Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einadia nutans | Matures to 3m |
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Nodding Saltbush |
Herbaceous perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysocephalum semipapposum | 80cm x 50cm |
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Clustered Everlasting | |
| Mentha australis | 80cm x 1.5m |
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River Mint Native |
| Wahlenbergia stricta | 80cm x 30cm |
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Tall Bluebell |
Shrubs
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banksia marginata | 2.5m x 2m |
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Silver Banksia |
| Bursaria spinosa | 3m x 2m |
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Sweet Bursaria |
| Bursaria spinosa subsp.lasiophylla | 2.5m x 1.5m |
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Hairy Bursaria | |
| Callistemon sieberi | 3m x 3m |
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River Bottlebrush |
| Cassinia longifolia | 3m x 3m |
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Shiny Cassinia |
| 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 |
| Dodonaea viscosa | 4m x 3m |
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Wedge-leaf Hop-bush |
| Goodenia ovata | 2m x 2m |
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Hop Goodenia |
| Grevillea alpina | 1.5m x 2m |
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Cat’s Claw |
| Grevillea lanigera | 2m x 2m |
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Woolly Grevillea |
| Grevillea victoriae | 3m x 2.5m |
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Royal Grevillea | |
| Indigofera australis | 2m x 2m |
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Austral Indigo |
| Leptospermum brevipes | 2–4m x 3m | Slender Tea-tree | ||
| Lomatia ilicifolia | 2m x 1m |
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Holly Lomatia |
| Olearia tomenstosa | 50cm–1.5m x 1.5mm | Large-leaf Daisy Bush | ||
| Ozothamnus cuneifolius | 1–2.5m x 3m | Wedge Everlasting | ||
| Ozothamnus obcordatus | 2m x 1m |
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Grey Everlasting |
| Spyridium parvifolium | 3m x 2m |
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Australian Dusty Miller |
Tufted perennials
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrostis avenacea | 60cm x 50cm |
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Common Blown 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.