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Outback Nursery
Rows of young hedging trees growing at the Outback Nursery tree farm

6016 Headquarters Road, Courtenay BC V9J 1M7

Outback Nursery & Garden Centre

Specializing in Japanese Maples, Conifers, Hedging and Ornamental Trees.

Product List Directions
  • Hours 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
  • Closed on Monday(s)
  • open 6 days per week

3 day HYDRANGEA SALE - buy 3 or more and save 30%

This weekend only - Friday October 9 to Sunday October 11.

What we carry

You know us for our Trees and Shrubs

We also carry:

  • Pottery, Benches, Statuary and Fountains
  • Rock Features and Gurglers
  • Wind Spinners
  • Bagged Soils, Manures and Composts
  • Bark Mulch - bagged and bulk

Important to note,veggie starts, herbs, annuals and indoor plants are unavailable

Product List
Conifers: pine, spruce, cryptomeria, fir, juniper, yew, cedrus, sequoia, larch, cedar, chamaecyparis, hemlock, leylandii Deciduous trees and shrubs: Japanese and assorted maples, witch hazel, dogwood, beech, birch, magnolia, hydrangea, spirea, oak, weigela, ginkgo, ash, lilac, smoke bush, willow Evergreen and others: boxwood, rhododendron, pieris, aucuba, azalea, camellia, grasses, blueberries, hanging baskets, gunnera, fruit trees

New arrivals

Stop by and see what's OUTBACK!

MORE NEW ARRIVALS Sept 30th47
  • Acer japonica 'Crimson Queen'
  • Acer japonica 'Tamukeyama'
  • Berberis 'Concorde'
  • Berberis 'Rose Glow'
  • Buxus 'King Midas'
  • Callicarpa 'Bubble Up'
  • Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'
  • Camellia 'Just Chill Double Pink'
  • Camellia 'Just Chill Red Tip'
  • Cornus 'Midwinter Fire'
  • Cornus 'Arctic Fire'
  • Ficus 'Desert King'
  • Hibiscus 'Summer in Paradise'
  • Hosta 'Pandora's Box'
  • Hydrangea 'Bouncy'
  • Hydrangea 'Firelight'
  • Hydrangea 'Fairytrail Green'
  • Hydrangea 'Incrediball'
  • Hydrangea 'Limelight'
  • Hydrangea 'Little Lime'
  • Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky Prime'
  • Ilex 'Touch of Gold'
  • Lagerstroemia 'Princess Holly Ann'
  • Lagerstroemia 'Princess Kylie'
  • Lagerstroemia 'Princess Lyla'
  • Lindera umbellata
  • Magnolia 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'
  • Magnolia 'Edith Bogue'
  • Magnolia 'Genie'
  • Magnolia 'Wisdom'
  • Picea abies 'Little Gem'
  • Picea glauca
  • Pinus contorta contorta
  • Pinus 'Sea Urchin'
  • Pulmonaria x Silver Scimitar
  • Rhodo 'Jean Marie de Montague'
  • Rhodo 'Miyama Gold Prinz'
  • Rhodo 'Patty Bee'
  • Rhodo 'Polarnacht'
  • Rhodo 'Taurus'
  • Rhodo 'Weston's Aglo'
  • Syringa 'Sensation'
  • Syringa 'Cheyanne'
  • Syringa x laciniata - Cutleaf Lilac
  • Taxodium 'Falling Waters'
  • Thuja 'Firechief'
  • Wisteria 'Clara Mack'
NEW ARRIVALS September 17104
  • Abies balsamea nana
  • Abies grandis
  • Acer 'Crimson Queen'
  • Acer 'Heartbeat'
  • Acer 'Koto No Ito'
  • Acer 'Scolopendrifolium'
  • Acer 'Tamukeyama'
  • Arbutus 'Compacta'
  • Arctostpahylos 'Howard McMinn'
  • Azalea 'Gibraltar'
  • Azalea 'Girards Fuchsia'
  • Azalea 'Gumpo Pink'
  • Azalea 'Red Demon'
  • Boxwood 'Green Mountain'
  • Boxwood 'Green Velvet'
  • Boxwood 'King Midas'
  • Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'
  • Camellia 'Eleanor McCown'
  • Camellia 'Jury's Yellow'
  • Camellia 'Just Chill Double Pink'
  • Camellia 'Just Chill Red Tip'
  • Camellia 'Roosevelt Blues'
  • Cham. Nootkatensis 'Green Arrow'
  • Cham. Obtusa 'Kosteri'
  • Cham. Obtusa 'Well's Special'
  • Choisya 'Sundance'
  • Cornus alba 'Prairie Fire'
  • Cornus alba 'Sgt Pepper'
  • Cornus 'Snow Tower'
  • Cornus 'Summer Gold'
  • Cryptomeria 'Little Diamond'
  • Daphne 'Eternal Fragrance'
  • Drimys lanceolata
  • Euonymus 'Little Moses' (Dwarf Burning Bush)
  • Fuchsia 'David'
  • Ginkgo 'Mariken'
  • Hamamelis 'Diane'
  • Heptacodium 'Seven Sons'
  • Hydrangea 'Drama Queen'
  • Hydrangea 'Endless Summer 'Summer Crush'
  • Hydrangea 'Fire Light Tidbit'
  • Hydrangea 'Incrediball'
  • Hydrangea 'Incrediball Blush'
  • Hydrangea 'Limelight'
  • Hydrangea 'Little Lime'
  • Hydrangea 'Munchkin'
  • Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky Prime'
  • Hydrangea 'Soul Mate'
  • Hydrangea 'Vanilla Strawberry'
  • Hydrangea'Eclipse'
  • Juniper 'procumbens nana'
  • Juniper 'Wiltonii'
  • Leylandii 'Gold Rider'
  • Malus fusca (Pacific Crab Apple)
  • Michelia 'Fairy Blush'
  • Michelia 'Fairy Cream'
  • Michelia 'Fairy White'
  • Myrica Californica
  • Nandina 'Plum Passion'
  • Nandina 'Twilight'
  • Oemlaria cerasiformis
  • Pachystima canbyi
  • Philadelphus lewisii
  • Picea abies 'Little Gem'
  • Picea glauca
  • Picea glauca 'Conica' (Dwarf Alberta Spruce)
  • Picea glauca 'Montrose Charm'
  • Picea glauca 'Spruce it Up'
  • Picea omorika 'Karel'
  • Picea pungens 'Baby Blue'
  • Picea pungens 'Glauca' (Colorado Blue)
  • Pieris 'Katsura'
  • Pinus contorta contorta (Shore Pine)
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir)
  • Quercus garryana
  • Rhodo 'Dark Lord'
  • Rhodo 'Edith Bosley'
  • Rhodo 'Ginny Gee'
  • Rhodo 'Holden'
  • Rhodo 'Honey Butter'
  • Rhodo 'Mardi Gras'
  • Rhodo 'Nova Zembla'
  • Rhodo 'Patty Bee'
  • Rhodo 'Taurus'
  • Rhodo 'Yaku Prince'
  • Rhodo 'Yaku Princess'
  • Ribes alpinum
  • Ribes sanguineum
  • Salix discolor
  • Salix 'Hakuro Nishiki'
  • Salix 'Mt. Aso'
  • Skimmia 'Chameleon'
  • Skimmia 'Dwarf Female'
  • Skimmia 'Marlot'
  • Skimmia reevesiana
  • Skimmia 'Rubella'
  • Syringa 'Ivory Silk'
  • Taxus bacata 'fastigiata'
  • Taxus bacata fastigiata aurea (Golden Irish Yew)
  • Thuja 'DeGroot's Spire'
  • Thuja occ. 'Sting'
  • Thuja plicata (Red Cedar)
  • Tsuga can. Pendula (weeping hemlock)
  • Vaccinium ovatum

