This year our online store features 40 different Hellebore varieties, including a number of new offerings.
Autumn is the ideal time of the year to plant Hellebores.
Double apricot peach
Green spotted
Double picotee
Helleborus x hybridus double white painted
It is Autumn Plant Fair time!
Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending several Plant Fairs in the next few weeks with lots of nice new seasons Hellebores ready for planting. These Fairs are all great events for keen gardeners and plant lovers with many other specialist nurseries attending. Details of each Fair is below.
Plant Fair at Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa, ACT
is organized by Open Gardens Australia and will take place on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd March 2014 at historic Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa, ACT. See the OGA website for more information.
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
will be at the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne from Wednesday 26th March to Sunday 30th March 2014. We will be at site B38 (on the path which runs parallel to Victoria St., between the entry gate and Nicholson St.) See this website for more details.
The Tesselaar Gardening and Plants Expo
will take place on the weekend of 5th and 6th April 2014, at Tesselaar Gardens, 357 Monbulk Rd, Silvan. See this website for more information.
The Gippsland Rare and Unusual Plant Fair
will be held on Saturday 12th April 2014 at the Jindivick Public Hall, Jacksons Track, Jindivick, 10am to 4pm. View a PDF information sheet for this event here: 2014 RARE PLANT FAIR
9th Collectors Plant Fair at Clarendon, NSW
will be held on the weekend of 12th to 13th of April, 2014 at the Hawkesbury Race Club, Racecourse Rd, Clarendon, NSW. See their website for more information.
Helleborus x hybridus pale pink
Our Online Hellebore Store will be opening in the first week of April.
We have a number of new introductions this year as well as lots of the varieties that we have become known for. The Hellebores are looking good at the moment having come through the Summer heat wave without any dramas. Autumn is the perfect time to get new Hellebores in the ground. We will be sending out an email update when the Shop is live.
Helleborus x hybridus green purple bicolour
Riversdale Plant Fair
For the information of our NSW customers, Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending the Plant Fair at historic Riversdale, 1 Maud St, Goulburn on Sunday 3rd of November. We will have a nice range of Hellebores available for sale at this Plant Fair and we are looking forward to meeting some of our customers from NSW. Other specialist plant nurseries will be in attendance as well.
One final reminder also that our mail order service for Hellebores will be closing at the end of October. So just 2 weeks to get in any last minute Hellebore orders. The plants are in fine order and we have most varieties still available. Last chance till April 2014 to get some Hellebores planted! A few of the varieties on offer this year are shown below.
Over the next few weeks Post Office Farm Nursery will be attending a number of specialist Plant Fairs. We will have a selection of our smaller mail order sized Hellebores as well as some larger flowering sized plants for sale. These Fairs all feature a wonderful range of specialist plant Nurseries and are great fun for all plant lovers.
Pakenham Garden Expo – Saturday September 7th at the Pakenham Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Pakenham, 10am to 3pm
Red Hill Spring Garden Festival – Saturday 14th September, at the Red Hill Recreation Reserve, Arthurs Seat Road, 10am to 4pm.
The Mt Macedon Plant Lovers Market – the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of September at the Mt Macedon Golf Club/Horticultural Society Hall, 583 Mt Macedon Rd, Mt Macedon.
Baw Baw Garden Expo and Home Show – the weekend of the 12th and 13th of October 2013 at Lardner Park, field days site, via Warragul.
Open Days
The next four Sundays (8th – 29th September) are our last Nursery Open Days for this season. Still lots of lovely Hellebores available and your last chance to visit Post Office Farm till next Winter.
Mail Order
Our mail order Hellebore service continues until the end of October. Our website Shop is open 24/7.
A particularly lovely Helleborus x hybridus ‘Double Picotee’.
Open Days
We are halfway through our season of Open Sundays at Post Office Farm.
Flowering is probably at its peak now with an amazing variety of Hellebores in full flower. Many visitors have been rendered speechless at our stunning display bed of Hellebores.
We have a wide range of flowering Hellebores as well as smaller plants available for sale each Sunday.
Our Nursery Tours held at 11am and 2pm each Sunday have been very popular and give people a chance to see the latest varieties before they become available and get tips on the best way to grow their Hellebores in the garden.
The sales and display areas are fully under cover. Post Office Farm is an easy 1 hour drive from most parts of Melbourne, in the beautiful Macedon Ranges.
Mail Order
For those unable to make a visit to the Nursery, our Mail Order service is still in full swing.
Order via our website Shop or download our 2013 Catalogue from the website.
Most varieties are still available and it is a good time to get Hellebores planted in the garden.