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Native plant species for residential ratepayers
Brisbane City Council offers a variety of plants through the Free Native Plant Program, suitable for all
garden types and sizes.
Descriptions, growing conditions and fauna attracting information has been provided to assist you in
choosing the plants most suitable for your garden.
Every plant adds to our city's urban forest, supporting our unique wildlife and making Brisbane cleaner,
greener and more sustainable for us all.
Note: information contained on this web page is intended to be used as a guide only.
Groundcovers and ferns
Species
Creeping
Boobialla
Myoporum
parvifolium
Description and growing requirements
Hardy prostrate groundcover to 1 metre. Purple and white
flowers are borne during the summer months. This is an
excellent spreading groundcover for a sunny well-drained
position or is suitable in pots or containers
Fauna
benefits
Birds,
lizards
Cut Leaf Daisy Hardy eye-catching ground cover to 150 millimetres with
purple daisy flowers throughout the year. Best grown in full
Brachyscome
sun. Especially effective in rockeries, mass plantings, pots,
multifida
hanging baskets and borders
Bees,
lizards
Fan Flower
Bees,
lizards
Scaevola
Spreading groundcover to 600 millimetres with dark green
foliage and small mauve-pink flowers in spring and summer.
Prefers well-drained soils. Great for hanging baskets
Species
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
aemula
Native Violet
Viola
hederacea
Attractive dense groundcover to 150 millimetres suitable to
Lizards,
damp shady areas. Small round light green leaves with violet
frogs
flowers throughout the year. Ideal for rockeries, mass plantings,
pots and hanging baskets
Tufting plants and grasses
Species
Blue Flax
Dianella
caerulea
Common
Rush
Juncus
usitatus
Knobby
Club Rush
Fincinia
nodosa
Mat Rush
Lomandra
sp.
Sedge
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Hardy plant with long strappy leaves to 450 millimetres. Blue
flowers on branched spikes appear in spring. Bright blue berries
occur after flowering. Prefers sunny position in well-drained soil
Birds,
lizards
Very hardy vigorous upright clumping grass to 1 metre that grows
well in moist soils. Pale brown flowers are produced in spring.
Great for stabilising banks and for decorative ponds. Grow in full
sun
Frogs,
lizards
Tough fast growing spreading tufting grass with upright dark green Birds,
foliage up to 500 millimetres. Grow in a full sun position.
frogs,
Brownish flower heads are produced on spikes throughout the
lizards
year. Great plant for water features, ponds and effective in mass
planting or in containers
Deep green glossy narrow strap leaves to 700 millimetres. Small
yellow-cream flowers in spring and summer. Grow in full sun to
part shade position
Lizards,
frogs
Tall sedge growing to 800 millimetres. Attractive large yellow
seed heads in spring. Likes wet areas in full sun or partial shade.
Frogs,
Species
Carex
appressa
Description and growing requirements
Ideal plant for around pool area in pots or mass plantings
Fauna
benefits
lizards
Climbers
Species
Bower Vine
Pandorea
jasminoides
Guinea Vine
Hibbertia
scandens
Sarsaparilla
Vine
Hardenbergia
violacea
Description and growing requirements
A hardy, vigorous, evergreen twining plant over 4 metres+
with spectacular floral display. Flowers are pale pink with a
deep pink throat and appear from spring through to late
summer. Thrives in a full sun to partial shade position with
good drainage. Best grown as a screen on a fence or trellis.
Also great in large pots
Fauna
benefits
Butterflies,
bees, insects
A vigorous twiner with glossy dark green leaves and large
Birds
golden yellow flowers over spring and summer. Grows to 1.5
metres and makes an excellent screening plant on walls or
fences. Prefers well drained soil. Grow in full sun to partial
shade in an open position. Suitable for tubs and containers
A hardy, fast growing, evergreen small climber which has
Butterflies
dark green leathery leaves and produces a mass of dark
purple pea flowers in winter and spring. Grows to 1.5 metres
square. Prefers a sunny position in well-drained soil. Great as
a groundcover or can be planted to cover fences, trellises and
pergolas. Suitable for container planting
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to 2 metres
Species
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Species
Bottlebrush
Callistemon sp.
Coastal
Rosemary
Westringia sp.
Grevillea
Grevillea sp.
Description and growing requirements
Fast growing, hardy woody shrub up to 2 metres that
Birds,
produces beautiful blooms in a variety of single colours in
insects
spring and summer and sometimes again in autumn. Plant in
a moist, well-drained sunny position. Regularly prune to
encourage bushier growth and increased flower production.
great for containers, edging, rockeries, hedges and borders.
Grows up to 2 metres
Hardy small fast growing evergreen shrub 1 metre square.
Birds,
Long flowering and suitable as a hedge or screening plant or butterflies,
for low maintenance gardens, exposed sites and coastal
insects
gardens
Showy evergreen plants to 2 metres with nectar-rich
Birds, bees,
flowers. They produce a 'spider flower' in a variety of single butterflies
colours throughout the year. Grevillea's do best in a sunny
position with light, gritty, free-draining soil
Hairpin Banksia Hardy evergreen shrub to 2 metres that features attractive
foliage with bold flowering spikes in a variety of single
Banksia
colours. Flowers appear autumn through to spring. Plant in
spinulosa
an open sunny position in well-drained soil. To encourage
flower production and thicker foliage, cut flowering spikes
and use in a floral display
Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca
linariifolia
'Claret Tops'
Little Penda
Xanthostemon
verticillatus
Tea Tree
Fauna
benefits
Birds
A dense and compact shrub to 1.5 metres with attractive
Birds,
claret coloured new growth and white flowers in summer. A insects
great foliage plant for shrubberies or in a pot
Hardy shrub up to 2m with glossy dark green leaves with
profuse clusters of pale lemon flowers throughout the year.