Gift certificates

WE HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE in 3 easy steps!

For Any Special Occasion

  1. Send an email to info@outbacknursery.ca - as a way to introduce yourself
  2. Send an E-transfer to info@outbacknursery.ca with your chosen amount
  3. We will scan a voucher and email it back to you or another email of your choosing

Thank you for supporting Local!

FAQ and Gift Certificates

Hedging

Did you know that we grow our own hedging?

See the banner photo above for an image from our TREE FARM.

CHOOSE FROM:

Leylandii, Excelsa, Smaragd, Portuguese Laurel and Brandon

Before you visit

Visit our PRODUCTS PAGE for a list of plants that we typically carry. Availability is subject to change.

For prompt service and the best selection of the season, we recommend that you attend the garden centre as often as your can. We're a fun place to spend time and the sights are ever changing!.

Regular visits are recommended.

If you have a question about a specific tree you'd like to plant, the best first step is learning as much as you can from online sources before your visit.

Some of our favourite websites!

  • rhs.org.uk
  • gardenia.net
  • finegardening.com
  • pinterest.com
  • houzz.com
Outback Nursery seen from the air: greenhouses and growing fields in a clearing surrounded by forest

Our story

Welcome to Outback Nursery & Garden Centre

Outback Nursery is one of the largest garden centres on Vancouver Island. Our nursery is situated on a 6 acre property and offers 5 overflowing greenhouses (30x170ft); almost 23,000 square feet.

Outback Nursery began in 1998-1999 when our parents retired to the island from Aldergrove. They asked if we'd be interested in joining them and then purchased this heavily treed property. We began clearing some trees and settled into country life trying our hand at raising some turkeys and pigs as well as growing some hedging and conifers. We joined the Farmer's Market, then as our inventory expanded we began running a spec truck down island stopping here and there to show our quality product to potential customers.

Little by little the property was cleared and one by one the greenhouses and irrigation zones increased to what you see today. In the beginning we were limited to wholesale and landscape clientele, then somewhere along the way interest in our nursery grew and we opened to the public.

Please follow this link to read more about us.

If you have a general enquiry, it is best to send an email to info@outbacknursery.ca

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