Bromeliads

Bromeliads Plant Profile and Growing Hints

Bromeliads require very little care and can provide brilliant long lasting flower spikes or blooms. Ornamental foliage is another strong p oint. Bromeliads come in a range of sizes. Bromeliads can be grown indoors in cooler climates or outdoors where temperatures stay above freezing. : aechmea, alcantarea, billbergia, crytanthus, guzmania, neoregelia, nidularium, tillandsia and vriesea. Bromeliads are relatively inexpensive and easy to grow and are drought resistent.

WHOLESALE BROMELIADS OF AUSTRALIA Sherringtons Lane The Pocket via Billinudgel NSW 2483 phone: 02 66 845 374 fax: 02 66 845168 Specialist wholesale bromeliad nursery carrying Aechmeas, Guzmanias, Vrieseas (agents for Andrew Maloy's Kiwi Vrieseas), Alcantareas, Neoregelias and other collectable bromeliads. Advanced stock available. Visits to nursery welcome by appointment - trade & general public. WEB: www.ausbroms.com.au

	SANTURO PARK 1990 Round Hill Road Agnes Water, QLD 4677 ph : 07 49749902 / International ph: 61749749902 Includes: Bromeliads Huge selection of cordylines available over 500 varieties including rare lines and Hawian imports..
	WEB: www.santuropark.com.au/catalog/

CACTUSISLAND GARDEN NURSERY Plants & garden accessories for tropical gardens. Wide range of rare and unusual tropical plants & Adenium (Desert Rose). Palms, Cycads, Succulents, Bougainvillea, Frangipani, Hibiscus & more. Fertiliser, pots, labels, insecticide + other garden needs. Australia wide via mail order & online shop. WEB: cactusisland.com.au

FERN GARDENS Phone: 03 9796 8571 20 Glen Vista Drive, Narre Warren North, VIC 3804 Potted Ferns and Potted Tree Ferns, Tasmanian Tree Ferns, Tree Fern Backing Boards, Ferns and Bromeliads on Tree Fern Backing Boards, Bromeliads, Kangaroo Paw, Sphagnum Moss, Hypoestes Phyllostachya, Phalaenopsis (Orchid) email: sales@ferngardens.com.au WEB: www.ferngardens.com.au

	PARADISE DISTRIBUTERS Unusual Plants, Bromeliads. Ferns and Palms, Food Plants, Ground Covers, Seeds, Hoya, Gingers, Heliconias, Bat Plants, Herbs and Medicinal Plants
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TESSELAAR BULBS 357 Monbulk Road SILVAN VIC 3795 Phone: 03 9737 9811 Fax: 03 9737 9706 Offering you Australia's largest range of guaranteed garden worthy bulbs, plants and perennials. Visit the Tesselaar website for growing guides, free full colour catalogue or to purchase direct. WEB: Tesselaar Bulbs, plants and perennials

	MISTYDOWNS P O Box 398 Creswick Vic 3363 Phone 03 5345 2847 Fax 03 5345 1200 email: Sales@mistydowns.com.au Retail & Mail Order Specialist Growers of Heritage Roses, Unusual Perennials, Tree and Herbaceous Peonies. Mail order and Nursery Sales. Over 1000 images on our Web site.
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	GARDEN EXPRESS 470 Monbulk-Silvan Road Monbulk VIC 3793 Mail: Reply Paid 68541 Monbulk VIC 3793 Phone: Freecall 1800 677 437 Fax: Freefax 1800 063 739 "Guaranteed mail order flowering bulbs, perennials, roses, trees, landscaping plants, garden accessories and community fundraising Australia-wide."
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AUSTRALIAN GARDENER 55 Old Emerald Rd, MONBULK VIC 3793 Mailing Address: PO Box 231, MONBULK VIC 3793 Phone: 03 9751 9595 Fax: 03 9756 7844 Established in 1953, we provide top quality and affordable flowering bulbs, perennials and plants to all Australian Gardeners. Visit our website for a free colour catalogue or to purchase online. WEB: www.ausgardener.com.au

Planting, Growing and Propagating Bromeliads.

Bromeliads need a well drained soil, they do well in pots or in the ground. In pots bromeliads do well in a fine orchid mix or even course sand. But remember bromeliads also like a humid environment, around 60% humidity is ideal. Tank bromeliads, are those that hold water in the center, these like to be flushed out one a week. Bromeliads are easily propagated from pups, new plants thrown off by the parent plant. Wait until the pups reach a good size and the separate them with a sharp knife. Leave the pup in a shady spot for a day or two to harden off, and then plant out. Bromeliads also can be propagated from seed. Remember that most bromeliads only flower once, so make sure you keep the pups and you will have an ongoing show.

FLORA LABORATORIES (Plant Tissue Culture) 18 Mundy St Mentone VIC 3194 PH/Fax (03) 95842087

BAY BROMS 138a Woongarra Street Bundaberg Qld 4670 phone: 07 41510232 fax: 0741510942 Mail order specializing in bromeliads.

DRAGONWOOD GARDENS 60 Mt Nathan Road NERANG Gold Coast QLD MOB 0412 432 970 / 0412 432 971 Specializing in Bromeliads, a wholesale nursery providing quality plants to the trade and public.

BROMAGIC BROMELIAD NURSERY 421 Hunchy Rd Palmwoods QLD 4555 Phone Fax 07 5445 0441

FLOWERS & COLOUR WHOLESALE NURSERY 38 Lower Mountain Road Dundowran QLD 4655 Ph 07 41240980 fax: 07 41241667 Producers of mature and young plants, Orchids, Agaves, Bromeliads, Adeniums (Desert rose), Pachypodium (Madagascar Palm), and Euphorbia Milii (Crown of Thorns)

SYMDOCK Pty. Ltd. Belrose Avenue Petrie, 4502 QLD Phone 07 32856710 email symdock@austarmetro.com.au

NORTHERN BEACHES AUSTRALIAN ORCHIDS 1 Eerawy Rd Allambie NSW 2100 PH/Fax(02) 99059662

BELLENDEN KER GARDENS P.O. Box 159 Babina QLD 4681 PH (07) 40675304

HAZELBROOK HYBRID HIPPIASTRUMS PO Box 179 Hazelbrook NSW 2779 email medner@tpg.com.au

CAPE OASIS PO Box 57 (Wetherby Rd) Mt Molloy QLD 4871 PH 07 4094 1146 Fax (07) 40941559

WINDEMERE NURSERY Lot 64 Greensward Rd Tamborine QLD 4270 phone: 55438814 fax: 55438863 Orchid and Bromeliad Nursery. Small to flowering size and in flower plants available.

THE ORCHID POT Co 21 Jambali Rd Port MacQuarie NSW 2444 PH (02) 65811235 Fax(02) 65811736 email orchidpotco@tsn.cc