Drought-Tolerant Native Haven
These hardy natives are built for the Australian climate, surviving long dry spells with little or no supplementary water while still feeding local wildlife.
Plant list (67 plants)
| # | Plant | Spacing | Mature size | Light | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' | — | 1.8 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 2 | Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 3 | Baxter's Banksia Banksia baxteri | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 4 | Bell-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus preissiana | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 5 | Birthday Candles Banksia Banksia spinulosa 'Birthday Candles' | — | 0.5 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 6 | Blue Flax-Lily Dianella caerulea | — | 0.8 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 7 | Bronze Rambler Grevillea Grevillea 'Bronze Rambler' | — | 0.4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 8 | Cassa Blue Flax Lily Dianella caerulea 'Cassa Blue' | — | 0.5 m H × 0.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 9 | Cherry Candles Banksia Banksia spinulosa 'Cherry Candles' | — | 1 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 10 | Coast Spear Grass Austrostipa stipoides | — | 1 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 11 | Coastal Cushion Banksia Banksia integrifolia 'Coastal Cushion' | — | 0.4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 12 | Coastal Gem Grevillea Grevillea 'Coastal Gem' | — | 0.3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 13 | Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa | — | 1.5 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 14 | Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum | — | 0.3 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 15 | Coral Gum Eucalyptus torquata | — | 8 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 16 | Cut-leaf Banksia Banksia praemorsa | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 17 | Euky Dwarf Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf' | — | 6 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 18 | Firewood Banksia Banksia menziesii | — | 8 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 19 | Fireworks Grevillea Grevillea 'Fireworks' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 20 | Geraldton Wax 'Purple Pride' Chamelaucium uncinatum 'Purple Pride' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 21 | Gold Cluster Grevillea Grevillea 'Gold Cluster' | — | 0.4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 22 | Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea glauca | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 23 | Grass-leaf Hakea Hakea francisiana | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 24 | Grey Box Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Grey Box' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 25 | Honeypots Banksia Banksia spinulosa 'Honeypots' | — | 0.7 m H × 1.2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 26 | Jervis Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Jervis Gem' | — | 0.6 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 27 | Kalgoorlie Emu Bush Eremophila glabra 'Kalgoorlie' | — | 0.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 28 | Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra | — | 0.8 m H × 0.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 29 | Katie Belles Lomandra Lomandra longifolia 'Katie Belles' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 30 | Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus | — | 12 m H × 8 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 31 | Lime Tuff Lomandra Lomandra confertifolia 'Lime Tuff' | — | 0.4 m H × 0.4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 32 | Lime Tuff Mat-rush Lomandra 'Lime Tuff' | — | 0.4 m H × 0.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 33 | Lollypops Grevillea Grevillea 'Lollypops' | — | 0.6 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 34 | Mottlecah Eucalyptus macrocarpa | — | 3 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 35 | Mundi Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Mundi' | — | 0.3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 36 | Native Pelargonium Pelargonium australe | — | 0.4 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 37 | Nyalla Lomandra Lomandra longifolia 'Nyalla' | — | 0.9 m H × 0.9 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 38 | Pigface Carpobrotus glaucescens | — | 0.15 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 39 | Pincushion Hakea Hakea laurina | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 40 | Pink Mulla Mulla Ptilotus exaltatus 'Joey' | — | 0.4 m H × 0.3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 41 | Plumed Featherflower Verticordia plumosa | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 42 | Purple-leaf Cootamundra Wattle Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' | — | 6 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 43 | Queensland Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 44 | Red Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon 'Rosea' | — | 18 m H × 10 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 45 | Red Pokers Hakea bucculenta | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 46 | Scarlet Banksia Banksia coccinea | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 47 | Scarlet Kunzea Kunzea baxteri | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 48 | Scarlet Sprite Grevillea Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite' | — | 1.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 49 | Shara Lomandra Lomandra fluviatilis 'Shara' | — | 0.5 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 50 | Silky Eremophila Eremophila nivea | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 51 | Silver Princess Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess' | — | 8 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 52 | Silver Sunburst Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver Sunburst' | — | 0.3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 53 | Smokey Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey' | — | 1 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 54 | Spiny-head Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia | — | 1 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 55 | Spotted Emu Bush Eremophila maculata | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 56 | Stumpy Gold Banksia Banksia spinulosa 'Stumpy Gold' | — | 0.5 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 57 | Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona formosa | — | 0.3 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 58 | Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus | — | 1.8 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 59 | Tanika Mat Rush Lomandra longifolia 'Tanika' | — | 0.6 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 60 | Tar Bush Eremophila glabra | — | 1.2 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 61 | Tar Bush 'Kalbarri Carpet' Eremophila glabra 'Kalbarri Carpet' | — | 0.4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 62 | White Cypress Pine Callitris columellaris | — | 12 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 63 | Woolly Bush Adenanthos sericeus | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 64 | Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera | — | 0.5 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 65 | Wynyabbie Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' | — | 1.8 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 66 | Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'Rosea' | — | 10 m H × 6 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 67 | Yellow Spotted Emu Bush Eremophila maculata 'Aurea' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
How to use this plan
- Mark out your bed and set plants out (still in pots) using the spacing column.
- Place taller and wider plants to the back or centre, lower plants to the front or edges.
- Group by light and water needs so each plant gets the right conditions.
- Plant, mulch, water in well — then tick each plant off as you go.
Bed location
Date planted