Apart from the sandy and acid ironstone soils (mostly to the south of Horsham), much of the Wimmera consists
of shallow topsoils over alkaline clay, some areas being solid limestone below.
Heavy alkaline clay soil of Horsham and district |
| Botanical name | Height | Width | Flowers - Flowering Time |
|---|
|
|
|
Acacia acinacea |
1.5 |
3m |
Golden yellow - spring |
|
Acacia ashbyae |
2.5 |
3m |
Yellow - spring |
|
Acacia fimbriata |
5m |
3m |
Yellow - spring |
|
Acacia glandulicarpa |
1m |
2m |
Gold - winter to spring |
|
Acacia pycnantha |
4m |
3m |
Gold - winter to spring |
|
Banksia caleyi |
3m |
4m |
Scarlet - winter to summer |
|
Banksia ericifolia |
3m |
1.5 |
Gold - autumn to winter |
|
Banksia repens |
0.3 |
3m |
Yellow / brown - spring to summer |
|
Brachyscome dentata |
0.3 |
0.3 |
White - spring to summer |
|
Callistemon rugulosus |
3m |
3m |
Red / gold tips - spring to summer |
|
Correa alba |
1.5 |
0.8 |
White - summer to autumn |
|
Correa 'Marian's Marvel' |
2m |
3m |
Pink and lime green - autumn to spring |
|
Correa pulchella |
1.5 |
3m |
Apricot - autumn to winter |
|
Dianella revoluta var revoluta |
0.3 |
3m |
Blue - spring |
|
Dodonaea microzyga |
0.5 |
0.8 |
Red - spring |
|
Eremophila bignoniiflora x polyclada |
3m |
3m |
Mauve and white - summer |
|
Eremophila dichroantha |
2m |
2m |
Blue - spring |
|
Eremophila drummondii |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Blue - winter to spring |
|
Eremophila oppositifolia |
2m |
1.5 |
White to pink - winter to spring |
|
Eremophila purpurascens |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Deep pink - spring |
|
Eremophila youngii |
2m |
0.8 |
Pink to red - winter to spring |
|
Eucalyptus leucoxylon |
10m |
4m |
White to cream / pink to red - winter |
|
Eutaxia microphylla |
0.5 |
1.5 |
Yellow / orange - spring |
|
Grevillea lanigera |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Red - autumn to spring |
|
Grevillea pinaster |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Red - winter to spring |
|
Grevillea rosmarinifolia |
1.5 |
3m |
Red and cream - winter to spring |
|
Hakea francisiana |
4m |
4m |
Pink - winter to spring |
|
Hakea laurina |
4m |
4m |
Red and cream - autumn to winter |
|
Lasiopetalum behrii |
1.5 |
2.5 |
Cream to pink - winter to spring |
|
Maireana sedifolia |
1.5 |
3m |
Grey foliage - winter to spring |
|
Melaleuca decussata |
4m |
3m |
Pink to purplish - spring to summer |
|
Melaleuca megacephala |
3m |
4m |
Yellow - winter to spring |
|
Melaleuca wilsonii |
1.5 |
2.5 |
Maroon - winter to spring |
|
Minuria leptophylla |
0.2 |
0.2 |
White - most of the year |
|
Olearia pimeleoides |
1.5 |
1.5 |
White - winter to spring |
|
Pandorea pandorana |
Climber |
- |
Cream - winter to spring |
|
Pimelea ferruginea |
1m |
1.5 |
Pink to purple - winter to spring |
|
Pycnosorus globosa |
1m |
0.5 |
Gold - spring |
|
Senna artemisioides |
1.5 |
1m |
Yellow - all year |
|
Westringia glabra |
2m |
1.5 |
Lilac - summer |
|
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' |
2m |
2m |
Mauve - winter to spring |
|
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata |
0.8 |
0.8 |
White - spring |
Sandy neutral to acidic soil |
| Acacia acinacea |
2m |
3m |
Golden yellow - winter |
| Acacia cardiophylla |
2m |
3m |
Golden yellow - spring |
| Acacia iteaphylla |
4m |
4m |
Pale yellow - autumn |
| Acacia longifolia |
6m |
4m |
Yellow - spring |
| Acacia saligna |
10m |
5m |
Yellow - spring |
| Acacia pycnantha |
10m |
8m |
Golden yellow to pale cream - late spring |
| Alyogyne huegelii |
1m |
2m |
White, yellow, mauve or
purple - spring |
| Banksia attenuata |
4m |
4.5 |
Bright light yellow - winter |
| Banksia baueri |
2m |
2m |
Grey/mauve or orange/brown - summer |
| Banksia coccinea |
3m |
3m |
Scarlet and grey - spring |
| Banksia menziesii |
2m |
1m |
Pink/red - autumn to winter |
| Banksia prionotes |
8m |
3.5 |
Orange and white - winter |
| Chamelaucium uncinatum |
2m |
3m |
Dull red, purple, mauve or pink - spring |
| Correa 'Marian's Marvel' |
2m |
3m |
Pink to red/pink - winter |
| Correa 'Mannii' |
2m |
3m |
Pink - winter |
| Correa pulchella |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Orange - winter |
| Correa reflexa |
1m |
2m |
Cream, green, pink, red and
red with cream tips - winter |
| Crowea exalata |
1m |
1m |
Pink - spring to autumn |
| Dryandra polycephala |
2m |
1.5 |
Yellow - winter to spring |
| Dryandra quercifolia |
2m |
1.5 |
Yellow to greenish yellow - winter |
| Eremophila maculata |
3m |
3m |
Red, yellow or orange - spring |
| Eremophila nivea |
2m |
1m |
Lilac - spring |
| Eucalyptus caesia |
6m |
5m |
Pink to red-pink - spring |
| Eucalyptus forrestiana |
4m |
3m |
Yellow - winter |
| Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' |
1m |
2m |
Pinkish red - winter |
| Hakea francisiana |
8m |
4m |
Red - winter to spring |
| Hakea laurina |
4m |
4m |
Red and cream - autumn to winter |
| Hakea sericea |
2m |
1m |
White and pink - winter |
| Hypocalymma angustifolium |
1m |
1.5 |
Pink and white - spring |
| Isopogon cuneatus |
2m |
1.8 |
Rose pink to purplish pink - winter to spring |
| Kunzea ericifolia |
0.5 |
3m |
Pale yellow - spring to summer |
| Lambertia formosa |
2m |
1.5 |
Red to orange red - spring to summer |
| Lasiopetalum macrophyllum |
1m |
1.5 |
Pink and brown - spring |
| Leucophyta brownii |
1m |
1.5 |
Cream - summer |
| Melaleuca wilsonii |
1m |
2m |
Pale to deep pink - spring |
| Verticordia plumosa |
1m |
1m |
Pink - spring |
| Templetonia retusa |
1.2 |
1.2 |
Red - winter to spring |
