Flower essences are liquid preparations traditionally made by infusing flowers in water, then preserving the liquid (often with brandy). They're taken as a few drops, either directly or added to a drink, and are typically chosen based on the traditional associations of each individual flower or blend. They're not medicines, and no medical claims are made for them — they're a traditionally used category that many people build into a personal wellbeing ritual.

Both cover the same 38-remedy system developed by Dr Edward Bach, and both are manufactured by Nelsons. The main practical difference is format and size: Bach Original Flower Remedies come in 20ml bottles, while the Dr Bach range is in 10ml bottles and also includes a few blended products (like Bach Recovery Remedy and Calm Assertion) that sit outside the single-flower range. Which you choose usually comes down to bottle size and price preference rather than a difference in the remedy itself.

No — Rescue Remedy is a blend of five of the original Bach flower remedies (Rock Rose, Impatiens, Clematis, Star of Bethlehem and Cherry Plum) combined into one formula, rather than a single flower taken on its own. It's available in several formats here, including drops, spray, pastilles and liquid melts, plus a Rescue Night variant.

With 38 individual remedies across two ranges (Bach Original and Dr Bach), stock naturally fluctuates more on the lower-demand, less commonly chosen flowers. We restock regularly, and if a specific remedy you're after shows as unavailable, the equivalent flower in the other range (Bach Original 20ml or Dr Bach 10ml) is often in stock as an alternative.

No — they're a separate tradition. Bach Flower Remedies are based on a system of European flowers developed by Dr Edward Bach in England in the 1930s, while Australian Bush Flower Essences draw on native Australian flora and were developed independently. Both follow a similar traditional-use principle (choosing an essence based on its traditional association) but use different plants and come from different practitioners' systems.