Linum marginale – Native Flax
To 70CM. Slender, erect bluish perennial wildflower. Small, upward pointing, narrow bright green leaves.
Loose terminal panicles of small open, clear blue flowers often with darker veins and white anthers Sept to Feb. Fruit a round papery capsule. Spreads in drifts.
Cut back hard in autumn to promote new growth.
Kennedia prostrata – Running Postman
To 10CM. Open trailing or densely matting plant. Crinkly grey-green three part leaves. Scarlet long-stemmed pea flowers with yellow centres Aug to Nov. Long, downy seed pod.
Indigofera australis – Austral Indigo
To 2.5M. Open spreading shrub. Pinnate blue-green leaves with elliptical leaflets. Long sprays of mauve, occasionally white or pink, pea flowers. Long, narrow seed pod.
Prefers a sheltered position, useful for under tree planting. Insect attracting.
Hardenbergia violacea – Purple Coral Pea
To 20CM. Prostrate creeper or wiry scrambler over other plants. Leathery dark green lanceolate leaves, paler below. Sprays of dark purple pea flowers with a prominent green and white centre massed along branches Jul to Nov.
Full sun to light shade, will tolerate salty winds & drought. Non-indigenous nursery forms are far more aggressive & vigorously climbing.
Grevillea rosemarinifolia – Rosemary Grevillea
To 2M. A compact to open shrub. Stiff, narrow, linear bright green leaves. Dense one-sided racemes of red and cream spidery flowers curved down from the end of branchlets Aug to Dec.
Tolerates well-drained soils.
Goodenia ovata, prostrate – Hop Goodenia
To 10CM. Attractive ground covering plant. Lush, green foliage and massed, showy, yellow flowers throughout the warmer months of the year.
Suits full sun to semi-shaded positions & well-drained soils. Tolerates drought and moderate frosts.
Glycine clandestina – Twining Glycine
To 2M Open twining herb, climbs over other plants. Stems, prostrate or mat-forming. Small stiff three-part leaves along stem. Racemes of small bluish-mauve pea flowers Aug to Feb.
Flowers provide a food source (nectar and pollen) for native insects, including bees and wasps. Can tolerate exposed, moist and windy sites, prefers well-drained soil. Responds well to pruning. Hardy once established.
Eutaxia microphylla – small-leaved Eutaxia
To 1M. Variable heath-like small shrub. Crowded, tiny flat greyish-green leaves, branchlets on older growth becomes spiny. Profuse tiny yellow pea flowers streaked red or purple, usually singly in leaf axils Aug to Oct. Adapts to most soils and will tolerate wet or dry periods when established. Responds well to pruning.
Eryngium ovinum – Blue Devil
To 60CM. Erect, fast-growing, spreading perennial herb. Feathery green to purplish leaves. Ovoid flower heads with rigid sharp metallic blue to purplish spikes Nov to Jan.
Adapts well to most soil types, full sun to part shade. Suitable for pots.
Enchylaena tomentosa – Ruby Saltbush
To 1.5M. Low spreading or upright shrub. Small bluish-green to dark green succulent leaves with red, pink or yellow berries. Single insignificant greenish flowers Sept to Apr.
Responds well to pruning. Full sun – part shade.