Environmental weeds and native
alternatives
Small plants (herbs)
Bulbine Lily
Bulbine Bulbosa
F Æ
Grass
Triggerplant
Stylidium
Graminifolium
F Æ O
Grasses and sedges
Some garden plants pose an environmental risk to
nearby bushland areas and waterways. Plants are
spread by birds, water, wind, illegal dumping of
garden waste and by ‘creeping’ over backyard
fences. All landholders should be aware of the
potential spread of plants from their garden to
bushland areas, especially when living adjacent to
reserves, waterways and rural roadsides.
Pale Flax-Lily
Dianella Tongifolia
MÆ O
Black Anther
Flax Lily
Dianella Revoluta
MÆ O
Potential environmental
weed species
Native alternative
Kangaroo Grass Themeda Triandra
F Æ O
Common
Tussock Grass
Poa Labillardieri
F Æ O
Agapanthus
Watsonia
Flax Lilies (Dianella species)
Lomandra species
Spiny-headed
Mat-rush
Lomandra Longifolia
MÆ O
Happy Wanderer
(Hardenbergia Violacea)
Wallaby Grass
Austodanthonia spp.
MÆ
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
Wandering Jew
(Tradescantia
Blue Periwinkle
(Vinca Major)
Montpellier Broom
Varnish Wattle
(Acacia Verniciflua)
Golden Wattle
(Acacia Pycnatha)
Willow
(Salix species)
Drooping Sheoak
(Allocasuirna Verticullata)
Climbers and creepers
Happy Wanderer Hardenbergia Violacea F Æ
Running
Postman
Kennedia Prostrata
MÆ
Small-leaved
Clematis
Clematis Mictophylla
F Æ O
Sprawling blue
Bell
Wahlenbergia Gracilis F
Further information
Please note that this is an indicative list only – there
are many native plants suitable for your local area.
For further information contact:
Department of Sustainability and Environment on
136 186
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“local plants for
local gardens”
Benefits of native gardens
Mitchell Shire has many beautiful, hardy
native plants that can be used in all styles of
gardens, whether your planting a purely native
garden or using natives together with exotic
plants, from contemporary and cottage
gardens to courtyard and bush gardens.
For many years, and still today, some people
believe that native plants are straggly and
unattractive, however if used in the right way,
native plants offer a vast variety of colours
and textures to complement and enhance
most styles of gardens.
This leaflet lists some common native plants
that can be grown in local gardens. Mitchell
Shire also has a number of native nurseries
where such plants can be purchased.
Benefits of growing indigenous gardens
include;
UNative plants are adapted to the local
climate and soils meaning that they will
require less water and fertiliser as exotic
plants
UProvide habitat and food for native
wildlife
UAttract native bird life and butterflies to
your garden
UNo threat of environmental weed spread
UIncrease awareness of and appreciation
for local environmental values
UBeautiful, hardy, drought tolerant plants
Very large trees
Over 25m high
Large shrubs
(only suitable for large gardens and farms)
1 - 3m tall
Lightwood
Acacia implexa
F Æ
Gold Dust Wattle Acacia acinacea
F Æ
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
MÆ
Woolly Wattle
F Æ O
Yellow Box
Eucalyptus melliodora
MÆ
Acacia lanigera var
whanii
Narrow-leaf
Peppermint
Eucalyptus radiata
F Æ O
Varnish Wattle
Acacia verniciflua
F Æ O
Daphne heath
S Æ
Manna Gum
Eucalyptus vimilalis
Brachyloma
daphnoides
Large trees

F Æ O
10 – 20m tall
Wedge Leaf Hop Dodonaea viscosa
Bush
F Æ
Silver Wattle
Acacia dealbata
F Æ
Hop Goodenia
Goodenia ovata
F Æ O
Silver Banksia
Banksia marginata
MÆ O
Grevillia alpina
MÆ
Small trees
3 - 10m tall
Cat’s Claw
Grevillia
Austral Indigo
Indigofera austalis
F Æ O
Prickly tea tree
Leptospermum
continentale
MÆ O
< 1m tall
Drooping She-Oak Allocasurina verticullata M Æ O 
Ovens Wattle
Acacia pravissima
F Æ O
Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnatha
F Æ O
Small shrubs
River Bottlebrush
Callistemon sieberi
F Æ O
Grey Parrot Pea
Dillwynia cinarascens
MÆ O
Woolly Tea-tree
Leptospermum
lanigernum
MÆ O
Common Correa
Correa reflexa
MÆ
Rough Barked
Honey-myrtle
Melalueca
parvistaminea
MÆ O
Thin Leaf Wattle
Acacia aculeatissima
F Æ
Cut leaf daisy
Brachyscome Mulifida F Æ
Common
Everlasting
Chrysocephalum
apiculatum
MÆ
Clustered
everlasting
Chrysocephalum
semipapposum
MÆ
KEY:
ÆFrost Tolerant
O
Tolerates poor drainage
 Salinity Tolerant
Growth rate
S
Slow
M
F
Medium
Fast
Indogophera australis, , Rhodantha anthemoides, Chrysocephalum semipapposum, Correa pulcherina & Goodenia ovata