Find plants suited to your area, and the local nursery that stocks them.

Enter your postcode. We show plants suited to your region and which nurseries have them in stock or on order.

Coast wattle (Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae). Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY 2.0.

From postcode to plant to nursery

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Enter your postcode
Or your suburb. That sets the region, and you can adjust for sun, shade, soil and exposure.
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Browse plants suited to it
Each match is marked verified by a horticulturist or reported by members.
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See who has it nearby
Nurseries with it in stock or on order, how far away, and when the list was last updated.
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Buy from the nursery
Visit or call. You buy from them, already knowing it suits your garden.

Why here first

The whole Shire sits inside the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve, one of five UNESCO biosphere reserves in Australia. Its climate, soils and vegetation change over a few kilometres, which is the problem a postcode-level plant match solves. The first search has to return a real, local, in-stock answer, so we're starting with one region and its nurseries.

724 km²
of Peninsula, around 40 towns: 70%
Green Wedge, kept rural: 30%
of native vegetation remains: 57%
of that is on private land

Grown for this place

Some of the species locally indigenous to the Peninsula, from coast wattle on the dunes to kangaroo grass in the woodlands.

A silver banksia tree covered in flower cones growing in open bushland at Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula — Silver banksia
*Banksia marginata*

A single open white correa flower with four star-like reflexed petals and pink-tipped stamens, against soft green foliage — White correa
*Correa alba*

A tussock of kangaroo grass with tall arching golden-brown seed heads at a woodland edge — Kangaroo grass
*Themeda triandra*

Sprays of bright yellow ball-shaped golden wattle flowers on a branch with long sickle-shaped leaves against a blue sky — Golden wattle
*Acacia pycnantha*

Close-up of a pale purple six-petalled flax lily flower with bright yellow anthers — Flax lily
*Dianella revoluta*

Creamy white bottlebrush-like moonah flowers covering fine needle-like foliage — Moonah
*Melaleuca lanceolata*

Photos: Melburnian (CC BY 3.0); JJ Harrison (CC BY-SA 3.0); Harry Rose (CC BY 2.0); Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (CC BY-SA 4.0); Allthingsnative (CC BY-SA 3.0); Donald Hobern (CC BY 2.0).

Plants suited to where you live

A plant labelled "native" may not suit your area. WattleGrow lists plants by region, with each match verified or member reported. Half of Australians buy at least two plants a year, and confidence in plant care is the biggest thing that makes people buy more.

For gardeners

Show local gardeners what you have in stock

If you stock a plant they're searching for, they're sent to your nursery, and you see what people nearby search for and can't find. Free during the pilot.

For nurseries

Photos: Melburnian (CC BY 3.0);Donald Hobern (CC BY 2.0).

Less water, more survivors

South East Water puts outdoor use at 25 to 50% of an average home's water. Plants matched to the site need less of it, and mulch cuts soil evaporation by up to 70%. Theplanting calendar shows when to put plants in so winter rain does the establishing.

Launching soon on the Mornington Peninsula

Gardeners can sign up now to get access when it opens. Nurseries can claim their listing now and have stock loaded by launch day.

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Sources

Mornington Peninsula Shire, Green Wedge Management Plan
Mornington Peninsula Shire, State of Biodiversity report (2018)
Victorian Government, Know Your Council: Mornington Peninsula Shire
UNESCO, Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
Greenlife Industry Australia, Nursery consumer usage and attitudes, key findings (2023)
South East Water, Create a waterwise garden