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​Taller Trees

Although tall trees are beautiful they are not always appropriate for suburban gardens. Be careful when choosing taller growing trees that you do not plant them close to your house, under power lines or on fencelines where they may become a problem.  If you have a large block or property then tall trees are essential. 
 
Banksia integrifolia - Coast Banksia

Eucalyptus camaldulensis- River Red Gum

Eucalyptus cephalocarpa- Silver-leaf  Stringybark

Eucalyptus ovata - Swamp Gum

Eucalyptus radiata - Narrow-leaf Peppermint
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Small to medium trees

Your garden will need to be a reasonable size to accommodate more than one or two small to medium trees. They are great along fencelines as wind breaks and can be trimmed to keep them bushy or you can take all but one main trunk out and let them get taller.
 

Small to Medium Trees – 5m – 10m
Acacia implexa - Lightwood

Acacia mearnsii - Black Wattle

Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood

Allocasuarina littoralis - Black She-oak

Allocasuarina verticillata - Drooping She-oak

Bursaria spinosa - Sweet Bursaria

Leptospermum laevigatum - Coast Tea-tree

Melaleuca ericifolia - Swamp Paperbark
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Medium to Large Shrubs
Medium to large shrubs may need to be spaced a little further apart, don't forget your tiny tube plant will grow into a nice bush up to three metres in diameter. These plants make a great screen and many can be trimmed back to form a hedge.
 
Medium to Large Shrubs  - 2m – 5m
Acacia sophorae - Coast Wattle

Acacia paradoxa - Hedge Wattle

Acacia stricta  - Hop Wattle

Acacia verticillata - Prickly Moses

Banksia marginata - Silver Banksia

Cassinia arcuata - Drooping Cassinia

Hakea nodosa - Yellow  Hakea

Leptospermum continentale - Prickly Tea-tree

Myoporum insulare - Common Boobialla

Ozothamnus ferrugineus - Tree  Everlasting

Ozothamnus turbinatus - Coast Everlasting

Solanum laciniatum - Kangaroo Apple

Viminaria juncea - Golden Spray
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Small Shrubs
There are many small shrubs that can be used in your garden, from bird attracting correas to some of the other colourful heathland species. Create a colour co-ordinated garden, be it formal or cottage garden style. 

Small Shrubs – 50cm – 2M


Acacia brownii - Heath Wattle

Acacia suaveolens - Sweet Wattle

Allocasuarina paradoxa - Green She-oak

Aotus ericoides - Common Aotus

Atriplex cinerea - Grey Saltbush

Bossiaea cinerea - Showy Bossiaea

Correa alba - White Correa

Correa reflexa - Common  Correa

Dillwynia glaberrima - Smooth Parrot Pea

Goodenia ovata - Hop Goodenia

Indigofera australis - Austral Indigo

Lasiopetalum baueri - Slender Velvet-bush

Leptospermum myrsinoides- Silky Tea-tree

Leucophyta brownii - Cushion Bush

Olearia axillaris - Coast Daisy-bush

Olearia ramulose - Twiggy Daisy-bush

Pomaderris paniculosa - Shining Coast Pomaderris

Rhagodia candolleana - Seaberry Saltbush
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Ground Covers
We have several types of ground covers, some of which grow from a single stem or others that will spread and put down roots to stabilise the soil.  

 Groundcovers

Acaena novae-zealandiae- Bidgee-widgee

Amperea xiphoclada - Broom Spurge

Arthropodium strictum- Chocolate Lily

Atriplex semibaccata - Berry Saltbush

Brachyscome parvula - Coast Daisy

Bulbine bulbosa - Yellow Bulbine Lily

Carpobrotus rossii - Pig Face

Chrysocephalum apiculatum - Common Everlasting

Dichondra repens - Kidney-weed

Disphyma crassifolium - Rounded Noon-flower

Geranium solanderi - Austral Cranesbill

Helichrysum scorpioides - Button Everlasting

Kennedia prostrata - Running Postman

Linum marginale - Native Flax

Myoporum parvifolium - Creeping Boobialla

Pelargonium australe - Austral Stork’s-bill

Tetragonia implexicoma - Bower Spinach

Viola hederacea - Native Violet

Wahlenbergia stricta - Tall Bluebell
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Grasses and Tussocks
There are some absolutely fabulous grasses and tussocks to choose from and no garden is complete without at least one or two species. Grasses are easy to look after, but may need a little bit of a haircut when the old leaves die off. Tussocks look after themselves and can form quite large clumps.

 Grasses and Tussocks


Austrodanthonia sp. - Wallaby-grasses

Austrostipa sp. - Spear-grasses

Carex sp. - Sedges

Dianella longifolia - Pale Flax-lily

Dianella revoluta - Black-anther Flax-lily

Dianella tasmanica - Tasman Flax-lily

Dichelachne crinita - Long-hair Plume-grass

Ficinia nodosa - Knobby Club-rush

Gahnia sieberiana - Red-fruit Saw-sedge

Lepidosperma concavum- Sand-hill  Sword-sedge

Lomandra longifolia - Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Microlaena stipoides - Weeping Grass

Patersonia occidentalis - Long Purple-flag

Poa sp. - Tussock-grasses

Spinifex sericeus - Hairy Spinifex

Themeda triandra - Kangaroo Grass
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Climbers
Climbers don't always grow upwards, you can let them ramble across your garden, but they are also very useful to cover a fence or make a screen on a trellis.


Climbers

Billardiera scandens - Common Appleberry

Clematis microphylla - Small-leaved Clematis

Glycine clandestina - Twining Glycine


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