Plant Finder

Small prostrate plant. Leaves are tiny, fine and grey-green in colour. Flowers are bright yellow and red in colour and are borne in spring. Eutaxia microphylla grows to about 1m in width and height. Attracts native butterflies, caterpillar food plant.

Grassy bush. Long green stems. No leaves or flowers present. Festuca ovina grows up to 25cm tall. Needs regular water in the low desert areas. Little water everywhere else. This plant is not drought tolerant.

The Creeping Fig, as the name suggests, is a self-clinging evergreen climber. Its leaves are ovate, leathery, and dark green in colour and are quite small (5cm long). The hairy, pear-shaped fruit known as ‘figs’ are green with white dots and turn purple once ripe.

Dense evergreen shrub. Leaves are ovate to oblong, roughly 8cm long and vary from glossy light green to matt dark green. Catkins are borne from winter to early spring and these are quite large (15 to 20cm long) and green in colour. Garrya elliptica grows to about 4m high and 4m wide. This plant is not drought tolerant.

A low growing plant growing to 20 cm tall and 25 cm wide with lance-shaped ‘hairy’ leaves. Flowers are large, daisy-like with bright yellow petals and a dark centre, closing in dull weather and are produced in summer. Can be invasive in southern Australia.

This is a fine, spreading tree from North America. The spines are branched and its leaves are glossy, light green in spring, dark green in summer and about 25cm long. The leaves turn yellow in autumn and have many leaflets. Seed pods are sickle-shaped and about 45cm long, these are borne in autumn. Gleditsia trianthos is slow growing to about 6m tall and 10m wide.

This medium sized shrub from south eastern Australia has a dense, fast growing form. Flowers are red and toothbrush like. Flowering occurs duiring spring and summer but flowers can also be visible during the colder months. Grevillea 'Ivanhoe' grows to about 3m tall and 4m wide. Grevilleas are phosphorus sensitive.

A bushy shrub for well drained situation. Flowers resemble spikes and are large, dense and pink in colour. Flowering occurs all year round. Attracts birds which eat honey. Grevillea 'Pink Surprise' grows to about 4m high and 2m wide.

Bushy shrub with oblong, sharp-tipped leaves (3cm long). Leaves are dark green above and place green below. Flowers are bright orange/red in colour and are formed in spider-like racemes. Flowers are mainly produced from late autumn to summer. Grevillea 'Poorinda Constance' grows to about 3m tall and 5m wide.

This spreading shrub with many branches has dark green arching leaves. Flowers are reddish-pink in colour and are borne throughout the year. Take caution with this plant as it may cause skin rashes. The Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' variety shown here grows to about 1.5m high and 1.5m wide. Grevilleas are excellent garden candidates across Australia. Highly adaptable and bird attracting, they include trees, shrubs, and groundcovers.

Dense Queensland shrub is strongly branched. Leaves are pinnate and about 15 to 25cm long with narrow lobes. They are green above and red-hairy beneath. Flowers are red, pink or creamy white and are borne from late winter to spring but also at other times during the year. Grevillea banksii can grow to about 10m tall and 5m wide. Grevilleas are excellent garden candidates across Australia, highly adaptable and bird attracting they include trees, shrubs and groundcovers.

Dwarf to medium sized shrub with many branches. Leaves are linear to oblong, hairy and green in colour. Flowers are red and cream or green and cream and are produced from autumn to summer. Grevillea lanigera can grow to about 3m high and 5m wide.

Flowers are red, toothbrush like and are borne mainly in late winter and spring but may appear throughout the year. New growth is red with pink stems. Grevillea poorinda 'Royal Mantle' grows to about 0.25m tall and around 6m wide.

Fast-growing tree usually with an open crown. Leaves are fern-like, ovate, bronze to green above and paler and hairy beneath. Flowers are bright orange/yellow in colour and are produced in horizontal racemes (10-15cm long). Flowering occurs from late spring to summer. Grevillea robusta can grow to about 35m high and 20m wide.

Shrub with many branches and spreading stems. Leaves are clustered, straight or lance-shaped and grey-green to dark green above, paler and hairy below. Flowers are pink or cream in colour and are borne from late autumn to early summer. Grevillea rosmarinifolia can grow to about 3m tall and 5m wide.

Originating around Swan River in Western Australia the most popular form of this plant is a prostrate form. This plant produces flowers when grown in small pots. The red flowers grow in clusters at the ends of the branches. A reliable landscape plant with dense ground-cover. Grevilleas are excellent garden candidates across Australia, highly adaptable and bird attracting, they include trees, shrubs, and ground-covers.

Tall shrub or small tree. Outer branches are slightly pendulous. Bark is reddish brown in colour. The young branchlets are covered in golden-brown hairs. Adult leaves are broad with a curved tip, they are think, leathery and about 8-18cm long. Flowers are bright red in colour with cream styles. Flowering occurs in autumn and winter. Fruits are grey-brown, woody and split into 2 segments each. This plant grows about 3 to 8m high.

Indian upright plant with lance-shaped, greyish-green leaves. Flowers are fragranced, yellow in colour with bright red stamens. Flowering occurs in later summer and early autumn. Hedychium gardnerianum grows to about 2m high and 1m wide. This plant is drought tolerant.

The Hibiscus is a classic tropical and subtropical flowering shrub from Asia with many successful cultivars. It ranges from an erect shrub to a small tree and is fast growing. This plant is not frost tolerant and can be controlled by hard pruning.

This plant has white leaves on fast growing vines. The leaves are tangled and trailing. Its flowers are cream-coloured and are borne in summer. If there is a wall present, then this plant will climb. Helichrysum petiolatum grows to a height of about 80cm and a width of about 1.5m.