Plants for Home Gardens

Desert kurrajongs (Brachychiton gregorii) are one of the tree species grown in the Garden

The flora of Central Australia provides a unique and diverse range of species suitable for making any home garden into an oasis. From our beautiful Mallees through the distinctive flowers of the Eremophila species and bright yellows of our Sennas , there is a never ending cycle of  blooming plants to attract birds and create a beautiful home environment.  

On top of this there are huge water savings that can be made by appropriate species selection, irrigation systems and  plant maintanance practices. The species listed below are just a few, of the amazing range of  Central Australian plants appropriate for home gardening. So get out in your yard, plant a local species and watch it thrive, bringing your garden to life. 

  Trees

• Acacia aneura – Mulga  4-10 m
• Acacia estrophiolata – Ironwood 10-15m
• Acacia salicina – Cooba 4-12m
• Atalaya hemiglauca  – Whitewood 6-10 m
• Acacia holosericea – Candelabra Wattle 2-6m
• Brachychiton gregorii – Desert Kurrajong 6-10m
• Callitris glaucophylla – White cypress pine 5-7 m
• Corymbia aparrerinja – Ghost gum 15-20 m
• Corymbia opaca – Bloodwood 10-15m
• Eucalyptuc camaldulensis – River Red Gum 15-20m
• Eucalyptus coolabah – Coolabah 12-15 m
• Eucalyptus intertexta – Bastard Coolabah 12-15 m
• Ficus brachypoda – Native Rock Fig 4-6m
• Gravillea striata – Beefwood 10-15m
• Meleleuca bracteata – Black Teatree 4-6m
• Santalum acuminatum – Desert Quandong 4-6m

Small Trees

• Acacia colei – 3-5m
• Acacia cowleana – Halls Creek Wattle 3-5m
• Acacia cyperophylla – Red Mulga  5-7m
• Acacia jennerea – Coonavittra Wattle 3-5m
• Acacia kempeana – Witchetty Bush 3-4m
• Acacia murrayana – Colony Wattle  3-5m
• Acacia tetragonaphylla – Dead finish 2-4m
• Acacia undoolyana – Sickle-leaf Wattle 3-5m
• Dodenaea viscosa – Desert Hopbush 3-4m
• Eremophila bignoniiflora – Bignonia Emu Bush 2-4m
• Eremophila youngii  3-4m
• Eucalyptus gamophylla – Blue Mallee 4-5m
• Eucalyptus lucens – Shiny Leaved Mallee 3-5m
• Eucalyptus minniritchi – Round-leaved Mallee 4-5m
• Eucalyptus pachyphylla – Red-bud Mallee 2-4m
• Hakea divaricata – Fork Leaved Corkwood 4-6m
• Hakea leuoptera – Needlewood 2-4m
• Melaleuca faucicola – Desert Bottlebrush 2-4m
• Melaleuca glomerata – Inland Teatree 3-4m
• Melalueca trichostachya – Paperbark 3-4m
• Santalum lenceolatum – Plum Bush 2-3m

Shrubs

• Acacia spondylophylla – Curry Wattle 0.5-1m
• Atriplex nummularia – Old Man Saltbush 1-3m
• Capparis spinosa – Wild Passionfruit 1-1.5m
• Carissa lanceolata – Conkerberry 1-2m
• Crotalaria eremaea – Desert Rattlepod 0.5-1m
• Dodenaea viscosa sub mucrronata – Sticky Hopbush 1-2m
• Eremophila alternifolia – Narrow-leaf Fuchsia Bush 1-1.5m
• Eremophila christophori – Dolomite Fuchsia Bush 1-2m
• Eremophila latrobei – Native Fuchsia 1-2m
• Eremophila maculata – Spotted Fuchsia 1-2m
• Eremophila ovata – Krichauff Ranges Fuchsia 0.5-1m
• Eremophila polylada – Flowering Lignum 1-1.5m
• Eremophila prostrata- Rainbow Valley Fuchsia 0.2-0.5m
• Eremophila sp.  Aookara Range – Arookara Ranges Fuchsia 0.2 – 0.5
• Gossypium sturtianum – Sturts Desert Rose 1.5-2m
• Indigofera basbowii -Show Inigo 0.5-1m
• Myoporum montanum – Boobialla 1-2m
• Radyera furragei – Bush Hibiscus 1-2m
• Senna atemisioides ssp artemesiodes – Silver Cassia 1-2m
• Senna atemisioides nothossp sturtii – Dense Cassia 1-2m
• Senna atemisioides ssp filifolia – Desert Cassia 1-2m
• Senna atemisioides ssp oliogophylla – Oval Leaved Cassia 1-2m
• Wedelia stirlingii – Sunflower Daisy 0.5-1m

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