QUICK PICK PLANTS
Just to get you started we have a few plant suggestions. Add these to the others spread throughout our website.
We like to plant in layers and add a few special purpose plants like ones with prickly leaves or wildflowers for the spring:
grasses, tufted plants
groundcovers.
small shrubs
medium shrubs
large shrubs
small trees
Find a handy list of local species with photos and more growing details here - Indigenous Plants for Ballarat Gardens
Grasses and tufted plants
Themeda triandra,
Kangaroo Grass
Poa labilliarieri
Common Tussock -grass
Rytidosperma sp.
Wallaby Grass
Dianella amoena
Flax-lily
Groundcovers
Dichondra repens
Kidneyweed
Carpobrotus modestus
Inland Pigface
Enchylaena tomentosa
Ruby Saltbush
Viola hederacea
Native Violets
Small shrubs
Correa reflexa
Common Correa
Grevillea bedggoodiana
Enfield Grevillea
Tetratheca ciliata
Pink-bells
Daviesia leptophylla
Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea
Medium Shrubs
Olearia teretifolia
Leptospermum myrcinioides
Silky Tea tree
Malva preissiana
Australian Hollyhock
Daviesia ulicifolia
Gorse Bitter-pea
Larger Shrubs
Acacia verticillata
Prickly Moses
Hakea decurrens ssp. physocarpa
Bushy Needlewood
Callistemon sieberi
River Callistemon
Leptospermum contentale
Prickly Tea-tree
Small Trees
Acacia pycnantha
Golden Wattle
Bursaria spinosa
Sweet Bursaria
Allocasuarina verticilata
Black Sheoak
Banksia marginata
Silver Banksia
Frog Pond
Ficinia nodosa
Nobby Club-rush
edge of water
Carex fascicularis
Tassel Sedge
water edge
Lobelia pedunculata
Matted Pratia
damp area
Calocephalus lacteus
Milky Beautyheads
damp area
Daisies
Ozothamnus obcordatum
Grey Everlasting
Xerochrysum viscosum
Sticky Everlasting
Chysocepahlum semipapposum
Clustered Everlasting
Brachyscome diversifolia
Wildflowers
Arthropodium minus
Vanilla Lily
Wahlenbergia sp.
Bluebells
Craspedia variabilis
Billy Button
Bulbine bulbosa
Bulbine lily
Climbers/scramblers
Clematis microphylla
Small-leaf Clematis
Hardenbergia violacea
Sarsparilla
Clematis aristata
Mountain Clematis
Billiardiera scandens
Common Appleberry
Wattles
Acacia acinacea
Gold-dust Wattle
shrub
Acacia aculeatissima
Thin-leafWattle
groundcover
Acacia genistifolia
Spreading Wattle
shrub
Acacia mitchellii
Mitchell's Wattle
small shrub