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SOILS ETC | TOLERANCES (SEE KEY) |
USED FOR | KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES |
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ARTHROPODIUM strictum |
Chocolate Lily | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | Very small perennial with choc scented flowers! |
| AUSTRODANTHO- NIA sp.  |
Wallaby Grass | * | * | * | GND | * | * | * | * | FL | * | * | Small, delicate, clumping grass, feathery white flowers |
BRUNONIA australis |
Blue Pincushion | * | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display |
CAREX appressa |
Tall Sedge | * | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | *** | L | Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks! |
CAREX fascicularis |
Tassel Sedge | * | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | *** | L | * | Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!! |
CARPOBROTUS rossi |
Common Karkalla | * | GND | * | *** | *** | * | FL | * | Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn. |
DIANELLA tasmanica |
Otway Flax Lily | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | * | ** | FR | * | * | Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit |
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BOTANICAL NAME |
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SOILS ETC | TOLERANCES (SEE KEY) |
USED FOR | KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES |
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| FICINIA nodosa |
Knobby Club Rush | * | * | GND | * | * | *** | L | * | * | Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental |
HELICHRYSUM scorpiodes |
Button Everlasting | * | * | GND | * | FL | * | * | Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow |
KENNEDIA prostrata |
Running Postman | * | * | * | GND | * | ** | * | FL | * | Red pea flower with yellow throat, non invasive creeper |
| LEUCOPHYTA brownii |
Cushion Bush | * | GND | * | *** | * | * | L | * | * | Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal |
LOMANDRA longifolia |
Spiny Matrush | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | L | * | * | Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock |
MICRLAENA stipoides |
Weeping Grass | * | * | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | Weeping habit. exc mass display for landscaping |
MICROSERIS lanceolata |
Yam Daisy, Murnong | * | GND | * | * | R | * | * | The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers |
OLEARIA speciosa |
Netted Daisy Bush | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | L | * | * | Rare, large daisy flowers, serrated leaves, beautiful |
PELARGONIUM australe |
Austral Stork's Bill | * | * | GND | * | * | L | * | * | Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers. |
BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS) |
SOILS ETC | TOLERANCES (SEE KEY) |
USED FOR | KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES |
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POA labillardieri |
Silver Tussock | * | * | * | * | 1 x 1 | * | ** | * | L | * | * | The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter |
POA morrisi |
Velvet Tussock | * | 1 x 1 | * | * | * | L | * | * | Small blue leaved tussock for dry gardens |
POA poiformis |
Coastal Tussock | * | 1 x 1 | * | *** | * | L | * | * | The coastal tussock. For full frontal salty landscapes |
PTILOTUS macrocephala  |
Feather Heads | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic |
RHAGODIA candolleana  |
Seaberry Saltbush | * | CLIMB | * | *** | *** | * | FR | A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit |
STYLIDIUM graminifolium  |
Grass Trigger Plant | * | * | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | Small tufted perennial with unique pollenation method! |
THEMEDA triandra  |
Kangaroo Grass | * | * | * | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads |
WAHLENBERGIA sp.  |
Blue Bells | * | * | GND | * | * | FL |
* | * | Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial |
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LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS) |
SOILS ETC | TOLERANCES (SEE KEY) |
USED FOR | KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES |
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| COASTAL |
| ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS & GROUNDCOVERS | AGROFORESTRY & FIREWOOD | EROSION & SALINITY | BIODIVERSITY & REVEGETATION | SHELTER & WINDBREAK | USEFUL / EDIBLE |