A serious question ...

... does anyone out there, in the Sydney region, know of a really good plant nursery. I'm looking for something like all the lovely ones in Pialligo , Canberra. Large ones you can wander through, chock full of interesting plants and plant-related things NOT just your generic pansies in a pot. This one is an example of what Pialligo has about 10 of, I exaggerate NOT.
I've yet to find anything even halfway as good. The ones attached to hardware shops are tatty, badly looked after and frankly, full of wilted, damaged, browning plants. All the wee suburban ones are too small to allow a good wander or to have a big or a really interesting selection. You know, where you spot something you've never seen before and are overcome with plant desire.
This lack of satisfactory nurseries means we do a good deal of our plant shopping in Canberra, not ideal as the climate is very different, but what else is a girl to do? During the xmas-time visit we stopped in at the Heritage Nursery at Yarralumla about brought home a bebe Red Centre Lime. I'd been craving a cumquat but was seduced by this spiky little bugger. A few holes in the hands in the planting but I'm sure the pretty red fruit will be worth it.
And now for a sample of photos - because Mr Brown finally downloaded them for me.Persephone in her new pot.The first dragonfly of the season, I've spotted a few blue-banded bees too but not sitting still.The obscenely huge bath in the marble bathroom at the Hyatt.Bones having been melted by the heat, Ping slowly oozes out of her sleepy spot.