Discover how to stop landscapers and nurseries swapping plants and maintain control over your design, quality, and project outcomes.
Expanding Your Nursery’s WSUD Plant Range
Many nurseries already supply rain garden plants.
However, WSUD (Water Sensitive Urban Design) infrastructure such as bioswales and distributed infiltration systems are expanding the stormwater category with plants that are tough enough for commercial landscapes with minimal maintenance allowance.
If you are only supplying rain garden species that appeal to home gardeners, you may be missing corridor-scale opportunities.
The Stormwater Plant Range Opportunity
Commercially designed swales require:
- Wet and dry tolerant natives
- High root density species
- Structural tufts for long linear runs
- Shrubs capable of batter stabilisation
This differs from the retail rain garden market, which is usually trying to achieve a highly ornamental space that will rarely succeed on a time frame required for a commercial project. Expanding your WSUD nursery supply portfolio strengthens your position in infrastructure landscaping.
Why Diversification Matters
Distributed stormwater design is increasing across:
- Road upgrades
- Estate developments
- Campus landscapes
- Park retrofits
Each creates repeat demand for stormwater-ready stock.
Production Strategy
- Ozbreed has tested plant tolerances to conditions typical of rain gardens and swales
- Build mixed moisture tolerance categories for upper and lower slopes
- Package plant lists by function, not just botanical grouping (refer to Ozbreed’s palettes)
- Train sales teams to speak performance language
Commercial stormwater infrastructure planting is becoming a defined market segment. Treat it as one. Browse Ozbreed’s plant palettes to view more functional plant opportunities.
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