APS Victoria - Plant guide Wimmera

Sandy soils
	Botanical name	Height	Width	Flowering Time

	Acacia merinthophora	3m	3m	Zig zag weeping branches, yellow rod type flowers in winter.
	Alyogyne huegellii	2m	2m	Lilac to purple hibiscus type flowers most of year.
	Banksia blechnifolia	Prostrate	3m	Upright leaves, red flowers spring.
	Chorizema cordatum	1m	0.6m	Massed orange pea flowers in winter and spring.
	Eucalyptus caesia ssp magna	6m	3m	Pendulous silvery branches with large pink/red flowers in spring.
	Grevillea leucopteris	4m	3m	Ferny leaves, umbels of white flowers on exposed stems in late spring. Odour not always pleasant.
	Grevillea 'Superb'	1.5m	1.5m	Large orange pink flowers most of year.
	Pimelea ferrugina	1m	1m	Pink flowers during spring.
	Thryptomene calycina	1.7m	1.3m	White flowers in spring.
	Thryptomene saxicola	0.6m	1m	Mauve to pink flowers, spring / summer.
Clays, gravels and loams
	Acacia cognata 'Dwarf'	1m	1m	Lovely shaped green leafed shrub
	Banksia marginata	5m	2m	Yellow cylindrical flowers in autumn to spring.
	Correa species	1m	1m	Many different coloured bells flowering in winter through to summer.
	Crowea exaltata	1m	0.6m	Showy pink star flowers from winter to summer.
	Eucalyptus leucoxylon	6m	6m	Cream to red flowers over most of year.
	Eucalyptus tricarpa	12m	5m	Cream flowers in winter/spring. Dark ironbark trunk.
	Grevillea johnsonii	4m	2.5m	Ferny leaves with cream and red showy flowers in spring.
	Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty'	1.5m	2m	Bright pink-red flowers in late winter. Variable leaf shapes available.
	Micromyrtus ciliata	Prostrate	0.5m	White fading pink or red flowers in spring.

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