Origin: CHINA AND JAPAN Cultural notes: Prefer rich soil and full sun but can survive in other soil conditions and even clay. Tolerates: Tolerant of frost and…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that is adaptable to a range of climates and soils provided they have reasonable drainage. They prefer dappled…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast-growing, long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth, slow release…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, SA, Tas. Cultural notes: Fast-growing, very hardy and long-lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most soil…
Origin: NSW, VICTORIA, QLD, WA, SA & TASMANIA Cultural notes: Fast-growing, very hardy and long lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most…
Origin: NORTH EASTERN NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that will grow in full sun or heavy shade. Will tolerate a range of soils but requires…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD. Cultural notes: A very hardy plant that will grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned periodically to remove tattered leaf…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD. Cultural notes: A hardy fast-growing plant adaptable to most soils provided they are well-drained. Prefers a sunny position but will tolerate some…
Origin: Cultural notes: Does best in well drained but can still do well in poorer soil, full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Trim back to…
Origin: Cultural notes: Does best in well-drained soils and full-part sun. Maintenance: Remove dead foliage to promote new growth. Tolerates: Frost and drought tolerant, it…
Origin: ASIA Cultural notes: Does best in well drained but can still do well in poorer soil, full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Trim back to…
Origin: NSW, QLD, ACT, VIC, TAS Cultural notes: Full sun long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to remove spend flower heads. Tolerates: Frosts, most soils and…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: A hardy shrub tolerant of most soils provided they are not waterlogged. Can be grown in full sun to heavy shade.…
Origin: ACT, NSW, TAS, VICTORIA, SA Cultural notes: Moderate growth rate, long-lived and very hardy. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most soil…
Origin: NSW, ACT, QLD, VIC. Cultural notes: A very hardy and fast-growing shrub adaptable to most soils and positions. Maintenance: Can be lightly pruned to maintain…
Origin: HYBRID SPECIES. Cultural notes: Will tolerate a range of soils but is happiest in moist soils with good drainage. Grow in full sun or part shade.…
Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD, SA. Cultural notes: An adaptable and hardy plant. Prefers moist but well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Tolerates: Tolerant…
Origin: Mediterranean. Cultural notes: They do well in many soil conditions, but well-drained soils suit it best in full sunlight too. Maintenance: Prune back after flowering…
Description: This deciduous tree is small and compact, growing up to 4 metres in vase-like shape. The foliage is a dark green turning orange through…
Description: Known for its clusters of frilly pink flowers. This is a deciduous tree that only grows to a small height in a Vase-like shape.…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC Cultural notes: Can be adapted to certain climates, but is found naturally in more moist woodland soils. Maintenance: Keep moist during dry periods.…
Origin: NSW, QLD Cultural notes: Found only in Northern NSW, it prefers granitic soils. Maintenance: Can be pruned to create a hedge. Tolerates: Can tolerate frosts.…
Origin: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES. Cultural notes: Are often found at higher altitudes and close to water, can adapt to most soil conditions. Maintenance: If not close to water,…
Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, fast-growing, long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Can be pruned annually to remove old…
Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: A hardy plant that does well in sunny positions, while preferring wet soils and can survive…
Origin: ALL STATES Cultural notes: A hardy plant that prefers a sunny position in saline soils. Can be slow to recover after disturbance. Tolerates: Salt tolerant. Flowering…
Origin: AUSTRALIA WIDE Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to remove dead material and to promote new growth. Tolerates: Inundations and…
Origin: All Australian states. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that adapts to full sun or full shade and flowers well in both. It is not fussy…
Origin: JAPAN Cultural notes: Prefers moist well-drained soils in a protected position in part shade. Maintenance: Remove any blades that revert to solid green. Tolerates: Moderately frost tolerant.…
