Acacia ulicifolia – Juniper Wattle
1-2M x 1-2M. Upright, rounded shrub, cream to pale yellow ball-shaped flowerheads April-Sept. Prefers well-drained soils, semi-shade. Good low screen providing prickly bird habitat.
Acacia stricta – Hop Wattle
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.
Acacia pycnantha – Golden Wattle
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.
Acacia oxycedrus – Spike Wattle
To 3M. Spreading shrub to small tree.
Rigid dark green phyllodes, broader at base, tapering to a sharp point. Showy bright yellow spikes, Jun-Nov. Adaptable in wet to dryish periods, requires full sun to full shade. Nectar source for butterflies and other insects.
Acacia melanoxylon – Blackwood
To 30M. Fast-growing upright tree with heavy canopy and fissured bark.
Dull green variable phyllodes. New growth often has small ferny leaves growing from the phyllode tips.
Cream ball-shaped flowers in short racemes.
Cream ball-shaped flowerheads Jul-Oct. Prefers deep moist soil but adaptable, tolerating dryness once established. Requires full sun, semi-shade.
Acacia mearnsii – Black Wattle
To 15M. Tree. Bipinate dark to olive green leaves.
Strongly scented pale yellow ball-shaped flower heads in dense racemes Sept to Nov. Pod straight, strongly constricted between seeds.
Clematis microphylla – Small-leaved Clematis
Attractive, light climber, masses of creamy white flowers during spring followed by cotton-like fruits during summer. Grows in all soils with reasonable drainage. Full sun to part shade.
Senna artemisiodes – Silver cassia
Attractive, low maintenance shrub 1-3mt H X 1-2mt W. Well-drained soil, flowers winter & spring, clusters of bright yellow pea-shaped blooms. Tolerates drought and frost, responds well to light pruning after flowering.
Pultenaea dentata – Clustered Bush Pea
To 80CM. Open sprawling shrub. Scattered, stiff small green leaves, darker below. Compact clusters of 6 or more yellow and red flowers surrounded by prominent dark brown bracts Oct to Dec.
Coronidium scorpiodies – Button Everlasting
20-30 H x 20-30 W. Hardy, attractive perennial herb. Prefers well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. Suitable for pots, yellow flowers Sept – Dec.
