Flowers
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| Acacia dealbata
3 synonyms: Acacia decurrens var. dealbata, Mimosa dealbata, Racosperma dealbatum | blue wattle, muryan, silver wattle | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist | 6-30 m x 5-10 m |
| Acacia implexa
1 synonym: Racosperma implexum | hickory wattle, lightwood | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist, Well Drained | 5-15 m x 4-7 m |
Flowers-close up
Leaves & flowers
Seeds
| Acacia melanoxylon
2 synonyms: Mimosa melanoxylon, Racosperma melanoxylon | australian blackwood, blackwood, blackwood acacia, hickory, mudgerabah, tasmanian blackwood | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Fertile, Moist
Seeds are edible and flowers can be cooked and eaten.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 30 m x 15 m |
Flowers
“Acacia myrtifolia” with the climber “hardenbergia violacea”
Buds & leaves
Leaves & seed pods
Flowers & leaves
| Acacia myrtifolia
2 synonyms: Mimosa myrtifolia, Racosperma myrtifolium | myrtle wattle | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Sandy, Clay, Well Drained | 1-3 m x 1-2 m |
Flowers & buds (close up)
Flowers & buds
acacia paradoxa
Shrub
| Acacia paradoxa
4 synonyms: Acacia armata, Acacia undulata, Mimosa paradoxa, Racosperma paradoxum | acacia hedge, hedge wattle, kangaroo acacia, kangaroo thorn, paradox acacia, prickly mosses, prickly wattle, wild irishman | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist, Well Drained | 2-4 m x 2-5 m |
Flowers & buds
Overall
Buds
Flowers & leaves
| Acacia pycnantha
1 synonym: Racosperma pycnanthum | golden wattle | Tree (up to 6 m), Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist, Well Drained
Roasted seeds and gum can be eaten. Bark used as a sedative for rheumatism.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 3-10 m x 2-5 m |
| Acacia ulicifolia
2 synonyms: Mimosa ulicifolia, Racosperma ulicifolium | juniper wattle | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bird Attracting Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 1-2 m x 1-2 m |
| Banksia cunninghamii
1 synonym: Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii | hairpin banksia | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 2-4 m x 2-5 m |
| Callistemon sieberi
2 synonyms: Callistemon paludosus, Melaleuca paludicola | river bottlebrush | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Moist, Wet, Poorly Drained | 3-10 m x 2-6 m |
Flowers&leaves
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Plant
Form
Seed
| Daviesia latifolia | hop bitter-pea | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Well Drained | 3 m x 2 m |
| Kunzea leptospermoides | burgan, yarra burgan | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 2-5 m x 2-4 m |
| Leptospermum lanigerum
2 synonyms: Leptospermum australe, Philadelphus laniger | Woolly Teatree | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Tree (up to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Wet, Poorly Drained | 2-6 m x 1-3 m |
| Leptospermum scoparium
1 synonym: Leptospermum aff. continentale | black tea-tree, broom tea-tree, manuka, mānuka myrtle, new zealand teatree, prickly tea-tree | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting, Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist | 1-4 m x 1-2 m |
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| Melaleuca ericifolia
2 synonyms: Cajuputi ericifolia, Myrtoleucodendron ericifolium | Swamp Paperbark | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist | 2-9 m x 3 m |
Flowers
Flowers & leaves
Single bush
Multiple bushes
| Olearia lirata | snowy daisy-bush | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Moist, Well Drained | 2-5 m x 2-3 m |
| Pomaderris aspera | hazel pomaderris | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Tree (up to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained | 3-6 m x 2-4 m |
| Pomaderris racemosa | cluster pomaderris, slender pomaderris | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained | 2-5 m x 1-2 m |
| Prostanthera lasianthos | coranderrk, victorian christmas-bush | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained
Aromatic leaves can be used to make tea or flavour food.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 2-6 m x 2-5 m |
| Prostanthera melissifolia | balm mint-bush | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Indigenous Plant Use, May not be Indigenous to Whitehorse Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained
Aromatic leaves can be used to make tea or flavour food.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 1-3 m x 2-3 |
Flowering bush
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Bush plant
| Spyridium parvifolium
4 synonyms: Cryptandra hookeri, Cryptandra parvifolia, Pomaderris parvifolia, Trymalium parvifolium | dusty miller | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m) Partial Shade, Shade Well Drained | 1-3 m x 1-2 m |