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 mucronata

Variable Sallow Wattle

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

*

Pioneer species, quick grower, low bird habitat

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 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 misera

Dwarf She oak

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

*

*

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

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 seiberi

River Bottlebrush

*

4 x 3

**

*

*

*

*

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

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

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

MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

*

Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions

MELALEUCA ericifolia

Swamp Paperbark

3 x 2

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

Very hardy for wet and salty plantations

MELALEUCA halmaturorum

Salt Paperbark

3 x 3

***

***

*

*

*

*

*

*

Even hardier! For wet and salty plantations

MELALEUCA squarrosa

Scented Paperbark

*

4 x 2

**

**

*

*

*

*

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

OLEARIA lirata

Snowy Daisy Bush

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

Covered in white daisy flowers-spring, pioneer plant

OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus

Tree Everlasting

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves

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

BANKSIA marginata

Silver Banksia

*

*

*

2-6 x 3

*

*

*

FL

*

Yellow "Honeysuckle", the only Otway Banksia

BORONIA muelleri

Forest Boronia

*

3 x 3

*

*

FL

*

*

*

Spring flowers for weeks, light pink, scented foliage

COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

FR

*

Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds

CORREA alba

White Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

**

*

FL

*

*

Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge

CORREA glabra

Rock Correa

*

2 x 2

*

**

*

FL

*

*

Dusky red flowers with green throat, Barwon escarpment

DAVIESIA virgata

Hop Bitter Pea

*

2 x 2

*

FL

*

Very pretty egg and bacon shrub. Annual prune

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

*

4 x 3

*

**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

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

HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood

*

3 x 2

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

HAKEA repullulans

Furze Hakea

*

2 x 1

*

*

FL

*

Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub

INDIGOFERA australis

Austral Indigo

*

2 x 1

*

FL

*

Native pea family, bright pink/purple flowers in Spring - beaut

LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath

*

3 x 3

*

***

*

FR

*

Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries

MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla

*

*

2 x 2

*

*

***

*

FL

*

*

Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring

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

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

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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