Native Screening Shrubs
Australian native shrubs make some of the best screening plants: they shrug off our climate, feed local birds, and form dense privacy with far less water than exotic hedges. These natives all earn their place as a living screen.
Plant list (69 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 | After Dark Peppermint Agonis flexuosa 'After Dark' | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 4 | Bluebell Creeper Billardiera heterophylla | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 5 | Bower Vine Pandorea jasminoides | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 6 | Brush Box Lophostemon confertus | — | 15 m H × 8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 7 | Captain Cook Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Captain Cook' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 8 | Cardinal Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Cardinal' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 9 | Claret Tops Honey Myrtle Melaleuca 'Claret Tops' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 10 | Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa | — | 1.5 m H | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 11 | Copper Glow Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Copper Glow' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 12 | Cut-leaf Banksia Banksia praemorsa | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 13 | Dusky Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda | — | 3 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 14 | Dwarf Lilly Pilly Syzygium smithii 'Minor' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 15 | Dwarf River Wattle Acacia cognata | — | 1 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 16 | Endeavour Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Endeavour' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 17 | Fireworks Grevillea Grevillea 'Fireworks' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 18 | Free n Easy Native Lilac Hardenbergia violacea 'Free n Easy' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 19 | Fringed Wattle Acacia fimbriata | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 20 | Giant Candles Banksia Banksia 'Giant Candles' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 21 | Great Balls of Fire Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Great Balls of Fire' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 22 | Green Globe Honey Myrtle Melaleuca 'Green Globe' | — | 0.8 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 23 | Grevillea Moonlight Grevillea 'Moonlight' | — | 4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 24 | Grey Box Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Grey Box' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 25 | Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 26 | Hannah Ray Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Hannah Ray' | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 27 | Heath Banksia Banksia ericifolia | — | 4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 28 | Hot Pink Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis 'Hot Pink' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 29 | Icee Blue Plum Pine Podocarpus elatus 'Icee Blue' | — | 5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 30 | Jervis Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Jervis Gem' | — | 0.6 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 31 | Kangaroo Vine Cissus antarctica | — | 6 m H × 3 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 32 | Katie Belles Lomandra Lomandra longifolia 'Katie Belles' | — | 1.2 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 33 | Kings Park Special Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 34 | Lady Di Bower Vine Pandorea jasminoides 'Lady Di' | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 35 | Lemon Myrtle Backhousia citriodora | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 36 | Lemon-scented Tea Tree Leptospermum petersonii | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 37 | Lilly Pilly Syzygium australe | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 38 | Little John Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Little John' | — | 1 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 39 | Luscious Water Gum Tristaniopsis laurina 'Luscious' | — | 7 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 40 | Marian's Marvel Correa Correa 'Marian's Marvel' | — | 1.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Low Water |
| 41 | Ned Kelly Grevillea Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' | — | 1.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 42 | Old Man's Beard Clematis aristata | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 43 | Peaches and Cream Grevillea Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream' | — | 1.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 44 | Pincushion Hakea Hakea laurina | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 45 | Plum Pine Podocarpus elatus | — | 10 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 46 | Poorinda Ballerina Mint Bush Prostanthera 'Poorinda Ballerina' | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 47 | Port Jackson Pine Callitris rhomboidea | — | 8 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 48 | Purple Coral Pea Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer' | — | 3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 49 | Queensland Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia | — | 5 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 50 | Resilience Lilly Pilly Syzygium australe 'Resilience' | — | 5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 51 | Rosemary Grevillea Grevillea rosmarinifolia | — | 2 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 52 | Scarlet Kunzea Kunzea baxteri | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 53 | Scarlet Sprite Grevillea Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite' | — | 1.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 54 | Slim Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Slim' | — | 3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 55 | Smokey Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey' | — | 1 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 56 | Snow in Summer Melaleuca linariifolia 'Claret Tops' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 57 | Tick Bush Kunzea ambigua | — | 3 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 58 | Water Gum Tristaniopsis laurina | — | 8 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 59 | Weeping Lilly Pilly Waterhousea floribunda | — | 10 m H × 6 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 60 | Weeping Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Cardwell' | — | 2.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 61 | White Anzac Bottlebrush Callistemon 'White Anzac' | — | 1 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 62 | White Cypress Pine Callitris columellaris | — | 12 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 63 | Wildfire Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Wildfire' | — | 3 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 64 | Willow-leaved Hakea Hakea salicifolia | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 65 | Wonga Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana | — | 6 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 66 | Wonga Wonga Vine 'Snowbells' Pandorea pandorana 'Snowbells' | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 67 | Woolly Bush Adenanthos sericeus | — | 4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 68 | Wynyabbie Gem Coastal Rosemary Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' | — | 1.8 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 69 | 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