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PlantSale Planting plan

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

  1. Mark out your bed and set plants out (still in pots) using the spacing column.
  2. Place taller and wider plants to the back or centre, lower plants to the front or edges.
  3. Group by light and water needs so each plant gets the right conditions.
  4. Plant, mulch, water in well — then tick each plant off as you go.
Bed location
Date planted