Natives

Lemon Daze is a lovely, compact grevillea plant - featuring pendulous, bright yellow claw-shaped flowers with a hint of pink. These vibrant blooms provide colour to the garden for a long period from autumn through spring. The nectar-rich flowers are adored by native birds and bees, while the slender foliage resembling rosemary adds to the plant's beauty. Being low-maintenance, Lemon Daze is perfect for informal hedging, path edging, mass planting, and underplanting. After flowering, a light pruning is recommended to ensure good dense growth.

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Sunny position. Drought, frost and coastal hardy.
Size: Height 0.8-1.5m x width 0.8-1.5m

A spectacular compact flowering gum, Corymbia Baby Orange is prized for its dazzling clusters of vivid orange blooms that smother the tree from late spring into summer. The brilliant flowers attract nectar-loving birds and pollinators while creating a vibrant seasonal display against the elegant gum foliage. Baby Orange develops a dense, rounded canopy with a refined branching habit, making it ideal for smaller gardens, courtyards, streetscapes and large decorative pots. As the flowers fade, they give way to oversized ornamental gum nuts that add further interest and texture. With its compact size, prolific flowering and striking colour, this hardy native tree is perfectly suited to coastal, contemporary and Australian native landscapes where a bold feature tree is desired.

Soil: Tolerant of most soil types
Conditions: Full sun to semi-shade. Drought, coastal and light frost tolerant.
Size: Height 3-4m x width 3m

Syzygium australe, commonly known as Bush Cherry Lilly Pilly, is a fast-growing evergreen native widely found across Australia. Its oval green leaves emerge bronze before maturing to a deep, glossy green, creating an attractive and dense canopy. Flowering begins in late spring when clusters of soft, white fluffy flowers appear along the branches, attracting bees and other pollinators. These are followed by small fruits that begin pale and ripen to pink or deep red. The sweet berries can be eaten fresh from the tree or used in jams, jellies, muffins, biscuits, cakes and even wine. This versatile plant is widely cultivated for hedging and screening, as it responds well to pruning and can easily be maintained as an edible hedge around 1 m high. Regular trimming encourages fresh new growth and keeps the plant compact and tidy, making it ideal for gardens of all sizes.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, light frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 4-6m x width 2-3m

Little Drummer Boy Grevillea is a hardy, evergreen shrub with attractive foliage popular as a ground cover. Bringing colour to the garden, pink and cream spider-like flowers contrast beautifully against the fine, soft-green leaves. Perfect for rockeries, seaside gardens and containers, the flowers of the grevillea attract nectar-feeding birds, bees and butterflies. 

Soil: Most well-drained soils including loam and sandy loam soils.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, wind, coastal and light frost tolerant.
Size: Height 0.30m x width 1m