Plants to Residents
2011
The Town of Bassendean is offering their residents native plant seedlings at
the substantially discounted price of 50 cents each.
To take advantage of the opportunity to showcase some of Western
Australia’s unique flora in your garden, simply bring your rates notice or a
document which provides proof of residency within the Town to:
The Old Perth Road Markets
Old Perth Road (stall will be located on Parker Street)
Bassendean
on
Sunday 29th May 2011 from 9.00am till 11.00am
The timing of this scheme allows the seedlings sufficient time to become
established over the wettest months of the year. Being local native plants, the
seedlings are already well adapted to our climate and, once established,
should note require a high level of watering.
There are many benefits to growing local plants. The plants themselves are
often beautiful when in flower, may have attractive foliage and can attract
bush birds and butterflies to your garden. Furthermore, unlike potentially
invasive exotic garden plants, local native plants do not pose an additional
weed risk to the Town’s natural areas. Many of the seedlings available in this
scheme are naturally compact and attractive, however, like all garden plants,
these plants will require some maintenance to suit a garden situation.
As this is a well supported scheme, a limit of 30 seedlings per property
is permitted.
If you are interested, why not come prepared with a wishlist? You can browse
plant types online at http://www.apacewa.org.au/nursery - just select your
suburb and soil type and you’re away!
See over the page for plants available on the day (while stocks last).
SPECIES AVAILABLE (WHILE STOCKS LAST)
Common
Botanical
Frasers Sheoak
Candle Banksia
Bull Banksia
Swamp Banksia
Firewood Banksia
Jarrah
Flooded Gum
Coastal Blackbutt
Modong
Swamp Paperbark
Albizia
Allocasuarina fraseriana
Banksia attenuata
Banksia grandis
Banksia littoralis
Banksia menziesii
Eucalyptus marginata
Eucalyptus rudis
Eucalyptus todtiana
Melaleuca preissiana
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla
Paraserianthes lophantha
Coojong, GoldenWreath Wattle
Swamp Cypress
Perth Hop-bush
Spear Wood
Banbar
Swamp Peppermint
Acacia saligna
Actinostrobus pyramidalis
Dodonea hackettiana
Kunzea glabrescens
Melaleuca teretifolia
Taxandria linearifolia
Prickly Moses
Acacia pulchella
Acacia sessilis
Astartea scoparia
Calothamnus quadrifidus
Calothamnus sanguineus
Colour
Time
Comments
Brown
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Pink and red
Cream
Cream-white
Creamy white
White
White, cream
Green/yellow
May-Oct
Sep-Oct
Sep-Dec
Mar–Jul
Feb-Aug
Sep-Feb
Jul-Sep
Feb
Jan-Mar
Jul-Jan
Aug-Sep
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Yellow
Aug-Oct
1-3
4
1.5-4
4
Up to 5
Brown
Green
Yellow
White
White
1.5
0.3-1.5
1.8
1-2
1.5
Yellow
Yellow
White
Red
Blood red
Aug-Nov
Jul-Oct
Oct-Nov
Oct-Jan
MarMay/SepDec
Jun-Oct
Jul-Oct
Attracts birds,
butterflies
Hardy
Grass Tree
Daviesia decurrens
Daviesia divaracata
Hypocalymma angustifolium
Ficinia nodosa
Juncus pallidus
Kunzea recurva
Melaleuca seriata
Melaleuca thymoides
Regelia ciliata
Xanthorrhoea preissii
1
1
1
1
2
1.5
1
2
2
3
Orange & red
Red/yellow
Pink
Brown
White
Mauve
Pink, purple
Yellow
Red
White
Common Brown Pea
Bossiaea eriocarpa
0.6
One-sided Bottlebrush
Silky-leaved Blood
Flower
Winged Bitter-pea
Marno
White myrtle
Knotted Club Rush
Giant Rush
Mountain Kunzea
Sand wattle-myrtle
Growth
TREES
15
5-8
10
8-10
10
15-46
20
9-16
9
10
10
SHRUBS
5-6
Aug-Dec
Mar-Oct
Aug-Sep
Jul-Nov
Jul-Oct
Nov-Mar
Oct-Nov
Aug-Nov
Oct-Dec
Sep-Dec
Nov-Feb
Nov-Jan
Attracts birds
Attracts birds
Attracts butterflies
Attracts birds
Attracts birds, hardy
or long flowering
Attracts birds, hardy
or long flowering
Nov-Jan
Attracts butterflies
Sep-Nov
Green Kangaroo Paw
Spiny Cottonheads
Grey Cottonheads
Brown &
yellow
Melaleuca trichophylla
0.7
Pink-purple
PERENNIAL HERBS
Anigozanthos manglesii
1
Red and
green
Anigozanthos viridis
1.1
Green
Conostylis aculeata
0.3
Yellow
Conostylis candicans
0.5
Yellow
Attracts birds, hardy
or long flowering
Attracts birds
Purple Flag
Patersonia occidentalis
Purple
Sep-Oct
Native Wisteria
CLIMBERS AND GROUNDCOVERS
Hardenbergia comptoniana
Climber
Purple
Jun-Sep
Running Postman
Kennedia prostrata
Aug-Nov
Kangaroo Paw
0.5
Low
Red
Jul-Oct
Sep-Nov
Sep-Nov
Aug-Sep
Attracts butterflies,
hardy or long
flowering
Hardy or long
flowering
Attracts butterflies,
hardy or long
flowering
Attracts birds,
butterflies, hardy or
long flowering