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 dealbata

Silver Wattle

*

*

*

6-10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum

20 x 10

*

*

*

*

*

Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

CORYMBIA citriadora

Lemon Scented Gum

8-15 x 6

*

*

*

*

White bark to ground, scented lvs, frost tender when young

CORYMBIA ficifolia

Red Flowering Gum

5-8 x 5

*

*

*

*

The Red Flowering Gum. Rough bark, large gum nuts

EUCALYPTUS cosmophylla

Cup Gum

4 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Beaut shrubby tree for poorly drained soils, yellow fls

EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum

*

8-10 x 6

*

*

*

*

*

*

White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region

LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree

*

*

4 x 3

*

***

*

*

*

*

Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet

LEPTOSPERMUM myrsinoides

Silky Tea Tree

*

2 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Small pretty shrub for tough heathy conditions

LEPTOSPERMUM petersonii

Lemon Scented Tea Tree

3 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Beautiful scented leaves, dainty white flowers in autumn

LEPTOSPERMUM rotundifolium

Round Leaf Tea Tree

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

Pink-purple flowers in summer, annual prune

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

ACACIA suaveolens

Sweet Wattle

*

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

*

*

L

*

Graceful open shrub, bluish foliage

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

BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia

*

*

*

2-6 x 3

*

*

*

FL

*

Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia

BEDFORDIA arborescens

Blanket Leaf

*

*

5 x 3

*

L

*

Rainforest look, small yellow daisy flowers

BILLARDIERA longifolia

Purple Appleberry

*

CLIMB

*

FR

*

Bright purple fruit in Autumn, pretty vigorous

BORONIA muelleri

Forest Boronia

*

3 x 3

*

*

FL

*

*

*

Spring flowers for weeks, light pink, scented foliage

BRUNONIA australis

Blue Pincushion

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

*

*

*

*

4-6 x 3

*

*

*

*

FL

*

Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

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

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!!

CHRYSOCEPHA- LUM apiculatum

Common Everlasting

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial

CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard

*

*

CLIMB

*

FL

Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn

CORREA glabra

Rock Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

*

FL

*

*

Dusky red flowers with green throat, Barwon escarpment

CORREA lawrenciana

Mountain Correa

*

4 x 3

FL

Lime green flowers, very attractive tall open shrub

DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

**

FR

*

*

Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit

GAHNIA sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Sedge

*

*

2-3 x 1

*

*

*

**

L

*

Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

*

*

*

2 x 1

*

*

*

FL

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

GOODIA lotifolia

Golden Tip

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

FL

*

Tough and dense egg and bacon shrub, annual prune

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

HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood

*

3 x 2

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

HELICHRYSUM scorpiodes

Button Everlasting

*

*

GND

*

FL

*

*

Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow

INDIGOFERA australis

Austral Indigo

*

2 x 1

*

FL

*

Native pea family, bright pink/purple flowers in Spring - beaut

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

NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii

Myrtle Beech

*

20 x 10

*

B

The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours

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.

PHEBALIUM squameum

Satinwood

*

5 x 4

L

*

Beaut, dense, high rainfall, Agroforestry,white scented 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

PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla

*

4 x 3

*

**

L

*

Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form

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

POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris

*

*

6 x 4

*

B

*

Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets

PROSTANTHERA mellisifolia

Balm Mint Bush

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

FL

*

*

Another of the prettiest trees in the Otways!

PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic

PULTANAEA daphnoides

Large Bush Pea

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

FL

*

*

Dense egg and bacon shrub-lovely, annual prune

SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

L

*

*

Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage

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

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

VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

*

FL L

*

Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils

WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial

XANTHORRHOEA australis

Austral Grass Tree

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

FL

*

The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait

XANTHORRHOEA minor

Small Grass Tree

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

FL

*

*

Grass tree's smaller cousin, more regular flowering

INLAND GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS

HEDGES

GROUNDCOVERS

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

WATERWISE

FIREWISE

LANDSCAPING

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