| Species |
|
Description |
Acacia
acuminata
Raspberry Jam Wattle |
|
Large
shrub to 5m, golden rod flowers in spring. Drought and frost
resistant and salt soil tolerant. Fragrant timber. |
Acacia
baileyana
Cootamundra Wattle |
|
Small
tree to 6m, silver-grey feathery leaves. Spectacular flowers
July & August. Most soils. Hardy. Tolerant of frost, dryness
and protected coastal area. |
Acacia
baileyana
"Purpurea" |
|
Cootamundra
Wattle - purple leaf form |
Acacia
dealbata
Silver Wattle |
|
Medium
trees with grey fern like foliage. Flowers in spring. Most
soils. Tolerates frosts, clay soils and moist areas. |
Acacia
drummondii
Drummond's Wattle |
 |
Small
shrub to 3m with soft foliage and yellow rod flowers winter
and spring. Well-drained soils. Understorey revegetation. |
Acacia
fimbriata
Fringed Wattle |
|
Small
tree with attractive weeping foliage. Profuse perfumed ball
flowers in July-October. Hardy. Tolerates dryness, lime, frost
and some wetness. Good dense screen plant. |
Acacia
glaucoptera
Clay Wattle |
 |
Small
dense attractive shrub to 1.5m x 2.5m. Red new growth. Useful
ground cover for open aspect. Ball flowers along stems in
late winter |
Acacia
howittii
Sticky Wattle |
|
Pendulous
dense large shrub to 6m, shiny light-green foliage, masses
of lemon-yellow flowers in spring. Well-drained soils. Tolerates
salt, frost and lime. |
Acacia
iteaphylla
Flinders Ranges Wattle |
|
Large
weeping shrub to 5m, blue-green foliage, perfumed yellow flowers.
Well-drained soils. Tolerates salt, drought, frost and lime. |
Acacia
longifolia
Sydney Golden Wattle |
|
Rapid
growing erect shrub to 6m, flowers in golden spikes winter-spring.
Well-drained soils. Tolerates salt, lime coastal conditions
and dryness. |
Acacia
melanoxylon
Blackwood Wattle |
|
Graceful
upright tree to 30m with dense foliage. Clusters of creamy
flower-balls winter/spring. Best in rich soils. Shade, erosion
control, long-lived valuable timber tree. |
Acacia
pendula
Weeping Myall |
|
Small
tree to 12m with silvery-blue-green weeping foliage, lemon-yellow
flowers in winter. Medium to heavy well drained soils. Tolerates
salt and lime soils. Good windbreak, fodder and firewood. |
Acacia
podalyriifolia
Queensland Silver Wattle |
|
Dense
tall shrub to 5m, rounded silvery grey foliage. Dense flowers
in mid winter. Any well drained soils. Fast growing, bird
attracting. |
Acacia
pulchella
Prickly Moses |
 |
Small
rounded shrub to 1m. Flowers in winter. Jarrah understorey.
Tolerates dryness, lime and frost. |
Acacia
saligna
Golden Wreath Wattle |
|
Large
shrub or small tree. Large ballflowers in spring. Tolerates
dryness, lime and salt soil. Resistant to salt spray. |
Acacia
sophorae
Coastal Wattle |
|
Spreading
medium to large dense shrub to 4m, golden spiked flowers in
spring. Sand binding. Tolerates salt, lime and dryness. Coastal
and polluted conditions. |
Acacia
spectabilis
Mudgee Wattle |
|
Fast
growing upright shrub to 5m, slender with a weeping habit.
Well-drained soils. Frost and drought resistant. Open screen
or group planting. |
Acacia
vestita
Hairy Wattle |
|
Beautiful
small weeping shrub to 4m. Heavy clusters of flowers in spring.
Well-drained soils. Tolerates frost and dryness. |
Agonis
flexuosa
Willow Peppermint |
 |
Weeping
dense small tree to 8m. Hardy plant, most soils. Tolerates
lime, sandy soils and dry conditions once established. |
Agonis
juniperina
Native Ceder |
 |
Upright
columnar shrub to 5m. Profuse white flowers most of the year.
Good screen, very hardy and cut flower. Most soils. |
| Agonis
linearifolia |
 |
Medium
shrub to 4m. White flowers in spring summer. Most soils, understorey,
stream revegetation. |
| Agonis
parviceps |
 |
Medium
to tall shrub 3-6m, white flowers in spring. Most soils. Tolerates
wet conditions and frost. Cut flower. |
Allocasuarina
verticulata
Coastal Drooping Sheoak |
|
Rounded
tree to 10m. Attractive drooping dark green foliage. Ornamental,
windbreak. Tolerates salt and lime. |
Alyogyne
huegelii
Lilac Hibiscus |
 |
Fast
growing rounded shrub to 2m. Soft foliage. Attractive single
lilac flowers in spring and summer. Hardy. Most soils. Frost
tolerant. |
Anigozanthos
manglesii
Red Kangaroo Paw |
 |
Tall
spikes of red flowers in summer. Well-drained soil. Attracts
nectar birds. |
| Atriplex
sp. |
 |
Silver
foliage. Fire retardant, salt tolerant fodder plants. |