Plants native to Western Australia which are suitable for use on the verge.
GROUNDCOVERS
Botanic name
Common Name
Size
Adenanthos cuneatus
Coral Carpet
H: 30 – 50cm, W: 1 - 2m
Adenanthos meisneri (prostrate form)
Prostrate Woolly Bush
H: 30cm, W:3m
Banksia dallanneyi (syn: Dryandra lindleyana)
Couch Honeypot
H: 50cm, W: 50cm
Brachyscome iberidifolia
Swan River Daisy
H: 25 - 40cm, W: 60 - 1m
Dampiera diversifolia
Dampiera
H: 10cm, W: 25cm - 1m
Enchylaena tomentosa
Ruby Saltbush
H: 50cm, W: 1m
Frankenia pauciflora
Sea Heath
H: 10 - 50cm, W: 1m
Grevillea obtusifolia ‘Gin Gin Gem’
Gin Gin Gem
H: 25cm, W: 3m
Grevillea thelemanniana
Spider-net Grevillea
H: 60cm, W: 1.5m
Myoporum parvifolium
Creeping Boobialla
H: 15cm, W: 3m
Scaevola aemula (prostrate form)
Fan Flower
H: 5cm, W: 1 - 2m
SHRUBS & GRASSES (Under 700mm)
Botanic name
Common Name
Size
Anigozanthos humilis
Catspaw
H: 20 - 40cm, W: 45cm
Anigozanthus ‘Bush Gems’
Dwarf Kangaroo Paws
H: 40 - 60cm, W: 45cm
Baekea virgata 'Nana'
Twiggy Heath Myrtle Dwarf
H: 30cm, W: 50cm
Banksia blechnifolia
Southern Blechnum Banksia
H: 50cm, W: 2 - 3m
Baumea juncea
Bare Twig-Rush
H: 50 – 60cm
Calytrix tetragona (prostrate form)
Fringe Myrtle prostrate
H: 50cm, W: 1.5m
Conostylis aculeata
Prickly Conostylis
H: 30 - 60cm, W: 60cm
Conostylus candicans
Grey Cottonheads
H: 30cm, W: 30cm
Dianella species and cultivars
Dianella
H: 50cm, W: 50cm
Eremophila glabra ‘Kalbarri Carpet’
Emu Bush
H: 10 - 20cm, W: 1 - 1.5m
Leucophyta brownii (dwarf form)
Dwarf Cushion Bush
H: 30cm, W: 30cm
Orthrosanthus laxus
Morning Iris
H: 20cm, W: 20cm
Melaleuca huegelii (dwarf form)
Chenille Honey Myrtle (Dwarf)
H: 40cm, W 2m
Patersonia occidentalis
Native Iris
H: 30cm, W: 30cm
Philotheca spicata (syn: Eriostemon spicatus)
Pepper and Salt
H: 60cm – 1.2m
Scaevola crassifolia
Thick-leaved Fanflower
H: 60cm, W: 70cm
Thysanotis multiflorus
Fringe Lily
H: 30 – 40cm, W: 40 -60cm
Verticordia plumosa
Pink Feather Flower
H : 60 cm, W 80cm
SHRUBS & GRASSES (To 1.5m tall but can be pruned and maintained at 700mm)
Botanic name
Common Name
Size
Boronia crenulata
Aniseed Boronia
H: 25cm - 1.2m
Calytrix angulata
Yellow Starflower
H: 1m, W: 1m
Chorizema cordatum
Flame Pea
H: 1 - 1.5m
Darwinia citriodora (prostrate form)
Lemon-scented Darwinia
H: 1m, W: 1m
Dianella revoluta
Flax Lily
H: 1m, W: 1.5m
Grevillea wilsonii
Wilson’s Grevillea
H: 1m
Hypocalymma angustifolium
White Myrtle
H: 1.5m
Hypocalymma robustum
Swan River Myrtle
H: 1m
Spacings
2/m2
1/m2
2/m2
2/m2
2/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
Spacings
3/m2
3/m2
2/m2
0.5/m2
3/m2
0.5/m2
2/m2
4/m2
3/m2
1/m2
3- 4/m2
4/m2
1/2m2
3 - 4/m2
1/m2
1/m2
3/m2
1/m2
Spacings
2/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
1/m2
The plants listed here are suggestions only, and not all are native to the City of Canning’s bushland
areas. Other sources of information include:
‘Grow Local Plants Brochure’:
Central Bentley, Canning Vale, Ferndale (part), Leeming, Lynwood, Parkwood, Riverton, Rossmoyne,
Shelley, St James, Welshpool (part), Willetton and Wilson (part) or
East Coastal Cannington, East Cannington, Queens Park, Wilson (part), Ferndale (part) and
Welshpool (part)
Or visit the Water Corporation website:
Waterwise plant search - Water Corporation WA