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 myrtifolia

Myrtle Wattle

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

*

Pretty shrub for poor shallow soils, habitat

ACACIA stricta

Hop Wattle

*

3 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Upright pioneer plant for dry coastal foothills

ACACIA verniciflua

Varnish Wattle

*

*

6 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

2 forms, shrub for coastal f'hills, tree for ridge & inland

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

*

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

**

*

*

*

*

*

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

ALLOCASUARINA misera

Dwarf She oak

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

*

*

Poor old miserable shrub for heaths but tough & birds love it

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

*

*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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

CALLISTEMON citrinus

Crimson Bottlebrush

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

*

Annual prune keeps it thick, bright red flowers, nectar

CALLISTEMON pallidus

Lemon Bottlebrush

3 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Eastern Victoria local, very showy yellow flowers

CALLISTEMON salignus

Yellow Bottlebrush

5 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Stately small tree showy yellow fls. new leaves are red

CALLISTEMON seiberi

River Bottlebrush

*

4 x 3

**

*

*

*

*

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

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

CALLISTEMON viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Deep red fls, lovely weeping habit, exc garden specimen

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 baxteri

Brown Stringybark

*

10-15 x 8

*

*

*

*

For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough

EUCALYPTUS cosmophylla

Cup Gum

4 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Beaut shrubby tree for poorly drained soils, yellow fls

EUCALYPTUS globulus

Blue Gum

*

*

30 x 15

*

*

*

Local species, quick growing, honey, Agroforestry

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 obliqua

Messmate

*

*

*

25 x 10

*

*

*

*

Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

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

EUCALYPTUS viminalis

Manna Gum

*

*

*

*

25 x 12

*

*

*

*

Stately iconic Koala tree, can drop branches, quick grower

EUCALYPTUS willisii

Shining Peppermint

*

6 x 4

*

*

*

For poor heath soils, showy masses of cream flowers

LEPTOSPERMUM continentale

Prickly Tea Tree

*

*

*

*

3 x 2

**

**

*

*

*

*

Important insect predator habitat, wet soils

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

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka

*

3 x 3

***

*

*

*

*

*

*

Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal

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

MELALEUCA lanceolata

Moonah

*

5 x 4

*

*

**

*

*

*

*

Iconic twisted gnarled coastal shrub / tree

MELALEUCA linariifolia

Snow in Summer

6 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Paperbark, covered in white flowers in summer. Birds!

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

*

4 x 4

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant

OZOTHAMNUS turbinatus

Coastal Everlasting

*

3 x 3

***

*

*

*

Can withstand tough coastal conditions, pretty as well

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

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

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

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!!

CLEMATIS microphylla

Small Leaved Clematis

*

*

CLIMB

*

**

FL

*

*

Small twining coastal plant. White Winter flowers

CORREA alba

White Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

**

*

FL

*

*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

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

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

*

4 x 3

*

**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush

*

*

GND

*

*

***

L

*

*

Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

*

*

*

2 x 1

*

*

*

FL

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

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

LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush

*

GND

*

***

*

*

L

*

*

Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal

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

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

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

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

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 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

XANTHORRHOEA australis

Austral Grass Tree

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

FL

*

The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait

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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