This page is for journalists, editors and researchers writing about Australian gardens. It holds the key numbers and charts from What Australia Planted in 2025-26, a study of every paid order Nursery Near Me shipped over twelve months. Everything here is free to use with attribution to Nursery Near Me and a link to the study.
The study in one paragraph
Between September 2025 and August 2026 Nursery Near Me shipped 3,274 paid online orders and 21,173 plants to every mainland state. Lilly Pilly Resilience was the most ordered plant in the country by a wide margin. Victoria ordered Australian natives at 61.4 per cent of all plants, well ahead of New South Wales at 49.6 and Queensland at 48.8. Low maintenance was the most requested quality in every state, pet friendly was a top four quality in four states, and April was the busiest planting month of the year, ahead of any month of spring.
Key numbers
- 3,274 paid orders and 21,173 plants, twelve months to August 2026
- Native share of plants by state: Victoria 61.4 per cent, New South Wales 49.6, Queensland 48.8, Western Australia 35.6, ACT 30.6, South Australia 13.7
- Top five plants nationally by units shipped:
- Lilly Pilly Resilience: 3,813 plants
- Straight and Narrow Lilly Pilly: 716 plants
- Express Lilly Pilly: 619 plants
- No Mow Grass: 304 plants
- Compact Yellow Buttons: 303 plants
- Most common planting purpose: feature planting in Queensland, hedging in New South Wales, pots and containers in Victoria, South Australia and the ACT, screening and privacy in Western Australia
Charts
Each chart is 1600 by 900 pixels, PNG, with the source line on the image. Click the download link under any chart for the full size file.
How to cite
Source: Nursery Near Me, What Australia Planted in 2025-26, nurserynearme.com.au/blogs/blog/what-australia-planted-2025-26. A state cut, a season cut or a quote from a director is available on request.
Notes on the data
- SA, ACT and WA samples are small (under 150 orders each); treat state rankings there as indicative only
- Figures are units shipped, not dollars, and months are indexed rather than reported as raw totals.
- The study covers paid online orders only. Wholesale and installation work is not included.
Press contact
Isaac Olson, Director, Nursery Near Me. Email sales@nurserynearme.com.au and mark the subject Media.