Story: Flemings History
Episode: 19
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
Air Date: 20 December 2025

Flemings Nurseries, a three-generation innovator in Australian horticulture, continues to transform landscapes nationwide with award-winning, world-class plant introductions.

• Founded in the early 1900s by Eric Fleming, the family business is now led by the third and fourth generations, with Wes Fleming at the helm driving plant-breeding excellence across Australia.
• Operating nurseries in both Victoria (Monbulk) and Queensland, Flemings has transformed Australian landscapes by introducing superior trees, shrubs, and fruiting plants sourced from the world’s best breeders.
• Wes Fleming has been a major innovator in the horticultural industry, supporting designers at the Chelsea Flower Show to multiple Best in Show gold medals and contributing as an presenter on The Garden Gurus.
• Flemings is behind well-known favourites such as Indian Summer Crepe Myrtles, Lipstick Maples, Ballerina Columnar Apples, and Trixie dwarf peaches and nectarines, game changers for Aussie home gardeners.
• Flemings’ focus on hardiness means gardeners can grow traditionally difficult species, even in challenging environments like Perth, where improved cultivars of cherries, apples, peaches, nectarines, mangoes, and papaya now thrive.