Shrubs

Chef's cap (Correa Correa baeuerlenii)

Small shrub with green, yellow bell-shaped flowers. Spot flowering all year, but mainly flowers in winter.

Size: 1.5-2m (h), 1.5-2m (w)

Soil type: Loam

Sun/shade: Shade

Coastal boobialla (Myoporum boninense)

Small shrub with white flowers and dark purple fruit in spring to summer.

Size: 2m (h), 1.5m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Coastal rosemary (Westringia fruticosa)

Rounded shrub with grey foliage and year-round white flowers.

Size: 1-2m (h), 1.5m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Common correa (Correa reflexa)

Bell-shaped yellow green to crimson red flowers in late autumn to spring.

Size: 1m (h), 1m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Common heath (Epacris impressa)

Pink tubular flowers, long flowering, in autumn to spring.

Size: 50cm-1m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Crowea (Crowea exalata)

Small shrub with masses of pink flowers in summer to autumn.

Size: 40cm (h), 50-70cm (w)

Soil type: Loam, clay

Sun/shade: Part shade

Deua flame (Grevillea rhyolitica)

Spreading shrub with red flowers continuously flowering throughout the year.

Size: 2m (h)

Soil type: Loam

Dwarf bottlebrush (Callistemon subulatus)

Small shrub with red flowers in winter to summer.

Size: 1.5m (h), 1-2.5m (w)

Soil type: All soil types, tolerates wet areas

Dwarf zieria (Zieria littoralis)

Grey foliaged coastal shrub with white flowers in winter to summer.

Size: 1m (h), 1m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Finger hakea (Hakea dactyloides)

Upright shrub with clusters of small white flowers in summer.

Size: 1-3m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Fringe myrtle (Calytrix tetragona)

Small shrub with white to pink starry flowers in spring.

Size: 1-2m (h), 50-150cm (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea sp.)

Slow-growing grass-tree. Flowers clustered on a spear-like spike that can grow to 2m tall.

Size: 3m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Grey saltbush (Atriplex cinerea)

Coastal shrub. Silvery, grey green leaves. Cream flowers from red fruit in spring to autumn.

Size: 1.8m (h)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Hairpin banksia (Banksia spinulosa)

Shrub with variable height (dwarfed habit in coastal areas). Orange, red, brown, and gold flower spikes in autumn to spring.

Size: 1-3m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Heath wattle (Acacia brownii)

Upright or spreading shrub. Bright yellow ball-shaped flowers in late winter to spring. Prickly foliage.

Size: 30-100cm (h)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Part shade

Honey myrtle (Melaleuca hypericifolia)

Quick growing low shrub, orange-red flowers in spring to summer.

Size: 2m (h), 1-2m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Hop goodenia (Goodenia ovata)

Bright green foliage and yellow flowers in spring to autumn.

Size: 1m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Juniper-leaf grevillea (Grevillea juniperina)

Spiky shrub with red, yellow, or pink flower clusters in winter.

Size: 1-2.5m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Kangaroo thorn (Acacia paradoxa)

Upright or spreading shrub. Yellow flowers in balls in late winter to spring, stems with stiff spines.

Size: 2-3m (h), 3-4m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Lilly pilly (Acmena smithii)

Fast-growing shrub with pink new growth in spring.

Size: 3-5m (h), 1-3m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Long-leaf waxflower (Philotheca myoporoides)

Hardy large shrub with small white starshaped flowers in winter to spring.

Size: 80-100cm (h), 80-100cm (w)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Mint bush (Prostanthera sp.)

Shrub with aromatic foliage, with the leaves giving off a minty smell when crushed. Purple flowers in spring.

Size: 2m (h), 1m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Native fuchsia (Epacris longiflora)

Shrub with masses of bell-shaped red or pink flowers all year.

Size: 70-150cm (h), 50-100cm (w)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Part shade

Food source: Birds

Native indigo (Indigofera australis)

Small shrub with pink to purple flowers in spring.

Size: 1.5m (h), 1m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Pinnate boronia (Boronia pinnata)

Shrub with pale mauve star-shaped flowers in spring to summer. Aromatic leaves.

Size: 1.5m (h)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Shade

Rice flower (Ozothamnus diosmifolius)

Compact small shrub with aromatic leaves and clusters of white flowers all year.

Size: 1.5-2m (h), 1m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Sea berry saltbush (Rhagodia candolleana)

Coastal shrub with red berries in spring to summer.

Size: 2m (h), 2m (w)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Short leaved baeckea (Baeckea brevifolia)

Small white or pink flowers in spring to summer. Aromatic leaves.

Size: 1m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sticky hop bush (Dodonaea viscosa)

A hardy shrub with bright red winged fruits in spring to summer. Can be used as a screening plant or shaped as a hedge.

Size: 1.5-4m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Swamp banksia (Banksia paludosa)

Small shrub with deep green foliage and yellow flowers in autumn to winter.

Size: 50-150cm (h), 50-150cm (w)

Soil type: Sand

Sun/shade: Sunny

Sweet bursaria (Bursaria spinosa)

Prickly shrub with white to cream sweetly-scented flowers in spring to summer.

Size: 3-4m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny

Thyme pink bells (Tetratheca thymifolia)

Small shrub with purple flowers in spring.

Size: 50-100cm (h), 50-75cm (w)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Sunny

Food source: Bees

Waratah (Telopea sp.)

Large long-lived shrub with dark green leaves with large red inflorescences in spring.

Size: 3m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Part shade

White correa (Correa alba)

Coastal shrub, small white flowers in autumn to winter. Responds to pruning and can be shaped as a hedge.

Size: 1.5m (h), 1.5m (w)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Sunny

White kunzea (Kunzea ambigua)

Medium-sized shrub with white, cream flowers in spring.

Size: 1.5m (h), 1-3m (w)

Soil type: Loam, sand

Sun/shade: Sunny

Wooly grevillea (Grevillea lanigera)

Year-round bright pink or red-pink and cream flowers, sometimes creamy green or yellow.

Size: 1.5m (h)

Soil type: All soil types (well drained)

Sun/shade: Sunny