Plant lists - Coastal Garden - Landscaping

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

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*

*

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Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

CORYMBIA citriadora

Lemon Scented Gum

8-15 x 6

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*

*

*

White bark to ground, scented lvs, frost tender when young

CORYMBIA ficifolia

Red Flowering Gum

5-8 x 5

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*

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The Red Flowering Gum. Rough bark, large gum nuts

EUCALYPTUS obliqua

Messmate

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*

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25 x 10

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Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

LEPTOSPERMUM lanigerum

Woolly Tea Tree

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4 x 3

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***

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*

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Cut flower mkt, grows in swamps, needs it wet

LEPTOSPERMUM petersonii

Lemon Scented Tea Tree

3 x 2

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Beautiful scented leaves, dainty white flowers in autumn

LEPTOSPERMUM rotundifolium

Round Leaf Tea Tree

3 x 3

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*

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Pink-purple flowers in summer, annual prune

LEPTOSPERMUM scoparium

Manuka

*

3 x 3

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Therapeutic honey source, front line coastal

MYOPORUM insulare

Boobialla

*

4 x 4

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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

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

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*

2 x 2

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*

*

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L

*

Graceful open shrub, bluish foliage

AUSTRODANTHO-
NIA sp.

Wallaby Grass

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*

*

GND

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*

*

FL

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*

Small, delicate, clumping grass, feathery white flowers

BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia

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*

*

2-6 x 3

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*

*

FL

*

Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia

BRUNONIA australis

Blue Pincushion

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*

GND

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*

FL

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Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display

BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria

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4-6 x 3

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FL

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Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must

CAREX appressa

Tall Sedge

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1 x 1

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L

Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!

CAREX fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

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1 x 1

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L

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Quick growing. exc for grey water filtering / creeks!!

CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla

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GND

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FL

*

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

CLEMATIS microphylla

Small Leaved Clematis

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*

CLIMB

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FL

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Small twining coastal plant. White Winter flowers

CORREA alba

White Correa

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2 x 2

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**

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FL

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*

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

FICINIA nodosa

Knobby Club Rush

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*

GND

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*

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L

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Small rush for salt affected wind / soil - ornamental

GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia

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2 x 1

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*

FL

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

HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood

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3 x 2

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FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush

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GND

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L

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Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

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3 x 3

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FR

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Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush

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1 x 1

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L

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Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock

MICRLAENA stipoides

Weeping Grass

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GND

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FL

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Weeping habit. exc mass display for landscaping

MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong

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GND

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R

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The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

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2 x 2

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FL

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Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill

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GND

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L

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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

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

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*

*

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1 x 1

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**

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L

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The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

POA poiformis

Coastal Tussock

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1 x 1

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L

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The coastal tussock. For full frontal salty landscapes

PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads

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GND

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FL

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White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic

STYLIDIUM graminifolium

Grass Trigger Plant

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GND

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FL

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Small tufted perennial with unique pollenation method!

THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass

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GND

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FL

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Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads

VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray

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4 x 3

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FL
L

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Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils

WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells

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GND

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FL

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Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial

XANTHORRHOEA australis

Austral Grass Tree

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1 x 1

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FL

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The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait

XANTHORRHOEA minor

Small Grass Tree

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1 x 1

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FL

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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

COASTAL GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

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