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

ALYXIA buxifolia

Sea Box

*

3 x 3

*

***

**

*

FR

*

Bright red berries, full frontal coastal

ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!

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

CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla

*

GND

*

***

***

*

FL

*

Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn.

CHRYSOCEPHA- LUM apiculatum

Common Everlasting

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial

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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

CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard

*

*

CLIMB

*

FL

Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn

CLEMATIS microphylla

Small Leaved Clematis

*

*

CLIMB

*

**

FL

*

*

Small twining coastal plant. White Winter flowers

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

CORREA alba

White Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

**

*

FL

*

*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

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

DAVIESIA virgata

Hop Bitter Pea

*

2 x 2

*

FL

*

Very pretty egg and bacon shrub. Annual prune

DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

**

FR

*

*

Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

*

4 x 3

*

**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

GAHNIA sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Sedge

*

*

2-3 x 1

*

*

*

**

L

*

Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds

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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

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

GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush

*

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

FL

Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune

HAKEA repullulans

Furze Hakea

*

2 x 1

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

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

KENNEDIA prostrata

Running Postman

*

*

*

GND

*

**

*

FL

*

Red pea flower with yellow throat, non invasive creeper

LEPTORHYNCHOS squamatus

Scaly Buttons

*

GND

*

FR

*

*

Clump forming perennial, yellow button flowers in Spring

LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush

*

GND

*

***

*

*

L

*

*

Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal

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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

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

*

3 x 3

*

***

*

FR

*

Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

L

*

*

Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock

LOMATIA fraseri

Forest Lomatia

*

5 x 4

*

FL

Native Proteaceae tree, serrated leaves, white spider flowers.

MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong

*

GND

*

*

R

*

*

The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive

*

5 x 4

FR

Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree

NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii

Myrtle Beech

*

20 x 10

*

B

The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours

OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush

*

*

5 x 5

*

FL

*

Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers

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.

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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

PHEBALIUM squameum

Satinwood

*

5 x 4

L

*

Beaut, dense, high rainfall, Agroforestry,white scented flowers

PIMELEA ligustrina

Tall Rice Flower

*

2 x 1

FL

*

Lovely pom pom flowers in Spring annual prune

PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla

*

4 x 3

*

**

L

*

Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form

POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris

*

*

6 x 4

*

B

*

Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets

PROSTANTHERA lasianthos

Christmas Bush

*

*

6 x 4

FL

*

One of the prettiest trees in the Otways

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

RHAGODIA candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush

*

CLIMB

*

***

***

*

FR

A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit

SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry

*

1 x 1

*

*

FR

*

Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries

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COMMON NAME

LOCAL TO (INDIGENOUS)

SOILS ETC

TOLERANCES (SEE KEY)

USED FOR

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

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!

TASMANNIA lanceolata

Mountain Pepper

*

4 x 3

*

*

L

*

*

The Otway edible plant (pepper-chilli). Needs moist soils

THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass

*

*

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads

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

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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