Longview Garden Centre

The Blue Mountains' cool climate and altitude make it one of the few parts of New South Wales where camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and peonies genuinely thrive, and this Wentworth Falls nursery has built its stock around exactly that advantage, billing itself as the largest garden centre in the region. The range runs deep into collectable and specialist plants — hellebores, dogwoods, clematis, named maple cultivars, rare and ornamental trees — stock that's harder to find at general hardware nurseries down on the plains. It's a destination for Blue Mountains and Sydney gardeners chasing a specific cultivar as much as a local stop for potting mix and mulch. Open seven days, from 9am on weekdays and Saturdays and from 10am on Sundays, it sits on the Great Western Highway through Wentworth Falls, an easy stop for anyone touring the mountains' gardens and nurseries for the day.