Sydney Flowers For All Occasions

Have you ever wondered why Sydney flowers are in such high demand?

It has grown so big that it is now a billion dollar industry!

Giving fresh cut Sydney flowers have become so popular among Sydneysiders that only do they buy their cut flowers in the flower shops but they also have been using flower delivery Sydney services.

Nothing beats the freshness and beauty of cut flowers to lighten and brighten any day. That is why even on sad occasions like sickness or death, you can't go wrong with fresh cut flowers.

Sydney flowers are sought after not only in Australia but all over the world. Giving fresh cut flowers have become popular gifts for those especial occacsions...from "I love you", "missing you", "congratulations","thank you", "sorry" and "get well" making the cut flower industry a half a billion dollar industry in Australia and over seven billion dollars worldwide.

variety of traditional flowers...

and natives and proteas

Sydney grows and supplies a wide range of cut flowers because of its varying weather. From traditional Sydney flowers like roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, gerberas, lilies, asters, statice, freesias and poppies... to wild flowers( Australian natives and South African proteas ) like waratahs, kangaroo paws, wax flowers.

Most of the flower farms are scattered two to three hours around Sydney and their produced sold in one central location which is the Sydney Flower Market in Flemington everyday. You are always therefore guaranteed fresh cut flowers for that especial occasion.

Sydney Flower Market supplies florists all over New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory . It is also the oldest and largest cut flower market in Australia having more than 160 traders under its roof. It is also open to the public.

Sydney imports cut flowers too to meet demand, especially when there is a low supply of those Sydney flowers that are not in season.

Sydney Flower Market in Flemington...

...Phil and his flower shop

One of the fun things to do when traveling to a place you have never been before is appreciating the fauna and flora. However, a good number of tourists often focus on visiting the parks and zoos with the main intention being to see the animals.

By taking such an approach, one misses out on what could be an exciting addition to their trip itinerary.

So when you visit Sydney, one thing you should not leave without doing is visiting one of the several gardens where you can see the plants and flowers diversity of Sydney and the greater New South Wales.

• One such place is the Royal Botanic Gardens overlooking Sydney Harbour in the north-eastern side of Sydney Central District. This thirty hectares garden is open to the public all year round.
• If you are heading the Blue Mountains, don't miss to visit Mt. Tomah. You have to take the back road of Bell of Line Road via Bilpin.It is quite a scenic road and you will pass by some orchard farms for some fruit picking.
• And if you are heading south to Canberra, Mt. Annan Botanic Garden will be the ideal choice. It is an impressive garden of 400 hectares specializing in Australian native plants and flowers. This garden is between Campbelltown and Camden.

So what types of flowers can you expect to find in Sydney?

Let us have a look at some Australian natives or wildflowers.

red waratah...

• First up is the Waratah - the official flower of New South Wales. For a flower to be deemed the official state flower of New South Wales, there must be something special about it right?

  Well,the Waratah is not your typical flower because it is found nowhere else in the world as a wild plant except the state of New South Wales. It is a considerably large plant growing to a height of 3 or 4 meters

  However, it is the large red flowers that emerge during spring that the Waratah is best known for.Actually, the flower is not really a flower but rather a collection of smaller flowers.




...and the white waratah



The sweet sap has been a source of Native Australian's diet for generations. It is the sweet sap that sees honey-eater birds, the eastern pygmy possum and several types of insects converge on the shrubs during spring.

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Photo by Poyt448 Peter Woodard from Wikimedia Commons

• The pink wax flower is not only found in New South Wales but in Queensland too. If you are in Sydney in early spring or towards the end of the winter season, the dazzling display of the pink flowers is difficult to miss.

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• Then there is the Actinotus helianthi, which is better known as the Flannel Flower. When you first see the Flannel Flower, you can be forgiven for thinking that it belongs to the daisy flower family.
  Most people are surprised to know that it is in fact in the same plant family as the carrot. It not only occurs in abundance in the bush around Sydney, but is a common sight in private gardens and lawns. The flowers are flannel-like in texture and the leaves are grayish.

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Photo by Melburnian (digital photograph by author) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

• The Dampiera Stricta or blue dampiera is another common flower in and around Sydney. It is also found in the greater New South Wales as well as in Victoria, Queensland and the island of Tasmania. The Dampiera Stricta typically blooms between the months of August and January and its flowers have a distinct blue-purple color with yellow center.

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By Bidgee [CC-BY-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

• Now, if the Waratah is the official flower of the state of New South Wales, is there a flower that is the official emblem of Australia?

  The answer is yes - the Golden Wattle. And there is a good reason why it is known as ‘golden' - the bright yellow flowers. Actually each flower head is a clusterof tiny flowers. The flowers are also fragrant that they are used in making perfumes

  Now, you have a good idea why many national Australian sports teams wear a yellow shade strip!

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