BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

ACACIA melanoxylon

Blackwood

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*

*

*

8-20 x 7

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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Furniture, shade, varied growth due to site, excellent all round tree

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

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*

*

*

3 x 3

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*

*

*

*

*

Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it!

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

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*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood

CALLISTEMON citrinus

Crimson Bottlebrush

3 x 3

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*

*

*

*

Annual prune keeps it thick, bright red flowers, nectar

CALLISTEMON pallidus

Lemon Bottlebrush

3 x 2

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*

*

*

*

Eastern Victoria local, very showy yellow flowers

CALLISTEMON salignus

Yellow Bottlebrush

5 x 3

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*

*

*

*

Stately small tree showy yellow fls. new leaves are red

CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush

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4 x 3

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*

*

*

*

Barwon river shrub, loves it wet but fresh, white/pink fls

CALLISTEMON viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush

5 x 4

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*

*

*

*

*

Deep red fls, lovely weeping habit, exc garden specimen

CASSINIA aculeata

Dogwood

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*

4 x 3

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*

Pioneer species, fls resemble small cauliflowers

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

CORYMBIA ficifolia

Red Flowering Gum

5-8 x 5

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*

*

*

The Red Flowering Gum. Rough bark, large gum nuts

LEPTOSPERMUM continentale

Prickly Tea Tree

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*

*

*

3 x 2

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**

*

*

*

*

Important insect predator habitat, wet soils

LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree

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*

4 x 3

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***

*

*

*

*

Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet

LEPTOSPERMUM myrsinoides

Silky Tea Tree

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2 x 2

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*

*

*

*

Small pretty shrub for tough heathy conditions

LEPTOSPERMUM petersonii

Lemon Scented Tea Tree

3 x 2

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*

*

*

*

Beautiful scented leaves, dainty white flowers in autumn

LEPTOSPERMUM rotundifolium

Round Leaf Tea Tree

3 x 3

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*

*

*

Pink-purple flowers in summer, annual prune

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka

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3 x 3

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*

*

*

*

*

Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

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4 x 4

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***

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*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

OZOTHAMNUS turbinatus

Coastal Everlasting

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3 x 3

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*

Can withstand tough coastal conditions, pretty as well

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

USED FOR

KEY TO TOLERANCES • Somewhat tolerant •• Quite tolerant ••• Most tolerant SPECIAL USES

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

ALYXIA buxifolia

Sea Box

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3 x 3

*

***

**

*

FR

*

Bright red berries, full frontal coastal

BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia

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*

*

2-6 x 3

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*

*

FL

*

Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

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*

*

*

4-6 x 3

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*

*

*

FL

*

Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

CORREA alba

White Correa

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2 x 2

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**

**

*

FL

*

*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

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4 x 3

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**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

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*

*

2 x 1

*

*

*

FL

Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks

LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush

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GND

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***

*

*

L

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*

Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

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3 x 3

*

***

*

FR

*

Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

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*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller

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*

3 x 2

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*

L

*

*

Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage

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

COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS

HEDGES

GROUNDCOVERS

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

WATERWISE

FIREWISE

LANDSCAPING

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