Category: Plants

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

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.

0.5-2M 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.

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.

2-5M x 2-4M. Upright shrub, quick-growing, drought hardy and tolerates coastal exposure. Pale yellow ball-shaped flowerheads, May-Oct. Full sun-full shade.

3-10M x 2-5M. Erect or spreading small tree. Densely flowered, perfumed ball-shaped flowerheads Jul-Oct. Requires well-drained loamy soil, full sun, semi shade.