To 70CM. Wildflower. Soft grey, mostly paired leaves. Silver-grey foliage with bright yellow flowers Oct-Feb. Suitable for containers, needs well-drained or clay and loamy soils. Full sun to semi-shade.
Category: Bili Nursery plants
Bursaria spinosa – Sweet Bursaria
To 8M. Medium to large shrub or small tree, produces masses of small white or cream flowers Oct-Jan, followed by heart-shaped, flattened seed capsules. Important food for butterflies/moths. Prefers a sunny position in well-drained soils, will not tolerate wet/...
Arthropodium strictum – Chocolate Lily
To 1M. Tufted herb with flower spike. Narrow flat leaves from base. Violet or deep pink flowers singly on erect stalks, smells a little like chocolate Oct to Dec. Grows in full sun or partial shade in well-drained, moist soils. Useful container plant. Flowerin...
Arthropodium milleflorum -Vanilla Lily
To 80CM. Tufted herb with flower spike. Slightly fleshy, spreading dark green leaves from base.Pale pink, pale mauve or white flowers in clusters on branched stems. Beautiful lilac, vanilla-scented flower spikes Nov to Feb. Grows in full sun or partial shade i...
Apium prostratum – Sea Celery
To 2M. Prostrate herb, weak, trailing perennial. Smooth celery like leaves. Inconspicuous cream to green flowers with yellow-brown midrib in umbels Dec to Mar. Moist, well-drained sandy soils. Full sun. Suitable for a rockery. Leaves and stems may be used a...
Allocasuarina paradoxa – Green Sheoak
To 2M. Upright open to dense shrub. Grey-green needles. Male flowers in reddish brown spikes Sept to Nov. Both male and female flowers sometimes occur.
Acacia suaveolens – Sweet-scented Wattle
To 3M. Evergreen, small shrub with light blue-green foliage. Erect, leathery long narrow bluish-green phyllodes. Perfumed cream ball-shaped flower heads, in racemes Apr to Oct.Nectar source for butterflies and other insects. Moist, well-drained soils. Tolerate...
Acacia paradoxa – Kangaroo Thorn
To 4M. Dense, evergreen, thorny shrub. Fast growing. Sharp-tipped, small dark green phyllodes.Masses of single large golden yellow ball-shaped flower heads in leaf axils.Nectar source for butterflies and other insects. Excellent bird habitat. Adaptable and goo...
Brachyscome multifida – Cut-leaf Daisy
A fast-growing perennial groundcover. Grows in clay or free draining soils, drought tolerant once established. Spring and summer flowering, full sun/semi-shade. 40cm x 1m.
Bulbine bulbosa – Yellow Bulbine Lily
Wildflower 20-60cm tall, 30cm wide, a colourful lily that dies down and re-shoots in Autumn. Masses of yellow flowers on elegant stems. Grows well in drained, moist soils in full sun or part shad, suitable for container growing. Spectacular en masse.