Climbers
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clematis microphylla | Climber |
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Small-leaved Clematis |
Ground cover
| Botanical name | Mature size H x W |
Tolerates | Special uses | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Craspedia paludicola | 80cm x 20cm |
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Swampy Billy-buttons |
| Eryngium ovinum | 30cm x 30cm |
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Blue Devil |
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 verticillata | 3m x 4m |
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Prickly Moses |
| 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 |
| Correa glabra | 3m x 3m |
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Rock Correa | |
| Enchylaena tomentosa | 40cmm x 1m |
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Ruby Saltbush |
| Exutaxia microphylla | 80cm x 2m |
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Eutaxia |
| Gynatrix pulchella | 3m x 1.5m |
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Hemp-bush | |
| Leucopogon lanceolatus | 1–3m x 3m |
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Spiked Beard Heath |
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 |
| Bothriochloa macra | 40cmm x 30cm |
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Red-leg Grass |
| Carex inversa | 30cm x 50cm |
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Knob Sedge | |
| Carex tereticaulis | 1m x 1m |
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Common Sedge | |
| 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 |
| Dichanthium sericeum | 80cm x 20cm |
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Silky Blue-grass | |
| 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 |
| Lomandra spp. | 1m x 1m |
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Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
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.