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Flowers in season in September in Australia

September is the start of spring and the biggest month of the flower year. Floriade fills Commonwealth Park in Canberra, tulip festivals open in Bowral, Silvan and Wynyard, and Toowoomba and Kings Park run their spring festivals. At market, tulips, ranunculus, sweet peas, waratahs, kangaroo paw and the first proteas are all in, and WA wildflowers are at their peak. Being confirmed

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in season

At market in September

What's in season

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Natives and grown here

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Close-up of a soft pink boronia flower with golden stamens
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Boronia

Boronia megastigma and Boronia heterophylla

Pink Mangle's sunray everlasting daisies with yellow centres growing wild in Western Australia
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Everlasting daisy

Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. rosea and related paper daisies

Crimson waratah flower head with its ring of red bracts, growing in bushland near Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains
Native

Waratah

Telopea speciosissima and hybrids

Branch of golden wattle smothered in fluffy yellow ball flowers
Native

Wattle

Acacia spp. (golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha)

King protea in bloom with a silvery pink dome and pointed rose pink bracts
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Protea

Protea spp. (including Protea cynaroides)

Seasonal cut flowers

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Single violet blue Anemone coronaria with a dark navy centre, growing from feathery leaves
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Anemone

Anemone coronaria

Branches of double pink ornamental cherry blossom against a deep blue sky
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Cherry blossom

Prunus serrulata and other ornamental Prunus

Golden yellow freesia flowers on a curved stem against a dark background
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Freesia

Freesia hybrids

Stargazer Oriental lily fully open, deep pink petals edged in white and freckled with crimson spots
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Lilies

Lilium hybrids

Pale pink saucer magnolia flowers opening on bare branches in spring
Exotic

Magnolia

Magnolia × soulangeana and other species

Velvety red hybrid tea rose, Kardinal, in full bloom on the bush
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Roses

Rosa hybrids

Bunch of red and yellow flamed tulips opening in a vase against a pale wall
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Tulips

Tulipa gesneriana

Bunch of red and yellow flamed tulips opening in a vase against a pale wall

Pick of September

Tulips

Tulips are one of the best buys at market this month. Tulips are a cool-season flower in Australia, at market from about June through to October.

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What's on

Flower events in September

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On nowWADates being confirmed

WA Wildflower Season 2026

1 July to 31 October 2026

Coalseam Conservation Park, Lesueur National Park and the Mid West, Mid West, including Mullewa and Mingenew

Everlasting daisyKangaroo pawBanksiaGeraldton wax

On nowNSW

Tulip Time 2026

11 September to 5 October 2026

Corbett Gardens, Bowral

Tulips

On nowACT

Floriade 2026

12 September to 11 October 2026

Commonwealth Park, Canberra

Tulips

On nowWA

Everlasting Kings Park Festival 2026

18 September to 4 October 2026

Kings Park and Western Australian Botanic Garden, Perth

Kangaroo pawEverlasting daisyBanksiaGrevillea

Get out and see them

Open in September

All places
Flower farmNSWPick your own

Cedar Creek Farm

Cedar Creek (Wollombi Valley)

Open: September to MayBeing confirmed

Born in September?

September birth flowers: Aster and Morning glory

Asters stand for patience and love. Morning glory is a summer climber, and a weed in parts of Australia, so asters are the usual choice.

September birth flowers
  • Aster
  • Morning glory