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August 2019 Genus/Species/ Notes "Mondpagode" Perennial; Yarrow; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Tall variety. Flowers are red; the range of tonal shades within yarrow flowers is endless.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Achillea "Moonshine" Silver; 0.6m h x 0.9m w; An easy to grow perennial grows in an upright clump. Will spread indefinitely. Silver, leathery leaves with long-lasting lemon-yellow flowers..Great in a perennial garden bed, as a border or in a cottage garden. Attracts bees and butterflies!; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Achillea "The Beacon" Groundcover; 0.5m h x 0.3m w; Hardy plant with ferny foliage and large flower heads.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Achillea clypeolata Perennial; 0.6m h; Hardy groundcovering perennial with strong golden flowers held on brackets above foliage over summer. Foliage is soft and fern like with a silver appearance. Copes with poor soils, low water and full sun.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Drought Tolerant Achillea filipendulina "Gold Plate" Groundcover; Yarrow; Caucasus; 1m h x 1m w; Brilliant deep yellow flowers and aromatic bright green foliage.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Adiantum aethiopicum Fern/Shade; Maiden Hair Fern; Africa, Asia, , NZ; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; One of the prettiest and most delicate ferns, with slender black stems with a mass of delicately rounded pale green leaflets about 8mm diameter.; Sun/Semi Shade

Aeonium arboreum Succulent; ; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Succulent with pink-tipped rosette leaves on a basal stem. Flowers, which are usually cream or yellow, come out of the growing points in the center of the rosette. In most cases the plant dies after flowering.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Aeonium arboreum var Succulent; Black Tree Aeonium; 1m h x 0.3m w; The 20 cm rosette of almost atropurpureum "Schwarzkopf" black leaves on an up to 1 m light grey trunk is very showy.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Agapanthus orientalis "Mini White" /Corm; 0.9m h x 0.5m w; Low strappy plant with white flowers. Sourced from GBG perennial border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Agapanthus orientalis "Purple Cloud" Bulb/Corm; African Lily; 1.5m h x 0.7m w; Strappy plant with large dark blue/purple flowers. Sourced from GBG perennial border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Agave attenuata Succulent; 1.5m h x 2m w; Non-spiky broad, grey green leaves 50-70cm long. Creamy flowers on a 1.5m spike - after flowering the plant dies, but it produces pups.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Ajuga reptans Groundcover; Common Bugle; Eurasia; 0.2m h x 1m w; Bronze/red foliage. Spreads by runners. Can be invasive.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Page 1 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Ajuga reptans "Caitlin's Giant" Groundcover; Bugle; 0.2m h x 1m w; Has larger leaves and longer (20cm) .; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Semi Shade; Moist Allium schoenoprasum Herb; Chives; Europe, Nth America; 0.3m h x 0.15m w; Bulb-forming herbaceous . The are slender conical, 2-3 cm long and 1 cm broad, and grow in dense clusters from the roots. The leaves are hollow tubular with a soft texture; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Aloe spinosissima Succulent; 0.25m h x 0.8m w; Hardy fast growing clumping succulent. Heads to 25cm, clusters to 80cm. Creates a great show of flowers late in winter.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Sun; Dry Aloe vera Succulent; N. Africa; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Medicinal succulent; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Alstroemeria "r" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.3m w; Clumping perennial.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Adaptable Angelica pachycarpa Perennial; Nthn hemisphere; 1m h x 0.5m w; Angelica is a striking ornamental biennial or short-lived perennial with jade green, glossy, bold leaves and large of white to cream flowers. This species is not edible.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Anisodontea capensis Shrub; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; Erect evergreen shrub which flowers all through the year, but mainly in spring-summer.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aquilegia "db" Perennial; Granny's Bonnet; Europe; 0.8m h x 0.4m w; Clump-forming perennial with blue-green foliage (small fan-shaped leaflets) that emerge from a woody rootstock. The flowering stems usually reach above the foliage and carry spurred, bell-shaped, often pendulous flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aquilegia flabellata Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.45m w; Low growing columbine with slightly glaucous, divided leaves. In early summer, it produces pale blue, violet-blue or lavender flowers, about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in width, with creamy-white petals.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Archontophoenix x cunninghamiana Tree; Bangalow Palm; Queensland; 20m h x 5m w; Single trunk palm with arching feather-shaped leaves 3m long and pendulous clusters of small lavender flowers, followed by small red fruit.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Adaptable Argyranthemum "dp" Perennial; Marguerite; Canary Islands; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Compact plant which starts flowering early in the season and blooms over many months. Double pink flowers; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Argyranthemum "w" Perennial; Marguerite; Canary Islands; 1m h x 0.5m w; Compact plant which starts flowering early in the season and blooms over many months.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aristea ecklonii Grass; Blue Stars; Central & Sthn Africa; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Spreading evergreen perennial with stiff, upright, grasslike leaves in a tight clump. Flowering stalks covered with dozens of small blue saucer shaped flowers stand above the leaves. Each flower lasts for only one day; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Artemisia lactiflora Groundcover; White Mugwort; ; 1.5m h x 0.6m w; Silver-grey foliage with showy plumes of tiny cream flowers with mahogany stems.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Moist Artemisia ludoviciana "Silver Queen" Silver; Wormwood; North America; 1m h x 0.75m w; Hardy perennial with aromatic silver grey foliage; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained

