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Correa decumbens

Origin: South Australia Cultural notes: Grow full sun or part shade in well-drained soil. Maintenance: Prune to maintain shape. Tolerates: Frost and drought tolerant. Flowering season: Winter, year-round depending…

Correa alba

Origin: COASTAL NSW, VIC, TAS, SA. Cultural notes: A very hardy plant naturally occurring in coastal areas. Grow in full sun or part shade in well-drained…

Convolvulus mauritanicus

Origin: AFRICA Cultural notes: Full sun and well drained soils for best outcome. Maintenance: Prune heavily every couple of years. Tolerates: Frosts and can survive on…

Convolvulus cneorum

Origin: SOUTH AFRICA Cultural notes: Full sun and well-drained soils for the best outcome. Maintenance: Prune heavily every couple of years. Tolerates: Frosts and can survive…

Coleonema pulchrum

Origin: SOUTH AFRICA Cultural notes: Does best in well drained soils with full sun. Maintenance: Can be pruned to shape, water well until properly established. Tolerates: Can…

Cistus landaniferus

Origin: EUROPE Cultural notes: Well-drained soils preferably in full sun, and water regularly until established. Maintenance: Can be pruned to promote a bushy habit. Tolerates: Drought and…

Chrysocephalum semipapposum

Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE. Cultural notes: Full sun part shade, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Prune to remove spent flower heads and to thicken. Tolerates: Frosts and…

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, likes a dry position, fast-growing, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to maintain compact growth and…

Choisiya ternata

Origin: MEXICO Cultural notes: Prefers well-drained soils with either partial shade or full sun. Maintenance:  Be careful to not overwater it, let the roots drain in…

Chloris truncata

Origin: ALL MAINLAND AUSTRALIAN STATES. Cultural notes: Prefers heavy, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates: Frost and drought tolerant. Flowering season: Spring and early summer Flower colour:…

Cerastium tomentosum

Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS, SA Cultural notes: Full sun and will do well in most soil types, frost hardy and fast-growing, it should be heavily…

Cassinia longifolia

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS. Cultural notes: A fast-growing and adaptable plant. Prefers moist but well-drained soils in part or full shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned periodically…

Carpobrotus glaucescens

Origin: AUSTRALIAN EAST COAST Cultural notes: Either full sun or part shade and well-drained soils. Tolerates: Salt tolerant. Flowering season: Spring to summer but can flower…

Carex tereticaulis

Origin: NSW, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, long-lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove old foliage and…

Carex longabractiatum

Origin: EASTERN NSW, VIC. Cultural notes: Grow in full sun. Natural habitat is along watercourses and in low-lying areas where water collects. Maintenance: Remove spent seed heads,…

Carex inversa

Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, grassy woodlands fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned…

Carex gaudichaudiana

Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to…

Carex fascicularis

Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove…

Carex appressa

Origin: NSW, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to…

Calocephalus citreus

Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS, SA Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, likes dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance:…

Callistemon viminalis

Origin: NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: Very hardy plant that requires full sun. Accepting of most soils including those with poor drainage. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flowering to…

Callistemon subulatus

Origin: NSW, VIC. Cultural notes: Very hardy shrub accepting of most soils including those with poor drainage. Prefers a sunny location. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flowering to…

Callistemon sieberi

Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, SA Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned annually to maintain a…

Callistemon pallidus

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD. Cultural notes: Hardy plant accepting of most soils, requires a sunny position. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flowering to maintain shape. Tolerates: Tolerates…

Callistemon citrinus

Origin: NSW, QLD, VIC Cultural notes: A very hardy plant accepting of wet conditions and preferring an open sunny position. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flower…

Bursaria spinosa

Origin: NSW, ACT Cultural notes: Prefers more clay-like soils and alpine areas but is very hardy and will grow most places. Maintenance: It can be cut back if…

Bulbine glauca

Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD. Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, requires adequate drainage and dry conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Old foliage…

Bulbine bulbosa

Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, requires adequate drainage and dry conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: Old foliage…

Brachyscome multifida

Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD. Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, requires adequate drainage, fast growing, long lived, very hardy. Maintenance: May be pruned regularly to…

Bothriochloa macra

Origin: COASTAL NSW, VIC, SA Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, fast-growing, long lived, very hardy Maintenance: Good low maintenance lawn. Tolerates: Drought…

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis

Origin: NSW, QLD, VIC. Cultural notes: Inhabits shallow fresh or brackish water. Grow in full sun. Maintenance: Requires consistent water. Tolerates: Frost, brackish water and inundation. Flowering…

Bolboschoenus caldwellii

Origin: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES. Cultural notes: Requires damp to wet soils in permanent or semi-permanent water. Prefers full sun or part shade. Inhabits salt-marshes,…

Baumea rubiginosa

Origin: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES. Cultural notes: Naturally occurs in swampy areas with low nutrient soils. Full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Requires regular water. Tolerates: Tolerant…

Baumea articulata

Origin: NSW, TAS, VICTORIA, SA, WA Cultural notes: Full sun position, boggy areas, ponds, dams, very hardy and long lived. Maintenance: No maintenance required. May be…