Grows well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Prune
after flowering to promote bushy growth. Suitable for tubs
and containers.
Birds, bees
and insects
Attractive small shrub with a weeping habit, ranging in size
Insects, bees
Species
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Leptospermum
sp.
from 80cm up to 2 metres. Showy pink or white flowers in
spring and autumn. Prefers moist well-drained soil in full
sun or light shade. A useful feature plant for rockeries or
over retaining walls
Thyme Honey
Myrtle
Small hardy shrub to 1 metre square. Mauve claw type
Insects
flowers occur in clusters and are borne during summer.
Grows best in full sun with good drainage. Suitable for large
pots or containers
Melaleuca
thymifolia
Medium shrubs - 3 metres to 5 metres
Species
Bottlebrush
Callistemon sp.
Lemon-Scented
Tea Tree
Leptospermum
petersonii
Lillypilly
Syzgium sp.
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Hardy woody shrub up to 5 metres that produces beautiful
blooms in a variety of single colours in spring and summer
and sometimes again in autumn. Plant in a moist, welldrained sunny position. Regularly prune to encourage
bushier growth and increased flower production.
Bottlebrushes make excellent screening plants and are quick
growers
Birds,
insects
A bushy rounded shrub with strongly lemon-scented fine
leaves. Grows to 3 metres. White flowers cover the shrub in
spring. Prefers well drained soil in a sunny position. Ideal as
a screen, hedge or windbreak
Insects,
bees
Hardy evergreen plants to 5 metres with glossy green leaves Birds, bees,
with fluffy pom-pom white flowers in spring and summer
flying foxes
followed by red berries. Prefers sunny position with welldrained soil. Lillypillies make excellent screens, windbreaks
and hedges and can be pruned to size and shape. Grows up to
5 metres
Species
Native
Lasiandra
Melastoma
affine
Purple Pea
Bush
Hovea
acutifolia
Twiggy Heath
Myrtle
Baekea virgata
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Hardy, fast growing bushy shrub to 2 metres. Showy large
pink/purple flower in summer. Prefers sunny to partial shade
position. Suitable as a hedge or container plant
Lizards,
butterflies
A small to medium fast growing shrub which is stunning in
flower. Grows 4 metres with masses of purple pea flowers
from July to September. Best planted in a lightly shaded
position in well-drained soil. Suitable as a windbreak, hedge
or in a large pot or tub
Birds, bees
Very hardy bushy erect shrub to 3.5 metres. Profuse white
flowers occur in clusters in spring and summer. Prefers a
lightly shaded position in well-drained soil. Great for hedges
or tubs
Birds
Shade and feature trees over 5 metres
Species
Blueberry Ash
Elaeocarpus
reticulatus
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
Small dense tree growing to 8 metres. Masses of white or
Birds
pink, small fringed, bell-shaped flowers are produced in
summer. The flowers are followed by small blue fruits. Most
soils are suitable. Will grow in full sun to partial shade
Brisbane Wattle A fast growing bushy small tree growing to 6 metres square. Birds,
Dense yellow perfumed ball-shaped flowers appear in late
butterflies,
Acacia
winter and spring. Good hedge or screening plant and can be bees
fimbriata
pruned to shape. Plant in full sun to a partial shade position.
Hardy in most situations
Golden Penda
Xanthostemon
An attractive specimen tree up to 8 metres. Showy, dense
cluster of golden yellow flowers appear from summer to
Birds
Species
Description and growing requirements
Fauna
benefits
chrysanthus
winter. Plant in full sun to part shade in well-drained soil.
Suitable as a hedge, windbreak, screen or as a feature tree
Ivory Curl Tree
Fast growing evergreen tree to 8 metres. Striking long
Birds, bees
creamy fragranced flowers from spring until autumn. Prefers
moist, well-drained soil in full sun to semi shade
Buckinghamia
cellisima
(seasonal)
Lillypilly
Syzgium sp.
Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis
anacardioides
(seasonal)
Tulipwood
Harpulia
pendula
(seasonal)
Weeping
Lillypilly
Waterhousia
floribunda
Hardy evergreen plants with glossy green leaves with fluffy
pom-pom white flowers in spring and summer followed by
red berries. Prefers sunny position with well-drained soil.
Lillypillies make excellent screens, windbreaks and hedges
and can be pruned to size and shape
Birds, bees,
flying foxes
Attractive evergreen shade tree with rounded canopy. Grows Birds,
to 8 metres. Orange fruits produced in winter. Most soils are butterflies
suitable. Plant in a full sun to partial shade position
A hardy, fast growing evergreen tree up to 10 metres with
attractive, pale green foliage. Large sprays of greenishyellow, slightly fragrant flowers appear in summer followed
by orange fruit. Requires open sunny position in light to
medium soil type. Excellent shade tree
Birds,
butterflies
Hardy evergreen tree to 8 metres square. Clusters of white
flowers appear from spring to summer, followed by green
round fruits. Plant in a sunny open position in well-drained
soil. Regular trimming will produce colourful new growth
and keep the plant bushy. Can be trimmed to shape and size
as desired. Can be trimmed to shape and size as desired.
Ideal as a dense screen, windbreak or stunning as a large
container plant
Birds, bees