Natives

The fast-growing, dark green, narrow foliage is the outstanding feature of the ultra-tough, long-lived Lomandra Verday. The slightly weeping habit gives this versatile native grass a seaside feel with the breeze swaying the foliage. It produces slightly fragrant flowers amongst the foliage and is perfect for borders and mass landscape plantings.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Light frost, drought, heat, salt and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 0.5m

A lovely medium-sized shrub with glowing red flowers for most of the year, Grevillea Ruby Jewel has a small compact habit. The neat dark green leaves, very unusual for a grevillea, provide shelter for small birds and an unobtrusive backdrop to winter-flowering shrubs. Ruby Jewel is ideal for low informal hedging and screening or as a feature plant. It can be pruned to a desired height to create low to medium hedges.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Tolerant of drought, frost and coastal conditions.
Size: Height 1m x width 1.5m

Grevillea Mello Yellow is a spectacular form of the woolly grevillea which is a superb plant for cooler climates such as the southern states of Australia. Mello Yellow is a reliable evergreen with deep-green narrow leaves and a neat compact growth habit. Pale, custard-yellow flowers appear in autumn and continue blooming through to mid-spring.
It's a little shy to flower when young, compared to other mini grevilleas, but worth the wait for the unusual flower colour. Mello Yellow is happy in coastal and seaside gardens, windy locations, rockeries as well as window boxes and containers. Once established it is a very low-maintenance plant drawing bees and native birds to the garden.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.3m x width 1m

Grevillea Bonnie Prince Charlie is a free flowering, compact dwarf shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of spectacular vibrant red and golden yellow spider flowers are borne along slender branches during spring and summer, with occasional spot flowering throughout the year. This excellent bird-attracting shrub is a great addition to any garden or landscape. Prune after flowering and fertilise with a long-term, slow-release, native fertiliser.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coastal hardy.
Size: Height 0.80m x width 1.2m