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 implexa

Lightwood

*

8-10 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

Firewood, shelter, shade for dry shallow soils

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 pycnantha

Golden Wattle

*

5 x 4

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pioneer species, Australian floral emblem

ACACIA verticillata

Prickly Moses

*

*

*

*

3 x 3

*

**

*

*

*

*

*

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

ALLOCASUARINA littoralis

Black She Oak

*

*

7 x 5

*

*

*

*

*

*

Corky bark, wind whistler, suckers, beaut wood grain

ALLOCASUARINA verticillata

Drooping She Oak

*

*

6-10 x 5

**

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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

CASSINIA aculeata

Dogwood

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

Pioneer species, fls resemble small cauliflowers

CORYMBIA maculata

Spotted Gum

20 x 10

*

*

*

*

*

Smooth salmon bark to ground. Agroforestry-pink 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

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 baxteri

Brown Stringybark

*

10-15 x 8

*

*

*

*

For sandy soils in heath country ain't pretty but tough

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 obliqua

Messmate

*

*

*

25 x 10

*

*

*

*

Stringybark. Firewood, quick grower, adaptable

EUCALYPTUS pauciflora

Snow Gum

*

8-10 x 6

*

*

*

*

*

*

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

EUCALYPTUS polyanthemos

Red Box

10-15 x 8

*

*

*

*

*

Bluish leaves, nice flowers, firewood, plains expert

EUCALYPTUS radiata

Narrow Leaf Peppermint

*

15 x 10

*

*

*

*

Eucalyptus oil source, firewood, shade, nectar

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 myrsinoides

Silky Tea Tree

*

2 x 2

*

*

*

*

*

Small pretty shrub for tough heathy conditions

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

MELICYTUS dentatus

Tree Violet

*

*

3 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

*

Drooping creamy flowers, prickly, birds, moist conditions

OZOTHAMNUS ferrugineus

Tree Everlasting

*

*

4 x 3

*

*

*

*

*

Fast grower, pink buds-white flowers, scented leaves

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

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

DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush

*

4 x 3

*

**

*

FR

*

Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)

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

HELICHRYSUM scorpiodes

Button Everlasting

*

*

GND

*

FL

*

*

Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow

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

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

OLEARIA speciosa

Netted Daisy Bush

*

*

1 x 1

*

*

L

*

*

Rare, large daisy flowers, serrated leaves, beautiful

PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill

*

*

GND

*

*

L

*

*

Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers.

POA labillardieri

Silver Tussock

*

*

*

*

1 x 1

*

**

*

L

*

*

The tussock. Softens a landscape. Excellent for water filter

POA morrisi

Velvet Tussock

*

1 x 1

*

*

*

L

*

*

Small blue leaved tussock for dry gardens

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

SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller

*

*

3 x 2

*

*

L

*

*

Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage

THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass

*

*

*

*

GND

*

*

FL

*

*

Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads

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

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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