| Species |
|
Description |
| Gompholobium
scabrum |
 |
Outstanding
bushy shrub to 1.5m. Heath like leaves and large mauve pea
flowers in spring. Well-drained, well-mulched soil in part
shade. |
Grevillea
robusta
Silky Oak |
|
Tall
straight tree to 30m with attractive fern like foliage. Spectacular
golden orange toothbrush flowers in spring. Well-drained soil.
Tolerates dryness and frost once established. |
Guichenotia
macrantha
Purple Bells |
 |
Dense
rounded shrub to 1m with narrow grey-green leaves. Showy pink-purple
bellflowers in winter and spring. Most soils including salty
but needs good drainage. |
| Hakea bucculenta |
 |
Tall shrub to4m with fine long leaves. Tapered
spikes of red flowers 15cm long in winter and spring. Outstanding
ornamental. Good drainage essential. |
| Hakea cucullate |
 |
Open erect shrub to 3m with large attractive
stem clasping leaves. Clusters of pink flowers in winter and
spring. Well-drained soils. Usually frost resistant. |
Hakea
laurina
Pincushion Hakea |
 |
Small
tree or shrub to 6m. Wonderful large rounded crimson and cream
ballflowers autumn and winter. Well-drained soils. Usually
frost resistant. |
Hakea
lissocarpha
Honey Bush |
 |
Low
small spreading shrub. Dense habit with prolific white to
pink flowers in winter. Well-drained soil. Tolerates dryness
and frost. |
Hakea
petiolaris
Sea Urchin Hakea |
 |
Tall
shrub to 5m with attractive leaves. Purplish and cream pincushion
flowers in autumn and winter. Most soils, good drainage. Tolerates
lime, dryness and frost. |
Hardenbergia
comptoniana
Native Wisteria |
 |
Climber
or ground cover. Purplish pea flowers in spring. Well-drained
soils. Tolerates lime and light frosts. |
Hovea
eliptica
Tree Hovea |
 |
Slender
dark green open shrub to 4m. Purple pea flowers in leaf axils
in spring. Well-drained soils. Under story plant, occurs in
Karri and Jarrah forests. |
| Hovea
linearis |
 |
Small
shrub bears purple pea flowers in early spring. Well-drained
sandy soil in full sun or part shade. |
Hypocalymma
angustifolium
White Myrtle |
 |
Small
bushy shrub to 1x1m with aromatic foliage. Pink-throated white
flowers closely set along graceful drooping branches in winter
spring. Well-drained light soil in sheltered position. |
Indigofera
australis
Austral Indigo |
 |
Fast
growing upright shrub to 2m with attractive blue-green foliage.
Fragrant mauve sprays of pea flowers in late winter spring.
Hardy shrub for well-drained soil. Under story. |
Jacaranda
mimosifolia
Jacaranda |
|
Deciduous
medium tree with fine fern-like leaves. Move flowers before
new leaves appear. Well-drained soils. Frost tender when young. |
Kennedia
coccinea
Coral Vine |
 |
Evergreen
Climber. Red pea shaped flowers with yellow eye in spring.
Well-drained soil. Tolerates coastal exposure, lime and light
frosts. |
Kennedia
prostrata
Running Postman |
 |
Prostrate
groundcover. Scarlet pea flowers in spring and early summer.
Well-drained position preferred but adaptable. Pioneer plant. |
Kunzea
baxteri
Scarlet Kunzea |
 |
Outstanding
shrub to 3m. Beautiful crimson flower spikes winter to summer.
Most soils. Frost resistant. |
Lambertia
inermis
Chittick |
 |
Fast
growing bushy shrub to 3m. Heads of cream flowers during spring
and summer. Light well drained soil. Withstands dryness and
frost. |
Leptospermum
erubescens
Pink Tea Tree |
 |
Bushy
dense shrub to 2m. Small pink or white flowers in winter and
spring. Well-drained soils. Suit coastal plantings. Windbreaks,
screens. |
Leptospermum
laevigatum
Coastal Tea Tree |
|
Bushy
shrub to 3m. Masses of white flowers in spring and early summer.
Light to medium well drained soils. Tolerates salt soils,
coastal winds, lime, dryness, frost and pollution. |
Leptospermum
petersonii
Lemon Scented Tea Tree |
|
Dense
large shrub to 4m with narrow aromatic leaves. Prolific white
flowers in spring. Well-drained soils. Tolerates salt soils,
lime and moderate frosts. |
Leptospermum
squarrsoum
Tea Tree |
|
Medium
shrub to 2.5m. Profuse pale to deep pink flowers on old wood
in autumn and winter. Moist well-drained soils. Frost resistant. |
Lomandra
longifolia
Spinney Headed Matt Brush |
|
Graceful,
ornamental large tussock grass like plant 1x1m. Creamy spikes
of fragrant flowers in spring. Most soils including moist.
Frost resistant. |