Origin: All Australian states. Other parts of Oceania and Asia. Cultural notes: Very hardy, adapts to most well drained soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Greater…
Origin: NSW, QLD, TAS, ACT, VIC Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to train or control. Tolerates: Frosts, most soils…
Origin: NEW ZEALAND Cultural notes: Will do well in most soil conditions but does prefer well-drained ones, as well as being in full sun. Maintenance: The shrub…
Origin: NSW, QLD, TAS, ACT, VIC Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to train or control. Tolerates: Frosts, most…
Origin: NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: A hardy and reliable fast-growing plant, suitable for most soils and climates. Particularly suited to temperate and sub-tropical areas. It prefers…
Origin: CULTIVAR. Cultural notes: Hardy in temperate climates. Adaptable to most soils with free drainage. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain…
Origin: HYBRID SPECIES. Cultural notes: A hardy and reliable plant that is tolerant of most soils. Prefers full sun and reasonable drainage. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain…
Origin: NSW. VIC. Cultural notes: A very hardy plant that prefers a sunny position and well-drained soils in cooler climates. Dislikes humidity. Maintenance: Can be pruned to…
Origin: NSW. VIC. Cultural notes: A very hardy plant that prefers a sunny position and well-drained soils in cooler climates. Dislikes humidity. Maintenance: Can be pruned to…
Origin: NSW. Vic. Cultural notes: A very hardy plant that prefers a sunny position and well-drained soils in cooler climates. Dislikes humidity. Maintenance: Can be pruned to…
Origin: CULTIVAR Cultural notes: A hardy plant accepting of most soils provided they are well-drained. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Prune after flowering to…
Origin: ACT, NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: Long-lived, hardy and adaptable to a range of soils and climates. Prefers full sun but will tolerate some shade. Maintenance: Prune…
Origin: NSW- BLUE MOUNTAINS. Cultural notes: A hardy, fast-growing groundcover that will thrive in a sunny, well-drained position. Thrips can be problematic to this species. Maintenance: Can…
Origin: CULTIVAR OF G. JUNIPERINA X G. ROSMARINIFOLIA Cultural notes: A plant accepting of most soil types but preferring well-drained soils in full sun. Maintenance: Pruning and…
Origin: HYBRID SPECIES Cultural notes: Very vigorous and hardy. Adaptable to a range of soils provided they are well-drained, grow in full sun or part shade.…
Origin: HYBRID SPECIES Cultural notes: Hardy and fast-growing, prefers well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned in late spring. Tolerates: Frost and drought…
Origin: CULTIVAR Cultural notes: A hardy plant accepting of most soils. Prefers full sun. Maintenance: Prune lightly if required. Tolerates: Frost and drought tolerant. Flowering season: Spring. Flower colour: Yellow to…
Description: A medium-sized deciduous tree that’s fast-growing and takes an oval shape with ascending branches and slightly weeping foliage. Known as the ‘shademaster’ due to…
Description: This tree is most well-known for its green fan-shaped foliage that fades into bright yellow through autumn. It is slow-growing, not producing bloom until…
Description: This is a medium-sized tree that has an oval canopy with ascending branches. The bark is brown-grey with a cracked texture and the foliage…
Description: A fast-growing tree with a rounded canopy. This tree grows up to 20 metres with dark green foliage that turns a burgundy through the…
Origin: ACT, NSW, VICTORIA Cultural notes: Tough, fast-growing and very hardy. Will grow in full sun or part shade and either wet or dry conditions in…
Origin: SOUTH AFRICA Cultural notes: Fast-growing, very hardy and long lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most soil conditions. Maintenance: May be…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA. Cultural notes: Prefers moist fertile soils in full sun. Drier conditions will stunt the growth of the tree. Tolerates: Frost tolerant, moderately…
Description: A medium-sized tree growing to 30m in height. The thick, fibrous bark is deeply furrowed and black on the outer surface, showing a deep red-brown…
Description: A medium-sized tree growing to 18 metres. This tree has a V-shaped canopy and will form a lignotuber at the base of the tree.…
Description: A medium-sized, often wide-spreading tree, growing to 25m in height. Rough fibrous grey to brown bark may or may not be shed annually to…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD. Cultural notes: Requires well-drained soils in a sunny position. In cold areas, the bark develops patches of orange, red, yellow…
Description: A small to medium-sized tree growing to 30m in lowland areas. This tree has an oval-shaped canopy. The alpine variety, E.p. niphophila, only reaches…
