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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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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 obliqua![]() |
Messmate | * | * | * | 25 x 10 | * | * | * | * | Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable |
LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum![]() |
Woolly Tea Tree | * | * | 4 x 3 | * | *** | * | * | * | * | Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet |
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 |
MYOPORUM insulare![]() |
Boobialla | * | 4 x 4 | *** | *** | * | * | * | * | * | Compact large shrub, coppices, windbreak, 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 |
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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 |
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!! |
CARPOBROTUS rossi![]() |
Common Karkalla | * | GND | * | *** | *** | * | FL | * | Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn. |
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 |
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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 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 |
MYOPORUM viscosum![]() |
Sticky Boobialla | * | * | 2 x 2 | * | * | *** | * | FL | * | * | Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring |
PELARGONIUM australe![]() |
Austral Stork's Bill | * | * | GND | * | * | L | * | * | Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES |
ALL PLANTS | TREES | MIDSTOREY | UNDERSTOREY | CLIMBERS | HEDGES | GROUNDCOVERS | ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS | BIRD ATTRACTING | SEPTIC FILTERING | WATERWISE | FIREWISE | LANDSCAPING |