The award-winning Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne opened in 2006. It is already regarded as one of the world's great gardens of Australian plants.
The Australian Garden Collection plant range has been specially selected for its reliable performance in home gardens. Proceeds from the sale of this plant will assist in the care and development of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Each year there will be a new group of plants released into this unique Australian collection based on their performance at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne.
The plants in 'The Australian Garden Collection' can be found throughout the Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. All you need to do is look for the gum leaf logo on the plant labels to see these plants in a spectacular garden setting.
These proven performers will be available from leading garden retailers, including:
- Acorn Nursery: 665/675 Canterbury Rd. Surrey Hills, (03) 9890 3162
- Botanical Creations: 122 Grange Rd. Carnegie, (03) 9571 9922
- Beasley's Nursery: Warrandyte Rd. Doncaster East, (03) 9844 3355
- Bulleen Art & Garden: 6 Manningham Rd West Bulleen, (03) 9850 5155
- Donnelley's Nursery: 2/860 Ballarto Rd, Botanic Ridge, (03) 9782 2855
- Fitzpatrick's Home Hardware: 6 Pegleg Rd. Eaglehawk, (03) 5446 8144
- Gest's Nursery: 2 Old Sale Rd. Moe, (03) 5126 2384
- Gardenworld: 810 Springvale Rd. Braeside, (03) 9791 0111
- Linton's Garden & Home: Nepean Hwy. Mt Eliza, (03) 9787 2122
- Macdonalds Plants Plus Nursery: 88 Retreat Rd. Bendigo, (03) 5443 4644
- Poynton's Nursery: The Boulevard, Essendon, (03) 9337 8111
- Tram Stop Nursery: Diamond Creek Rd. Greensborough, (03) 9434 1133
Acacia aphylla
A striking upright small to medium shrub with fascinating intricately interlocked bluish-grey spiny branches and stems. Small golden yellow flower-balls produced in late winter and early spring. Can be used for hedging or screening.
Alyogyne huegelii 'West Coast Gem'
A highly desirable free-flowering shrub with broad, lobed, hairy green leaves. This plant produces glorious large bluish-purple flowers at the ends of branches throughout most of the year.
Callistemon 'Packers Selection'
An excellent very adaptable small to medium shrub with narrow dark green leaves. Produces flushes of reddish new growth. Vibrant deep red bottlebrushes are prolific during late spring and early summer. Excellent for hedging. Butterfly and bird attracting.
Calothamnus quadrifidus (Low) 
A reliable shrub with very narrow green leaves. Bright red nectar-rich flowers in bottle-brush spikes are produced on older wood during spring to autumn. Can be shaped as a low hedge. Bird attracting.
Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Prostrate)
A spreading herbaceous groundcover with hairy greyish-green leaves. During spring to autumn, prolific golden-yellow daisy flowerheads are very significant. Excellent cut flower for posies or small arrangements. Butterfly attracting.
Maireana oppositifolia Heathy Bluebush
Desirable small shrub with very tightly packed narrow greyish, often silky-hairy leaves. Features small greenish cream to pinkish winged fruits. Ideal for low plantings, borders and containers. Handy in dry conditions and narrow sites or low hedging. Great for contrast colour.
eronica perfoliata (syn. Derwentia perfoliata) Digger's Speedwell 
A low spreading plant with very broad greyish-green stem-clasping leaves. Purplish blue, starry-shaped flowers are displayed on a long slender stems at the ends of branchlets during spring and early summer.