Climbers
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
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| Clematis microphylla | Climber |
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Small-leaved Clematis |
Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
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| Convolvulus erubescens | Matures to 3m |
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Pink Bindweed | |
| Einadia nutans | Matures to 3m |
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Nodding Saltbush |
| Kennedia prostata | Matures to 3m |
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Running Postman | |
| Microlaena stipoides | 40cm x 3m |
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Weeping Grass |
Herbaceous perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysocephalum apiculatum | 20cm x 1m |
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Common Everlasting | |
| Chrysocephalum semipapposum | 80cm x 50cm |
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Clustered Everlasting | |
| Comesperma ericinum | 80cm x 1.5m |
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Heath Monkwort | |
| Wahlenbergia stricta | 80cm x 30cm |
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Tall Bluebell |
Shrubs
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia acinacea | 2m x 2m |
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Gold Dust Wattle |
| Acacia aspera | 2m x 3m |
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Rough Wattle | |
| Acacia genistifolia | 1.5m x 1m |
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Spreading Wattle |
| Acacia lanigera | 1.5m x 2m |
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Woolly Wattle |
| Banksia marginata | 2.5m x 2m |
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Silver Banksia |
| Billardiera scandens | 1.5m x 1.5m |
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Common Apple Berry |
| Bursaria spinosa | 3m x 2m |
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Sweet Bursaria |
| Callistemon sieberi | 3m x 3m |
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River Bottlebrush |
| Calytrix tetragona | 2m x 2m |
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Common Fringe-myrtle |
| Cassinia longifolia | 3m x 3m |
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Shiny Cassinia |
| Correa glabra | 3m x 3m |
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Rock Correa |
| Correa reflexa | 1.5m x 1m |
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Native Fuchsia |
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Dodonea triquetra | 2–4m x 1.3m | Large-leaf Hop-bush | ||
| Enchylaena tomentosa |
40cm x 1m |
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Ruby Saltbush |
| Eriostemon verrucosus | 1m x 1m |
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Fairy Wax-flower | |
| Goodenia ovata |
2m x 2m |
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Hop Goodenia |
| Goodia lotifolia | 3m x 2m |
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Golden Tip |
| Grevillea alpina | 1.5m x 2m |
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Cat’s Claw |
| Grevillea dryophylla |
2m x 2m |
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Goldfields Grevillea |
| Grevillea victoriae |
3m x 2.5m |
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Royal Grevillea | |
| Hakea decurrens |
2.5m x 2m |
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Bushy Needlewood |
| Indigofera australis |
2m x 2m |
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Austral Indigo |
| Leptospermum myrsinoides | 2m x 2m |
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Heath Tea-tree |
| Lomatia ilicifolia |
2m x 1m |
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Holly Lomatia |
| Melaleuca decussata |
3m x 3m |
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Totem-poles |
| Olearia lirata |
3m x 2m |
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Snowy Daisy Bush | |
| Ozothamnus obcordatus | 2m x 1m |
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Grey Everlasting |
| Platylobium obtusangulum |
1m x 1m |
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Common Flat-pea | |
| Pomaderris racemosa | 3m x 2m |
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Slender Pomaderris |
| Prostanthera rotundifolia |
2.5m x 2m |
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Round-leaved Mint-bush | |
| Pultenaea daphnoides | 2.5m x 2m |
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Large-leaf Bush-pea | |
| Putlenaea gunnii |
2m x 1m |
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Golden Bush-pea |
| Rhagodia spinescens |
1m x 2.5m |
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Hedge Salt Bush |
| Solanum laciniatum |
2m x 3m |
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Cut-leaf Kangaroo Apple |
| Spyridium parvifolium | 3m x 2m |
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Australian Dusty Miller |
| Viminaria juncea |
3m x 2m |
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Golden Spray |
Tufted perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
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| Agrostis avenacea | 60cm x 50cm |
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Common Blown Grass |
| Bothriochloa macra | 40cmm x 30cm |
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Red-leg Grass |
| Carex appressa | 1m x 1m |
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Tall Sedge | |
| Carex inversa | 30cm x 50cm |
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Knob Sedge | |
| Carex tereticaulis | 1m x 1m |
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Common Sedge | |
| Chionochloa pallida | 1.5m x 50cm | Silvertop Wallaby-grass | ||
| 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 |
| Eleocharis acuta | 80cm x spreading |
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Common Spike-sedge |
| Gahnia spp. | 2m x 2m |
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Saw Sedge |
| Lepidosperma spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Sword Sedge |
| Poa labillardieri | 70cm x 1.5m |
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Common Tussock-grass |
| Poa sieberiana var. sieberiana | 60cm x 60cm |
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| Stipa spp. | 1m x 30cm |
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Spear grass |
| Themeda triandra | 70cm x 50cm |
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Kangaroo 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.