The time for buying rhizomes in Australia is during July.
Sandy Ross from Tasmania has a good range of hop rhizomes during the season.

Sandy is likely to have the following varieties available in 2009:
Chinook
Pride of Ringwood
Cluster
Goldings
Hallertau
Hersbrucker
Mount Hood
Nugget
Perle
Precoce d’Bourgogne
Tettnang
Willamette
Wuerttemberger

If you would like information on any variety please go to

http://www.freshops.com/usda_hop_desc2.html

Sandy prefers to be contacted by email:

Sandy Ross
Managing Director
Hopco Pty Ltd

PO Box 201
Lindisfarne 7015

Phone 03 6243 5960
Fax 03 6243 5397
Mobile 0403 005 248
Email: hopco@bigpond.net.au