Cultivation Notes

Scientific Name: RHODANTHE chlorocephala ssp rosea Common Name: Everlastings (Pink, Red & White) Alternative Common Name: Everlasting Daisies, Paper Daisies Family: Asteraceae Height: 30cm (12″) – 60cm (24″) Width: up to 30cm if spaced up to 30cm (12″) apart. Description: Probably the easiest and quickest to grow of all Australian wildflowers and the most famous […]

Scientific Name: RHODANTHE chlorocephala ssp rosea Common Name: Everlastings (Pink, Red & White) Alternative Common Name: Everlasting Daisies, Paper Daisies Family: Asteraceae Height: 30cm (12″) – 60cm (24″) Width: up to 30cm if spaced up to 30cm (12″) apart. Description: Probably the easiest and quickest to grow of all Australian wildflowers and the most famous

Scientific Name: ACACIA drummondii ssp candolleana Common Name: Dwarf Wattle Alternative Common Name: Drummond’s Dwarf Wattle Family: Mimosaceae Height: Up to 1 m(3′) Width: Up to 1m (3′) Description: A beautiful small shrub to light up a garden in the Winter through to Spring. Flowers: Masses of bright yellow elongated flowers amongst small elegant grey-green

Scientific Name: KENNEDIA coccinea Common Name: Coral Creeper Alternative Common Name: Coral Vine Family: Fabaceae Height: If supported, up to 2m (7′) Width: If on ground, up to 2m (7′) Description: A very showy evergreen climber, hanging vine or ground cover with slender, twining, rust-coloured stems and branches and soft green leathery foliage. Flowers: Masses

Scientific Name: EUCALYPTUS macrocarpa Common Name: Bush Rose Alternative Common Name: Mottlecah Family: Myrtaceae Height: Up to 2.5m(8′) Width: Up to 2.5m (8′) Description: This unusual small evergreen tree is the largest flowered Eucalypt with unusual silver green leaves which are closely arranged along the straggling stems. Flowers: Spectacular flowers to 10cm(4″) across, appearing from late

Scientific Name: TRACHYMENE coerulea Common Name: Blue Rottnest Island Daisy Alternative Common Name: Blue Lace Flower, Australian Lace Flower Family: Apiaceae Height: 1.0m (3′) Width: 0.5m (20″) Description: Small annual shrub with long-stemmed blue – mauve flowers among pale green leaves. Easily grown from seed sown in Winter. Requires little attention. Flowers: Attractive long-stemmed soft

Scientific Name: GREVILLEA banksii Common Name: Banks’ Grevillea Alternative Common Name: Red silky oak, Dwarf silky oak, Kahili flower, Balga Family: Proteaceae Height: Up to 3m (10′) Width: Up to 2m (7′) Description: Hardy tall, slender or spreading shrub to small tree. Flowers: Produces striking bird attracting bright red or white flowers in spring to

Scientific Name: XANTHORRHOEA preissii Common Name: Australian Grass Tree Alternative Common Name: Palga, Balga Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Height: Up to 0.5–2m (7′) Width: Up to 0.7m (2′) Description: A distinctive Australian very slow growing evergreen plant with its striking, unusual trunk and shock of thin grass-like leaves 1.5m (5′) in length sprouting from the top. Flowers:

Scientific Name: CALLISTEMON glaucus Common Name: Albany Bottle Brush Alternative Common Name: Albany Bottle Brush Family: Myrtaceae Height: Up to 3m (10′) Width: Up to 2m (7′) Description: Hardy, upright, adaptable evergreen shrub with spectacular red flowers through Spring and Summer. Flowers: The largest flower among all the bottlebrushes, with rich scarlet cylindrical ‘brushes’ up