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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 |
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ACACIA implexa![]() |
Lightwood | * | 8-10 x 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils |
ACACIA mucronata![]() |
Variable Sallow Wattle | * | * | 3 x 2 | * | * | * | Pioneer species, quick grower, low bird habitat |
ACACIA myrtifolia![]() |
Myrtle Wattle | * | * | 2 x 2 | * | * | * | Pretty shrub for poor shallow soils, habitat |
ACACIA paradoxa![]() |
Hedge Wattle | * | * | * | 3 x 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly |
ACACIA pycnantha![]() |
Golden Wattle | * | 5 x 4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem |
ACACIA verticillata![]() |
Prickly Moses | * | * | * | * | 3 x 3 | * | ** | * | * | * | * | * | Holy Moses that bugger is prickly- but birds love it! |
ALLOCASUARINA littoralis![]() |
Black She Oak | * | * | 7 x 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain |
ALLOCASUARINA verticillata![]() |
Drooping She Oak | * | * | 6-10 x 5 | ** | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, wind whistler, weeping habit, tough, beaut wood |
CASSINIA aculeata![]() |
Dogwood | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | * | Pioneer species, fls resemble small cauliflowers |
CORYMBIA maculata![]() |
Spotted Gum | 20 x 10 | * | * | * | * | * | Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood |
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 |
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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 baxteri![]() |
Brown Stringybark | * | 10-15 x 8 | * | * | * | * | For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough |
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon connata![]() |
Surf Coast Yellow Gum | * | 20 x 10 | * | * | * | * | Lovely, tough shade tree with drooping yellow flowers, smooth bark |
EUCALYPTUS leucoxylon rosea![]() |
Red Flowering Yellow Gum | 10-15 x 8 | * | * | * | * | Lovely drooping red flowers in winter, smooth bark |
EUCALYPTUS melliadora![]() |
Yellow Box | 15 x 10 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains |
EUCALYPTUS obliqua![]() |
Messmate | * | * | * | 25 x 10 | * | * | * | * | Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable |
EUCALYPTUS pauciflora![]() |
Snow Gum | * | 8-10 x 6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region |
EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos |
Red Box | 10-15 x 8 | * | * | * | * | * | Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert |
EUCALYPTUS radiata![]() |
Narrow Leaf Peppermint | * | 15 x 10 | * | * | * | * | Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar |
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 |
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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 |
MELICYTUS dentatus![]() |
Tree Violet | * | * | 3 x 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions |
OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus![]() |
Tree Everlasting | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | * | * | * | * | Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves |
SOLANUM laciniatum![]() |
Kangaroo Apple | * | * | * | * | 4 x 3 | ** | * | * | * | * | Short lived pioneer, large purple flowers, orange fruit |
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 |
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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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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 |
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 |
DODANAEA viscosa![]() |
Sticky Hop Bush | * | 4 x 3 | * | ** | * | FR | * | Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops) |
GOODENIA ovata![]() |
Hop Goodenia | * | * | * | 2 x 1 | * | * | * | FL | Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks |
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 |
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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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. |
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 |
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 |
THEMEDA triandra ![]() |
Kangaroo Grass | * | * | * | * | GND | * | * | FL | * | * | Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads |
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 |
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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INLAND GARDEN & LANDSCAPES |
ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS | HEDGES | GROUNDCOVERS | ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS | BIRD ATTRACTING | SEPTIC FILTERING | WATERWISE | FIREWISE | LANDSCAPING |