Page 2 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Artemisia ludoviciana "Valerie Finnis" Silver; Wormwood; 0.2m h x 0.9m w; An outstanding silver leafed plant for the front of a sunny border growing to 20cm and slowly spreading. GBG Silver Border.; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Adaptable Arthropodium cirratum Fern/Shade; Renga Renga Lily; N Z; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; A hardy, evergreen, clumping perennial that bears panicles of graceful sprays of starry white flowers. These flowers are produced on 60cm stems above tufts of broad, strappy leaves in late spring.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Aster "b" Perennial; PB; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; From GBG perennial border; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster "Purple PB" Perennial; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Purple-blue aster from GBG perennial border; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster alpinus Groundcover; 0.15m h x 0.3m w; Clump-forming spreading perennial with lance- shaped dark green leaves and pink-purple flower heads.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Aster novi-belgii Shrub; Easter/ Michaelmas Daisy; 0.75m h x 0.45m w; Herbaceous perennial with upright, much-branched stems on which masses of small daisies are produced in late summer and autumn.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Aster x frikartii "w" Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Atriplex nummularia Shrub; Old Man Saltbush; Inland Australia; 3m h x 2m w; Handsome erect shrub with roundish silvery-grey leaves. Good hedge plant in arid areas. Flowers are very small.; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Bergenia cordifolia Groundcover; 0.4m h x 0.5m w; Clumping groundcover with heart-shaped leaves and bright pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Shade/Semi Shade; Adaptable Bidens ferulifolia "namid early yellow" 0.2m h x 0.4m w; Good for butterflies; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Drought Tolerant Buddleja "Silver Anniversary" Shrub; Asia; 1.5m h x 1.2m w; Compact plant with felted silver foliage and ivory- white flowers. GBG silver border. Aka B. Morning Mist.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Buddleja davidii Shrub; Butterfly Bush; China; 3.5m h x 2m w; Upright shrub with arching silvery branches & dense cones of scented mauve flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna "Stuttgart" Bulb/Corm; 1.8m h x 0.8m w; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Apricot; Sun; Well Drained Canna "Bengal Tiger" Bulb/Corm; 1.5m h x 0.4m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate variegated leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl. Unique, brilliantly-orange blooms and striped green foliage.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna "President Faivre(?)" Bulb/Corm; 1.3m h x 0.5m w; Extremely vibrant and large red blooms, which stand atop stems from lush, green leaves.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna "Stuttgart" Bulb/Corm; 1.5m h x 1m w; 'Stuttgart' stands out for the vivid variegation of its large, lance-shaped leaves. it has modest apricot flowers in late summer which we enjoy as well. Grows as a clump of upright leaves in sun or semi shade.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Apricot; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna iridiflora Bulb/Corm; Sth America; 2m h x 1m w; Flowers are smaller & more delicate than usual and a shocking pink. From perennial border GBG.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained

