keep your eyes out for them - you cannot miss the black and yellow males (mind you they are very quick)

The Regent Bowerbird is a small, slim bowerbird with a long, straight slender bill. The male bird is glossy jet black with bright gold on its head, nape and wings. The male's bill and eye are yellow. The female is brown-black, mottled brown, with light brown scallops on its back and breast. There ar...