Description: A medium to large-sized tree, growing to 30m with an oval-shaped canopy. A broad crown to 25m in width. The branches often have a…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: Found naturally in poorer, well-drained soils. This species prefers an open sunny position. Maintenance: As the common name brittle gum…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: Found naturally in poorer, well-drained soils. This species prefers an open sunny position. Maintenance: As the common name brittle gum…
Description: A smaller variety of Eucalyptus mannifera, growing to 8m in height with a round canopy and more pronounced mottling on the bark. Grey-green foliage…
Description: A large tree, growing to 35m a with rounded canopy spreading to 20m. Thick fibrous red-brown bark that has deep furrows and glossy green…
Description: This is a large native Eucalypt with a V-shaped canopy with lightly drooping foliage. It is known for its tall, straight trunk feature bark.…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: Adaptable to a range of soil types and shows some tolerance to temporary waterlogging. Prefers a sunny position. Maintenance: Benefits from formative…
Description: A medium-sized tree that grows to 25 metres in height. Course grey fibrous bark on the trunk and larger branches. Glossy dark green lance-shaped…
Description: A medium to large tree growing to 25m in height with a loose V-shaped canopy. Smooth, grey bark mottled with patches of white, grey-blue,…
Origin: NSW, VIC. Cultural notes: Requires a sunny position, preferably in moist reasonably fertile soils. Will tolerate dryer conditions once established. Maintenance: Juvenile foliage is susceptible to damage…
Origin: NSW, VIC. QLD, WA, ACT, SA Cultural notes: Full sun, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to remove spent seed heads. Tolerates: Frosts and long…
Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, in water up to 30cm deep, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: No maintenance required. Dead leaves provide shelter…
Origin: ALL STATES OF AUSTRALIA EXCERPT TASMANIA. Cultural notes: Inhabits grassy wetlands. Requires moist heavy soils, but will tolerate dry periods during summer. Will grow in full…
Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, in water up to 30cm deep, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: No maintenance required. Tolerates: Frost, inundations…
Origin: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES. Cultural notes: Hardy and fast growing. Prefers well drained soils in an open, sunny position. Maintenance: Can be tip pruned to maintain bushy growth.…
Origin: SOUTH AFRICA Cultural notes: Full sun and part shade both do well in good soils but Tolerates: poor conditions. Maintenance: Prune foliage when necessary but…
Origin: SOUTH AFRICA Cultural notes: Full sun and part shade both do well in good soils. Maintenance: Prune to remove dead material, cut back dramatically in…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, SA, QLD, WA Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, VICTORIA, QLD, WA, SA & TASMANIA Cultural notes: Fast growing, very hardy and long lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREA Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth,…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Remove thatch to promote new growth, slow…
Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, COASTAL AREAS Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, Qld. Cultural notes: Prefers well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Responds well to light pruning after flowering and a native…
Origin: NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove old foliage. Tolerates: Frost,…
Origin: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES. Cultural notes: A widespread sedge growing on the banks and in the shallows of streams and lagoons. Hardy if sufficient water is available.…
Origin: NSW, VIC, Qld, NT Cultural notes: A very hardy plant, tolerant of poor soils. Full sun or shade. Maintenance: Can be cut back after flowering to allow…
Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: Likes well-drained, mulched soil in full sun or part shade with some protection. Maintenance: Can be pruned to promote a…
Origin: NSW, VIC, SA, WA. Cultural notes: Aquatic or semi-aquatic, requires consistent water. Grow in full sun. Maintenance: Can spread rapidly, should be cut back as…
Origin: NSW, QLD, VIC, TAS, SA. Cultural notes: Very hardy, prefers well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. The low growing coastal forms are often…
Origin: SA. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that prefers full sun or part shade and well-drained soil. Maintenance: This can be pruned to maintain shape and…
Origin: NSW, QLD, VIC, SA. Cultural notes: Prefers well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain shape. Tolerates: Tolerant of drought and…