Banksia spinulosa

Origin: NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: A very hardy shrub that prefers well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain shape. Tolerates: Tolerant…

Banksia marginata

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that requires well-drained soils. Prefers full sun but will tolerate some shade. Some forms will…

Banksia integrifolia

Description: This Beautiful Banksia is a medium shrub tree with a spreading canopy and gorgeous lemon-coloured flowers filled with nectar, making it wildlife attracting. It…

Banksia ericifolia dwarf

Origin: NSW. Cultural notes: A very hardy shrub in most climates and soils but requiring good drainage. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned…

Banksia ericifolia

Origin: NSW. Cultural notes: A very hardy shrub in most climates and soils but requiring good drainage. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be…

Banksia ‘giant candles’

Origin: HYBRID SPECIES. Cultural notes: A tough and vigorous plant that prefers well-drained soils in full sun. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain shape. Tolerates: Tolerant of drought,…

Baeckea virgata dwarf

Origin: QLD. Cultural notes: Prefers a lightly shaded position in well-drained soils. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth. Tolerates: Tolerant of…

Baeckea virgata

Origin: QLD. Cultural notes: Prefers a lightly shaded position in well-drained soils. Maintenance: Can be pruned after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth. Tolerates: Tolerant of…

Austrostipa scabra

Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, QLD, ACT Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, likes dry conditions, fast-growing, long-lived, very hardy Maintenance: May…

Austrostipa ramosissima

Origin: NSW, QLD Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy Maintenance: Can be pruned annually to encourage…

Austrostipa densiflora

Origin: NSW, VIC, QLD, SA. Cultural notes: Prefers free-draining gravelly soils in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Cut back periodically. Tolerates: Tolerant of drought, frost and low…

Austrostipa bigeniculata

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS. Cultural notes: Grows naturally in wooded areas Maintenance: Cut back periodically Tolerates: Frost tolerant, drought tolerant once established. Flowering season: Spring and Summer. Flower…

Austrodanthonia sp. A.C.T

Origin: ACT Cultural notes: Occurs naturally in grasslands. Common and widespread. Maintenance: Can be cut back periodically. Tolerates: High drought tolerance. Frost tolerant. Flowering season: Spring and Summer Flower colour: Inflorescences…

Austrodanthonia setacea

Origin: NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA. Cultural notes: Adaptable to a range of soil types. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be cut back to…

Austrodanthonia longifolia

Origin: NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC. Cultural notes: Adaptable to most soils, will tolerate shade but at its best in full sun. Maintenance: Remove spent seed heads and trim…

Austrodanthonia eriantha

Origin: INLAND NSW, VIC, SA. Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, prefers well-drained soils. Maintenance: Cutting back or mowing periodically will encourage new growth. Tolerates: Frost and…

Austrodanthonia caespitosa

Origin: SOUTHERN NSW, SA. VIC, WA, TAS. Cultural notes: Thrives in a range of climatic conditions from hot and arid to cool and moist and a variety…

Allocasuarina cunninghamiana

Description: A medium to large-sized tree growing to 35m and spreading 10m. It has dense furrowed grey-brown bark and drooping grey-green needle-like foliage. Origin: NSW, ACT,…

Allocasuarina littoralis

Description: An erect, small to medium-sized tree, growing to 10 metres in height. It has ascending branches and the foliage is greyish-green needle-like branchlets. It…

Acer palmatum

Description: A small to medium tree growing to 6 metres. Can often have multiple trunks joining closer to the base with smooth bark. The canopy…

Acer buergerianum

Description: A small deciduous tree that grows to a maximum of 6 metres and has a rounded canopy. Foliage is tri-lobbed and small in size.…

Acacia rubida

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD. Cultural notes: Very hardy, a good pioneer species for disturbed sites. Adaptable to most soils, prefers a sunny position. Maintenance: Little or…

Acacia pravissima

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC. Cultural notes: A hardy plant adaptable to most soils provided they are free draining. Prefers an open sunny position. Tolerates: Frost and drought tolerant.…

Acacia mearnsii

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that adapts to most soil types. Grow in full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can suffer serious…

Acacia floribunda

Origin: NSW, QLD, VIC. Cultural notes: Adaptable to most soils and prefers a shaded position. It naturally occurs along watercourses or where there is consistent water…

Acacia dealbata

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS. Cultural notes: A hardy plant adaptable to a wide range of soils and climates. Prefers a sunny position with good drainage.…

Acacia cultriformis

Origin: NSW, QLD. Cultural notes: A hardy plant that is happiest in a well-drained sunny position. Maintenance: Prune as required to maintain shape. Tolerates: Tolerant of frost,…

Acacia cognata

Origin: NSW, VIC Cultural notes: Prefers moist, well-drained soils in a partly shaded position. Tolerates: Frost tolerant. Flowering season: Spring. Flower colour: Creamy yellow ball-shaped flowers. Not as…

Acacia boormanii

Origin: NSW, VIC. Cultural notes: Adaptable to a range of climates and soils provided they are free draining. Prefers full sun or light shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned…

Abelia grandiflora

Origin: HYBRID Cultural notes: Does well in most climates, prefers to have well-drained soil and either full sun or part shade. Maintenance: Can be pruned to maintain…