Page 3 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Canna x generalis Bulb/Corm; 2m h x 0.75m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl. Flowers are orange, red or yellow; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Various; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna x generalis "M r" Bulb/Corm; 1.5m h x 0.5m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna x generalis "M y" Bulb/Corm; Sth America; 1.5m h x 1m w; Medium perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Moist Canna x generalis "Mr" Bulb/Corm; west indies; 2.4m h x 1m w; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender Canna x generalis "o" Bulb/Corm; Mixed; 1.5m h x 1m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves can be reddish, green or variegated & grow out of stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Canna x generalis "y w spots" Bulb/Corm; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Large perennial with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl. Flowers are yellow with spots.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Carex morrowii variegata Grass; Japanese Sedge; ; 0.3m h; Clump forming grass with white striped green leaves. Insigificant flowers on short stems.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Centaurea gymnocarpa "Dusty Silver; 0.8m h x 0.9m w; This noble silver leaved evergreen shrub is an Italian Miller" endemic where it grows in hot dry rocky areas. It is endangered in the wild.. Whilst it is grown primarily for its foliage effect it also has attractive amethyst corn flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable; Drought Tolerant Centradenia grandiflora Shrub; 1m h x 1.5m w; Loose shrub with reddish bronze foliage with red undersides & unusual colored cerise blossoms. The foliage becomes even redder in cool temps. Works well in baskets.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable; Frost Tender Ceratostigma willmottianum Shrub; China. S.E. Asia; 1.5m h x 1.5m w; A tough sun loving shrub with pure blue flowers in late summer, the flowering continues into autumn at the same time as the leaves turn red.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Choisya ternata Shrub; Mexican Orangeblossom; ; 2m h x 2m w; Rounded evergreen with glossy leaves and perfumed white flowers.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Chrysanthemum "Bunninyong Perennial; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; Hardy perennial, with showy autumn display of bronze Brown" red smaller chrysanthemum blooms, suitable for a cut flower, divides readily once established.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Brown; Sun; Adaptable; Drought Tolerant Chrysanthemum "PB b" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.5m w; GBG perennial border brown flower; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Brown; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Chrysanthemum "PB blood red" Perennial; 1m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Chrysanthemum "PB m" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.5m w; GBG perennial border maroon flower with yellow centre; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Burgundy; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Chrysanthemum "PB y" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.5m w; GBG Perennial Border. Yellow flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Page 4 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Chrysanthemum "y" Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Chrysanthemum yellow "y" Perennial; Perennial Border; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Clivea "y" Bulb/Corm; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Evergreen tuft forming rhizome with a head of tubular yellow flowers and strappy green leaves.Tolerates dry shade. Suitable for containers.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Semi Shade; Dry Clivea miniata Fern/Shade; Bush Lily; S.Africa; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Evergreen with strap-shaped semi-erect leaves. Stems each produce a head of erect orange or orange-red flowers. Drought tolerant when established;; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Orange; Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Coreopsis auriculata Groundcover; SE USA; 0.45m h x 1m w; Frost hardy but short lived perennial. Very hardy.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Adaptable Coreopsis grandiflora Groundcover; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Compact perennial form with very showy flowers. Lanceolate leaves are up to 4 inches (10 cm) long by 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and medium to dark green.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Coreopsis sp Groundcover; 0.45m h x 0.45m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Adaptable Corokia x virgata cheesemanii Shrub; 1.8m h x 1.8m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Shade/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Correa alba Shrub; 2m h x 1.5m w; Tall hardy shrub; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Correa alba "C" Shrub; 0.5m h x 0.7m w; Dense compact form of shrub with glaucous, almost round leaves. Bears open white (rarely pink) flowers mainly in winter, but there are some flowers for most of the year. Good coastal plant.; Flowers: Winter; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Correa alba "p" Shrub; 1.5m h x 1m w; C21. Rounded medium shrub with glaucous, almost round leaves, giving a silvery appearance. Bears open white (rarely pink) flowers mainly in winter, but there are some flowers for most of the year. Good coastal & hedging plant. Indigenous to Geelong area.; Flowers: Winter; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Correa alba "Variegata" Shrub; 1.5m h x 1m w; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Drought Tolerant Correa pulchella Shrub; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Small shrub with dusky pink tubular flowers. Sourced from GBG car park.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Correa reflexa (Carpenters' Rocks) Shrub; 1m h x 1m w; Evergreen shrub growing with small clasping heart shaped green leaves. These are dark green and shiny above, paler beneath.. Bright vermillion red, bell-shaped flowers are tipped with chartreuse.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Correa reflexa (Portland) Shrub; Portland, Victoria; 0.4m h x 1m w; Low spreading shrub with pale green flowers.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Green; Semi Shade; Well Drained Corylus avellana "contorta" Shrub; Corkscrew Hazel; Europe; 2m h x 1.5m w; Foliage is light green and serrated, turning yellow in Autumn, but the main feature of this shrub-like tree comes in winter when the twisted branches are free of foliage and clearly visible.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Cotyledon undulata Succulent; 0.8m h x 1.5m w; Succulent with large powdery-silver-grey leaves. Semi frost-tolerant.; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 5 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Crassula ovata "Gollum" Succulent; Green Coral; 0.4m h x 0.6m w; Compact evergreen, sparingly branched, shrubby succulent, which grows approximately 90 cm tall and 60cm wide which hasinteresting tubular leaves with red tinted concaved tips. The flowers are small, star-like, white or pinkish-white in color.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Crassula ovata "Variegata" Succulent; Jade Plant; 1m h x 0.5m w; Evergreen plant with thick branches and smooth, rounded, rich jade green fleshy leaves, with cream stripes. Smaller and slower growing then the species.; Flowers: Spring; Shade/Semi Shade; Well Drained Crocosmia "Red Lucifer" Bulb/Corm; 1m h x 0.6m w; Cousins to the gladiola, these are hardy that produce clumps of green sword-shaped leaves, with tall, arching spikes of funnel- shaped blossoms in brilliant flame red.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Crocosmia aurea Bulb/Corm; Falling stars; Africa; 1.2m h; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Orange; Shade Cyperus albostriatus "Variegatus" Grass; South Africa; 0.3m h x 0.6m w; An attractive foliage plant for use in wet boggy places. Flowers are very small; Sun; Moist Cyperus lucidus Grass; Chocolate soldier; Eastern states, incl. Geelong region; 1m h x 0.3m w; Robust perennial sedge growing from a short, thick rootstock. The leaves are thick and glossy, flowers form an attractive head which is bright red when young, turning red-brown as it matures. Indigenous to Geelong area.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Dahlia "Yellow Blush" Bulb/Corm; 1m h x 0.7m w; Branching, tuberous tender perennial with single yellow flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Adaptable Dahlia . "Clarion" 0.5m h x 0.5m w; ' Clarion is a bright yellow Single Dahlia with mid-green foliage that is grown as a bedding plant and for the cut flowers which are good for exhibition. It can look attractive on the patio in pots or containers; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Dahlia sp. "orange" Bulb/Corm; 0.3m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Darwinia citriodora Shrub; Lemon Scented Myrtle; 1m h x 1m w; Small shrub with flowerheads to 3cm across, orange/red/green bracts, flowers aging to orange-red with prominent yellow style; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Davallia canariensis Fern/Shade; Hares Foot Fern; Mediterranean; 0.5m h x 1m w; A spreading, deciduous fern with thick, scaly rhizomes and broad, finely-divided fronds. It grows well in sunny atmosphere and on rocks.; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Derwentia perfoliata "Brisbane Shrub; diggers speadwe;;; Vic, Brisbane Ranges; 0.75m h x 1m w; Has smaller, Ranges form" pointier leaves than the standard form. Perennial with distinctive silver grey leaves on arching stems and terminal sprays of blue-violet flowers. This plant flowers for much of the year.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Deutzia scabra variegata Shrub; Wedding Bush/Fuzzy Deutzia; Japan/China; 3m h x 2m w; Deciduous hardy shrub with long dull rough textured leaves and pannicles of white bell-shaped flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist

Dichroa versicolor Shrub; S.E. Asia; 1.5m h x 1m w; Hardy shade loving shrub with white buds which open to all shades of beautiful bi-coloured blue. It is quite suitable for container growing. Planted along driveways and large garden pathways in rows, it makes a lovely loose shaped and colourful hedge.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Page 6 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Dierama pulcherrimum Bulb/Corm; Fairy Fishing Rod; Sth Africa; 1.5m h x 0.3m w; Graceful plant with flowers appearing on the end of long stems 40 - 100cm. Pink or white pendulous bell shaped flowers above grasslike evergreen foliage.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Dietes bicolor Bulb/Corm; Spanish/African Iris; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; Hardy strappy tufted plant with cream & brown flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Dietes grandiflora Bulb/Corm; Wild iris; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; A tall strappy grass with white/blue iris flowers. Very hardy.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Dietes iridioides "White Tiger" Grass; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Strappy plant with distinctive cream/green variegation and tough habit. It’s a fast grower for pots or the garden. Masses of white Iris-shaped flowers appear for many months. GBG silver border.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Disphyma crassifolium Succulent; Rounded Noon Flower; Vic., SA; 0.1m h x 0.4m w; Hardy succulent which is especially good for areas where salinity is a problem. It would be good on an embankment. The plant makes roots at each node where it touches the soil.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant

Dodonaea adenophora Shrub; Hop Bush; WA; 1.5m h x 1.5m w; Ferny foliage with striking bronze-red winged fruit.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Red; Semi Shade; Adaptable Doryanthes palmeri Succulent; Spear Lily; Qld, NSW; 3m h x 1m w; C21. Spectacular feature plant with sword like leaves up to 1m long, surrounding a 3m flower spike. Flowers are brick-red.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Echeveria "Black Prince" Succulent; Mexico; 0.1m h x 0.3m w; Dramatic succulent with burgundy rosettes which often appear to be nearly black, with a glowing green centre and striking red flowers.; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Echeveria . "Violet Queen" Succulent; 0.12m h x 0.2m w; A fast growing and hardy rosette-forming, gray- leafed succulent which freely offsets to form a dense small mound or groundcover . The leaves are long and narrow and curve up slightly towards the tips to form an open lotus blossom shape. Echeveria elegans Succulent; Mexican ; Central and South America; 0.05m h x 0.06m w; Leaves in rounded rosettes with flowers which are pinkish outside and yellow/orange within. Flowers are 20cm in height.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun; Well Drained Echeveria glauca Succulent; Mexico, Sth America; 0.2m h x 0.3m w; Low-growing large rosette- forming succulent with pale silvery blue green leaves. Fast growing, hardy species with 10cm rosettes in clumps up to 30cm. Flowers are reddish pink.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Echeveria sp Succulent; 0.2m h x 0.3m w; rosette forming clumps up to 30cm with 10cm flower spikes with reddish pink bells; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Elegia capensis Grass; Cape Reed; South Africa; 1.5m h x 0.9m w; Fluffy branching green stems with a attractive bronze bracts that run up the stems at nodes.; Flower Colour: Brown; Sun; Well Drained Ensete ventricosum Fern/Shade; Abyssinian Banana; Southern Africa; 7m h x 5m w; Large, fast- growing, attractive fleshy-stemmed plant with a head of banana-like leaves. This plant only flowers and bears fruit once (after about 8 years) and then it dies. Flowers are cream and maroon.; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist; Frost Tender

Page 7 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Entelea arborescens Shrub; N.Z. Mulberry Bush; ; 5m h x 3m w; Fast growing evergreen shrub or tree. Large heart shaped leaves are soft and drooping. Flowers are followed bu burr-like fruits.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Semi Shade; Frost Tender Eremophila polyclada Shrub; Flowering Lignum; Qld, NSW; 2m h x 4m w; Large shrub with large white flowers, sometimes spotted with mauve.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Eremophila weldii Shrub; Small leaved emu bush; S.A., W.A.; 1m h x 1m w; C21. Small open shrub with blue-mauve flowers with a spotted throat, about 1.5cm long. Can make a useful potplant.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Erysimum "Autumn Glory" Perennial; Wall Flower; Europe/Asia; 0.9m h x 0.5m w; Small four petals on flowers.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Erysimum "Pink Fairy" Shrub; 0.3m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink Escallonia rubra var macrantha Shrub; 3m h x 2m w; Flowers are red or white to pink clusters .; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Eucomis comosa Bulb/Corm; Pineapple Lily; South America; 0.75m h x 0.2m w; Deciduous lily with strappy leaves and spikes of icy white-green perfumed flowers, sometimes spotted with purple. Syn E. punctata.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Cream; Shade/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender Euphorbia griffithii "Fireglow" Perennial; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Bushy, upright mound of dark green leaves with the appearance of a small shrub. Vigorous rhizomatous perennial noted for its showy orange-red flowers and red-tinged leaves.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Filipendula ulmaria Perennial; Meadowsweet; Europe & Nth America; 1.5m h x 0.5m w; Meadowsweet has delicate, graceful, creamy-white flowers clustered close together in handsome irregularly-branched cymes, having a very strong, sweet smell. They flower from early summer to early autumn.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Francoa ramosa Perennial; Bridal Wreath; Chile; 0.7m h x 0.5m w; The longest flowered of all the bridal wreaths. Long wands densely packed with showy white flowers are produced during summer and autumn over low mounds of evergreen foliage.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Shade/Semi Shade; Moist Fuchsia "Tr" Shrub; JD's garden; 2m h x 1.5m w; Tall shrub with glossy dark green leaves and rich pinky-red flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Fuchsia sp Shrub; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Gaura "Passionate Pink" Perennial; Butterfly Bush; Sth America; 1m h x 1m w; Perennial with bright pink 'butterfly' flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Gaura lindheimeri Perennial; Whirly Birds; N. America; 1m h x 1m w; Flat, 4-petalled pink or white flowers to 1.5m.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Gazania "y" Groundcover; 0.3m h x 0.5m w; GBG Silver border bright yellow flowers; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Geranium maderense Shrub; Madeira; 1.5m h x 1.5m w; Robust but short-lived evergreen perennial or biennial to 1.5m, with attractively dissected leaves to 20cm in length and large panicles of purplish-pink flowers 4cm across, with darker centres.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Gladiolus "Élvira" Bulb/Corm; 1m h x 0.5m w; Elvira is a pale salmon pink gladiolus with seductive red lipstick smudges on her lower petals.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Apricot; Sun; Drought Tolerant

