Australian Begonia Company

Originally starting under the name Candybell, our nursery is still the only commercial propagator of named varieties of Lapageria, or the Chilean Bellflower.

Now known as the Australia Begonia company, we still grow a full range of Lapageria, but now we have added tuberous, cane and rex begonias to our growing list. We are currently the world's only nursery specialising in a full range of beautiful Australian bred Tuberous Begonias.

We also grow and propagate the fabled Blue Himalayan Poppy, or Meconopsis. The strain which we have found gives best results in Australia is Meconopsis "Lingholm", a hybrid of M. grandis.

We are currently preparing a display garden of imported tree peonies. This should be ready to open for display by September 2008.

Our plants can be seen and purchased at our Erica Begonia Festival, or from our stand at the ABC Gardening Australia Expo in Melbourne and Sydney or from our stand at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Also plants can be purchased by mail order.

The nursery is located at Erica, north of Moe in Gippsland. The area is in the foothills of Mt Baw Baw, at 450m altitude, and receives approx 50in of yearly rainfall.

The nursery is open for visits, but please call ahead and make sure we will be here to meet you!