Plant lists - Coastal Garden - Firewise

COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ALL PLANTS	TREES	MIDSTOREY	UNDERSTOREY	CLIMBERS	HEDGES
GROUNDCOVERS		ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS		BIRD ATTRACTING
SEPTIC FILTERING		WATERWISE	FIREWISE	LANDSCAPING

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 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

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

*

4 x 4

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, coastal

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

*

3 x 3

*

***

**

*

FR

*

Bright red berries, full frontal coastal

CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla

*

GND

*

***

***

*

FL

*

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

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

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