Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedia prostata | Mature to 3m |
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Running Postman | |
| Microlaena stipoides | 40cm x 3m |
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Weeping Grass |
| Myoporum floribundum | 2–4m x 2m | Slender Myoporum |
Shrubs
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia genistifolia | 1.5m x 1m |
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Spreading Wattle |
| Acacia myrtifolia | 2m x 2m |
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Myrtle Wattle |
| Acacia stricta | 3m x 3m |
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Hop Wattle |
| Acacia verticillata | 3m x 4m |
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Prickly Moses |
| Babingtonia virgata |
2-4m x 1.5m |
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Tall Baeckea |
| Callistemon citrinus | 1-3m x 1m | Crimson Bottlebrush | ||
| Coprosma quadrifida | 3m x 1.5m |
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Prickly Currant-bush |
| Correa reflexa | 1.5m x 1m |
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Native Fuchsia |
| Crowea exalata | 1m x 1m | Small Crowea | ||
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Dodonea triquetra | 2-4m x 1.3m | Large-leaf Hop-bush | ||
| Epacris impressa | 1.5m x 0.8m |
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Common Heath |
| Eriostemon myoporoides | 1-4m x 2.5m | Long-leaf Wax-flower | ||
| Grevillea victoriae | 3m x 2.5m |
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Royal Grevillea |
| Hakea sericea | 3m x 2m |
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Silky Hakea |
| Leptospermum brevipes | 2-4m x 3m |
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Slender Tea-tree | |
| Leptospermum flavescens | 2–4m x 3m | Yellow Tea-tree | ||
| Leucopogon lanceolatus | 1–3m x 3m |
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Spiked Beard Heath | |
| Melaleuca squarrosa | 3m x 3m |
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Scented Paperbark |
| Olearia tomenstosa | 50cm –1.5m x 1.5m | Large-leaf Daisy Bush | ||
| Ozothamnus cuneifolius | 1–2.5m x 3m | Wedge Everlasting | ||
| Pomaderris elliptica | 1–4m x 3m | Pomaderris | ||
| Pomaderris intermedia | 1m x 2m | Pomaderris | ||
| Pomaderris lanigera | 1–3m x 2m | Woolly Pomaderris | ||
| Pomaderris prunifolia | 3m x 3m | Plum-leaf Pomaderris | ||
| Pomaderris velutina | 1–2m x 2m | Velvet Pomaderris |
Tufted perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danthonia Austrodanthonia spp. | 80cm x 20cm |
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Wallaby Grasses |
| Dianella spp. | 60cm x 1.5m |
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Black-anther Lily-flax |
| Lomandra spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
| Poa ensiformis | 1m x 75cm |
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Sword Tussock-grass |
| Poa labillardieri | 70cm x 1.5m |
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Common Tussock-grass |
| Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana | 60cm x 60cm |
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Grey Tussock-grass |
Tolerances
Sand - suitable to plant in deep sand
Clay - suitable to plant in deep clays
Salt - can withstand medium salting
Water - tolerant of persistent waterlogging and low oxygen levels
Frost - tolerant of frosts. Heavy frosts will harm most plants, only plant when frost is unlikely.
Special uses
Wind - suitable for use in windbreaks or provides wind protection.
Fire - has characteristics that may reduce the severity of a fire, for example:
- high water content,
- bark that is fire resistant, or
- dense foliage to reduce wind speed.
Dense planting of such plants near buildings can reduce the impact of a bushfire.