Australian native flower spotlight

I love incorporating Australian natives into our bouquets from our Moorooka florist home studio. They are hardy, beautiful and have so much character. My favourite is wattle (and flannel flower...and billy buttons) and Katie’s fave is candlestick banksia (and Kangaroo paw...and waratahs...and thryptomene). 

Many people don’t realise that Australian native flowers are highly seasonal which makes them difficult to get all year round - and a shockingly large amount of our “native” flower supply gets imported from overseas! 

With people caring more about buying local, and spending more time on home soil people generally have good intentions when choosing natives, without realising that for a good chunk of the year they are being imported from places as far away as South Africa or Israel. Israel actually exports more Australian Natives than we even grow here - how wild!

Here is a little calendar of the seasons of Australian native flowers to give you an idea of what you can expect from us, and when :) 

This is by no means an exhaustive list, there are plenty of other native Australian stems that work well as cut flowers - anything you wish we had covered? Get in touch with us at contact@barebouquets.com 

With love,

Miriam