Author: Lyn

0.6-1.5M high. Robust, erect clumping grass. Requires moist, often sandy soils. Full sun, semi-shade.

1.2M high. Rhizomatous tufted grass. Requires moist, well-drained sandy soils, salt-tolerant. Full sun, semi shade.

0.5-1M x 2M. Ornamental rhizomatous tussock. Requires dry, sandy or open soil, tolerating saline and limy conditions. Full sun, semi-shade.

10-30cm x 1-2M. Spreading, semi-erect shrub. Flowers most of the year, peaking Nov-Feb. Requires well-drained heavy basalt soils, full sun, semi-shade. Salt tolerant.

0.5-1.5M x 0.5 -1.5M. Fast-growing, bushy, upright shrub. Yellow and red pea flowers Aug – Dec. Tolerates wet and dry periods, full sun, semi-shade. Prune after flowering.

4-11M x 3-6M. Small erect tree. Grey-green needles. Male flowers – yellow to brown spikes, flowers widely spread. Flowers March-Dec. Large cones with very dark brown winged seeds.

0.5-2M x 1-2M. Slow-growing. Requires moist to wet clay or sandy soils tolerating better drainage once established. Full sun, semi-shade.

4-8M x 2-5M. Upright tree, fissured bark. Female flowers reddish, male dark brown March-June. Requires well-drained soils, full sun, semi-shade. Attractive to birds and caterpillars.

0.5-1.5M x 50CM. Perennial herb, tuberous rhizome. Small pale pink flowers Nov-March, lasting 1 day. Requires wet soil to shallow water, full sun to semi-shade. Easily grown in bog gardens.

2-6M x 3-5M. Prickly open shrub. Light yellow spikes Jun-Dec. Tolerates most moist soils, waterlogging and drying in summer. Semi-shade to dappled shade. Prune for bushy habitat.