Billardiera scandens – Velvet Apple-berry

To 1.2M high. Hairy shrub with bell-shaped flowers. Endemic but rare in Victoria. Berries were eaten by First Nations people.

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Billardiera mutabilis – Common Apple-berry

Low climber. Single greenish-yellow bell-shaped flowers Jun-Jan. Requires well-drained dry to moist soils, full sun to full shade.

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Banksia marginata – Silver Banksia, Warrock

1-6M x 1-4M. Dense to open shrub or small tree. Dark green leaves, silver below. Yellow hairy flowers in brushes, Feb-June. Prefers good drainage, tolerates wet soil in winter, dry in summer. Full sun, semi-shade. Is an excellent screening plant, cut flowers k...

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Austrostipa scabra – Rough Spear-grass

30-60CM high. Slender, tufted perennial grass. Requires well-drained dryish soils. Full sun, semi-shade.

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Austrostipa nodosa – Knotty Spear-grass

0.4-1.2M high. Loosely tufted grass. Requires moist winter-wet soils. Full sun, semi-shade.

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Austrostipa mollis – Soft Spear-grass

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

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Austrostipa flavescens – Coast Spear-grass

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

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Austrostipa elegantissima – Feather Spear-grass

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

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Atriplex semibaccata – Berry Saltbush

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.

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Aotus ericoides – Common Aotus

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.

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