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Plant Lists
COUNTRY
GREATER MELBOURNE
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Recommended plants
Botanical Name
Common Name | Height | Flowering Time / Colour |
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Banksia ericifolia
Heath Banksia | 2.5-7m | Late winter / spring - orange.
Crowded heath-like foliage, bird attracting, good for cut flowers. |
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Callistemon citrinus
Crimson Bottlebrush | 4-6m | Late spring / early summer - red. Widely cultivated with a variety of colours and forms.
Leaves are flat, broad and leathery with a lemon scent. |
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Correa alba
White Correa | 1-1.5m | Spring / summer / autumn - white.
Grey-green rounded leaves, bird attracting. |
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Correa reflexa
Common Correa | 0.3-1m | Autumn / winter / early spring red / green.
Very variable, bird attracting. |
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Dianella caerulea
Paroo Lily | 0.4-0.8m | Spring / summer - blue.
Tussock-forming. Develops blue/purple berries. |
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Hardenbergia violacea
'Happy Wanderer' | climber | Winter / spring - purple/pink.
Hardy, medium climber. |
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| Kunzea 'Badja Carpet' | 0.3-0.6m | Spring - white.
Fast growing, aromatic foliage, bird attracting. |
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Lomandra longifolia
Spiny-headed Mat-rush | 0.5-1m | Spring / early summer - yellow.
Tussock forming, fragrant, good foliage plant. |
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Myoporum parvifolium
Creeping Boobialla | 0.1-0.3m | Spring / summer / autumn - white / mauve.
Fast growing, tough and bird attracting. |
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Thryptomene saxicola
Rock Thryptomene | 1-1.5m | Autumn / winter / spring - pink.
Weeping aromatic leaves. Suitable for cut flowers. |
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