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 dealbata

Silver Wattle

*

*

*

6-10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, showy flowers, fast grower but variable size with site.

ACACIA implexa

Lightwood

*

8-10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils

ACACIA mearnsii

Black Wattle

*

*

10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, attracts insect predators, gliders

ACACIA myrtifolia

Myrtle Wattle

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

*

Pretty shrub for poor shallow soils, habitat

ACACIA paradoxa

Hedge Wattle

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

*

Exc bird habitat, very hardy and prickly

ACACIA pycnantha

Golden Wattle

*

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem

ACACIA retinodes

Wirilda

*

*

5 x 4

*

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

Poor drainage expert for basalt soils, quick grower

ACACIA stricta

Hop Wattle

*

3 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Upright pioneer plant for dry coastal foothills

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

*

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

**

*

*

*

*

*

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

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

*

*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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

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 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

CALLISTEMON viminalis

Weeping Bottlebrush

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Deep red fls, lovely weeping habit, exc garden specimen

CASUARINA cunninghamiana

River She Oak

15 x 5

*

**

*

*

*

Tall stately NSW tree, Agroforestry, best in deep soils

CASUARINA glauca

Swamp She Oak

8-12 x 6

***

**

*

*

*

*

*

Tough tree for tough conditions, suckers when established

EUCALYPTUS camaldulensis

River Red Gum

*

20 x 18

*

**

*

*

*

*

*

Iconic river edge beauty. Loves it wet and a bit salty

EUCALYPTUS cosmophylla

Cup Gum

4 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Beaut shrubby tree for poorly drained soils, yellow fls

EUCALYPTUS kitsoniana

Bog Gum

*

4-8 x 4

**

*

*

*

*

*

Wet soils, quick grower, variable size tree

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 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 melliadora

Yellow Box

15 x 10

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, honey, tough tree for the plains

EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum

*

8-10 x 6

*

*

*

*

*

*

White bark to ground, a few remnants in E otway region

EUCALYPTUS radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint

*

15 x 10

*

*

*

*

Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar

EUCALYPTUS saligna

Sydney Blue Gum

25 x 15

*

*

Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink wood

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 obovatum

River Tea Tree

*

4 x 3

**

*

*

*

*

*

Grows along the Barwon, etc. uncommon, bird habitat

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

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

MELALEUCA halmaturorum

Salt Paperbark

3 x 3

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

*

Even hardier! For wet and salty plantations

MELALEUCA linariifolia

Snow in Summer

6 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Paperbark, covered in white flowers in summer. Birds!

MELALEUCA squarrosa

Scented Paperbark

*

4 x 2

**

**

*

*

*

*

For wet peaty soils and sands. Small yellow bottlebrush flowers.

MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

*

Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions

OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant

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

ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!

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

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

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!!

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

CHRYSOCEPHA- LUM apiculatum

Common Everlasting

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial

CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard

*

*

CLIMB

*

FL

Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

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

DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

**

FR

*

*

Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit

GAHNIA sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Sedge

*

*

2-3 x 1

*

*

*

**

L

*

Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds

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

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

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

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

NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive

*

5 x 4

FR

Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree

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

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

*

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

**

*

L

*

*

The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

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 morrisi

Velvet Tussock

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

L

*

*

Small blue leaved tussock for dry gardens

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

SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry

*

1 x 1

*

*

FR

*

Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries

SENECIO linearifolius

Fireweed Groundsel

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

FL

Not the prettiest but provides the scent of the forest!

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!

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

XANTHORRHOEA australis

Austral Grass Tree

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

FL

*

The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait

INLAND GARDEN & LANDSCAPES

ALL PLANTS

TREES

MIDSTOREY

UNDERSTOREY

CLIMBERS

HEDGES

GROUNDCOVERS

ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE/FLOWERS

BIRD ATTRACTING

SEPTIC FILTERING

WATERWISE

FIREWISE

LANDSCAPING

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