Page 8 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Glyceria maxima variegata Grass; Variegated Manna Grass; Europe; 0.8m h x 0.8m w; Green leaves boldly variegated with yellow and white stripes, pink tinged when young. It is a striking, wide-spreading plant suitable for growing in partial shade or a bog garden: quick to establish and spreads rapidly in up to 15cm of water; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Goodenia ovata Shrub; S.E.Australia, Geelong; 1m h x 1m w; C21. Small-medium shrub which may reach 1.5m, though lowgrowing forms are also found. Most common goodenia - often colonises in wet forests. Large yellow flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Semi Shade Graptopetalum paraguayaense Succulent; Mexico; 0.25m h x 0.2m w; The silvery gray to bluish green foliage has a pinkish tinge to the edges of the leaves when they are young. Rosettes range in size from less than an inch across to several inches wide. The plant is related to and resembles Echeveria.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Grevillea baueri Shrub; NSW; 1m h x 1.5m w; Medium shrub with spreading branches & bluish-grey leaves. Flowers are profuse red & cream.; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Haemanthus coccineus Bulb/Corm; Blood Lily; Sth Africa; 0.2m h x 0.2m w; The flowerheads have scarlet spathe valves on them like bright shaving brushes. The flowers are soon followed by translucent, fleshy berries. There are usually two large leaves per bulb, and occasionally three, which appear after flowering.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Haloragis erecta "Wellington Groundcover; NZ; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Erect, branching perennial, with most Bronze" attractive, bronzed, thick, pointed, saw-edged leaves which will add colour to the border for most of the year. Insignificant greenish-yellow flowers.; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun Hebe franciscana Shrub; 1m h x 1m w; Hebe x franciscana Variegata is a bushy rounded shrub which is widely grown for both garden and container use. The plant has thick rounded leaves with irregular creamy margins; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Hedychium "a" Perennial; Ginger Lily; 1.8m h x 1.2m w; Tall rhizomatous ginger plant with apricot flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Apricot; Semi Shade; Well Drained

Hedychium "y" Perennial; ornamental ginger; 1.5m h x 0.5m w; Tall rhizomatous ginger plant with yellow flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Hedychium greenii Grass; Scarlet Ginger; 1m h x 1m w; Superb foliage plant: leaves are glossy dark green above and maroon beneath, with maroon stems. Fragrant flowers are striking orange-red.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Red; Semi Shade; Moist

Helichrysum italicum Silver; Curry Plant; Mediterranean; 0.4m h x 1m w; Silver foliage. Evergreen bushy sub-shrub with linear aromatic grey leaves and bright yellow flowers.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant

Helleborus foetidus Fern/Shade; Stinking Hellebore; C & W Europe; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; Evergreen perennial with pendant green open cup-shaped flowers. Dark cut leaves. Useful in shaded areas. Remove flowering stems after flowering.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Green; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Helleborus orientalis Fern/Shade; , ; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Large nodding flowers in a variety of colours from white, green, pink and rose. It is very frost hardy.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Various; Semi Shade; Well Drained Hemerocallis "Baldone(?)" Bulb/Corm; Day Lily; Asia; 0.8m h x 0.3m w; Herbaceous perennial plant growing from a fleshy rhizome. Gold flowers with burgundy blotches.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Page 9 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Hemerocallis "Double Cutie" Bulb/Corm; Day Lily; 0.3m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun Hemerocallis sp "dy" Bulb/Corm; Day lily (Perennial Border); 0.4m h x 0.3m w; Double yellow day lily, sourced from GBG perennial border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Hibiscus arnottiensis "Wilders White" Shrub; 2m h x 1.5m w; Medium tropical shrub with large pure white single flower with red style. In summer and autumn. Likes a warm sunny frost free position, sheltered from the wind.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Hibiscus rosa-sinensis "Cuban" Shrub; 2.4m h x 1.5m w; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Apricot; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Hibiscus rosa-sinensis "Evening Perennial; 1m h x 1m w; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Sunset" Shade; Well Drained Hibiscus rosa-sinensis "Fiesta" Shrub; 2m h x 2m w; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Frost Tender Hippeastrum sp Bulb/Corm; Barbados Lily; South America; 0.6m h x 0.3m w; Large fleshy bulbs with tall broad leaves, generally evergreen, and large red or purple flowers.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Various; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained hosta sieboldiana Bulb/Corm; 1.3m h x 2m w; Hostas are easy plants to grow provided that they are located in a lightly shaded position., hostas prefer woodland conditions.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Shade/Semi Shade Hyacinthoides hispanica Bulb/Corm; Bluebell; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; syn Scilla hispanica. Single erect stem of bluebell type flowers.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Blue; Shade/Semi Shade; Moist Iberis amara Perennial; Candytuft; UK, Europe; 0.3m h x 0.2m w; Fast-growing perennial with showy white flowers in flattish heads.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Imperata cylindrica Grass; Blady Grass; 0.6m h x 0.2m w; C21 garden.Long-lived (perennial) rhizomatous grass. It has an erect habit, and fluffy white . The leaves narrow to a sharp point at the top; the margins are finely toothed and are embedded with sharp silica crystals.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Imperata cylindrica "rubra" Grass; Japanese blood grass; Japan; 1m h x 0.3m w; Sun; Well Drained Iochroma cyaneum Shrub; South America; 3m h x 1.5m w; Large shrub or tree. Flowers are long and tubular.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun; Well Drained Iris foetidissima "Variegata" Bulb/Corm; Stinking Iris; Europe; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Beardless iris with variegated foliage and flowers ranging from pale lemon to fawn, veined with brown. Flowers are infrequent - this plant is grown for its foliage. GBG silver border.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Bicolour; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Iris japonica Bulb/Corm; 0.45m h x 0.8m w; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Mauve; Semi Shade; Well Drained Iris sibirica Bulb/Corm; 0.6m h x 1.2m w; Attractive, grass-like leaves to 18 inches long are topped by showy flowers in a wide range of colors. Flowersl in spring to early summer.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Various; Well Drained achillaeoides Shrub; Mountain Daisy; South Australia; 1m h x 1m w; C21 Garden. Small perennial shrub, suitable for use as a rockery plant, background shrub or container plant.The flower heads occur in small to large clusters at the ends of the stems.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained

Page 10 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Jubaea chilensis "Chilean Wine Tree; Chile; 20m h x 8m w; Long stalked maroon and yellow flowers hidden within Palm" leaves. Sugary sap is made into wine. Small yellow egg-shaped edible fruit in Autumn. Slow growing.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Bicolour; Sun; Adaptable Justicia brandegeana Shrub; Shrimp Plant; Mexico; 1m h x 1m w; Evergreen downy shrub. Flowers with pendant spikes. Overlapping bracts of yellow orange and brown similar to a shrimp.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Brown; Sun; Adaptable Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Succulent; Madagascar; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Dense succulent shrublet with silvery grey-blue ovate leaves, toothed at the ends. Pendant tubular purple-red flowers.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Kerria japonica Shrub; Japanese Rose; China, Japan; 2m h x 2m w; Graceful deciduous shrub with golden flowers.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Kniphofia "o" Grass; Hot Poker; 1m h x 0.5m w; Feature plant with tall bright orange spikes. Their stems stand high above their grassy foliage, up to 1.5m high.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Kunzea pomifera Groundcover; Muntries; S.E.Australia; 0.2m h x 1.5m w; Prostrate, woody shrub with small, shiny, round leaves and fluffy, white flowers that are carried on the ends of short branches. Flowers are followed by small, succulent, edible fruits; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Drought Tolerant Lavandula "Sidonie" Silver; Australian Lavender; 1m h x 1m w; Soft mound like shrub with grey foliage and rich blue flowers. Hybrid produced in Australian garden. GBG Silver Border.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Lavatera x clementii "Bredon Springs" Shrub; Tree Lavatera; 1.8m h x 1.8m w; Vigorous upright plant with deep pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Lepechinia hastata Perennial; Americas; 2m h x 2m w; Shrubby perennial with pinky mauve tubular flowers; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Leucanthemum x superbum Perennial; Shasta Daisy; Nth America; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; White flowers with yellow centres. Syn. chrysanthemum x superbum.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Libertia paniculata Grass; Eastern Australian rainforests; 0.6m h x 0.2m w; Libertia paniculata has flat, linear leaves 20-60 cm long arising from a much-branched rhizome. Each stem bears up to 6 white flowers with prominent stamens.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Libertia peregrinans Grass; NZ; 0.6m h x 0.2m w; C21. Perennial producing tufts of narrow leaves which turn a brilliant orange - brown shade in Autumn and Winter. White, iris - looking flowers are borne amongst shorter flowering stems which are an attractive bronze- green colour.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained

Ligustrum tschonoskii Shrub; Privet; Japan; 2.5m h x 1m w; Deciduous shrub with dark-green, lanceolate leaves and panicles of white fragrant flowers. Suited for hedges and for shrub borders. Toxic plant; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade

Liriope muscari variegata Silver; Asia; 0.3m h x 0.4m w; Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial with variegated grey/white/green leaves, giving a silvery appearance. Mauve flowers. Syn. L.graminifolia,L. Platyphylla.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Well Drained

Page 11 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Lychnis coronaria Perennial; South East Europe; 0.6m h x 0.7m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Lychnis coronaria "PB p" Groundcover; 0.3m h x 0.3m w; Hardy silver foliaged perennial, multi branched stems display hot pink flowers; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Drought Tolerant Lychnis sp "PB" Silver; 0.3m h x 0.3m w; Plants form a low tuft of grassy-looking leaves, bearing upright stems of fluffy double magenta-pink flowers in early summer. Excellent for cutting.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Mackaya bella Shrub; Forest Bell; Sth Africa; 2.5m h x 2m w; Erect evergreen shrub with dark green leaves and attractive mauve to white flowers usually marked with fine purple- pink lines.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Maireana oppositifolia Groundcover; Heathy blue bush; 0.4m h x 0.2m w; Dwarf shrub with solitary flowers. The fruiting perianth is greenish cream to pale pink with five unequal petal like wings, Silvery succulent foliage.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Melissa officinalis Herb; Lemon balm; Europe; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Lemon scented and flavoured leaves. Dies down in winter and shoots again in spring. Can be used in cooking and drinks. Frost hardy.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Mentha australis Herb; Native mint; Vic., NSW; 0.4m h x 0.75m w; C21. Straggly, perennial herb with soft, aromatic leaves from 25 - 60 mm long, lance shaped and tapering to a point. Small white to lilac flowers during summer and autumn. Indigenous to Geelong area.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Shade/Semi Shade; Moist Mentha cardinalis Herb; Chef's Mint; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Culinary herb; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Metrosideros kermadecensis Shrub; Variegated NZ Christmas Tree; New Zealand; 3m h x 2.5m w; Evergreen "Cream Ridge" shrub, tree or hedging plant with interesting cream and red variegations in the foliage.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Michelia figo Shrub; Port Wine Magnolia; Asia; 3.5m h x 2m w; Densely branched evergreen shrub with fragrant white flowers streaked with purple.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Miscanthus sinensis Grass; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; A neat non invasive upright to slightly arching clump of spidery green leaves with a silver midrib and large plumes of silvery-pink flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Miscanthus sinensis "Variegatus" Grass; Asia; 0.6m h x 0.5m w; Ornamental clumping grass. Foliage is variegated, almost equal amount of green and white; blade width is 1.5 cm.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Sun; Adaptable Miscanthus sinensis "Yaku Jima" Grass; Dwarf Miscanthus; 1m h x 0.6m w; Fine ornamental grass, with copper plumes maturing to silver.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Brown; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Miscanthus sinensis "Zebrinus" Grass; Zebra grass; Asia; 1m h x 0.6m w; Flowers are a pinkish copper, rise above foliage, and become fluffy. Variegated leaves with bright irregular bands of yellow . GBG silver border.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Montanoa bipinnatifida Shrub; mexican tree daisy; 2m h x 2m w; white ray flowers with yellow centres to 8 cm across are carried on long branching stems throught autumn and early winter.; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Moist; Frost Tender

Page 12 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Murraya koenigii Herb; Curry Tree; ; 4m h x 2m w; Small tree with pinnate aromatic leaves. The leaves are valued as seasoning in southern and west-coast Indian cooking, usually fried along with vegetable oil, mustard seeds and chopped onions.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender

Myoporum montana Groundcover; Vic; 1m h x 2m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Nandina domestica Shrub; Japanese Sacred Bamboo; Asia; 1.5m h x 1m w; It has graceful, bamboo- like foliage, colouring to beautiful orange and scarlet tones in the cooler months of the year. Insignificant flowers are followed by small berries.; Flower Colour: White; Any; Adaptable tazetta "Erlicheer" Bulb/Corm; 0.3m h x 0.2m w; A double flowered tazetta - long lasting cut flowers. Tightly clustered rosettes of creamy white petals that perfume an entire garden; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Cream; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Nerine bowdenii "p" Bulb/Corm; Sth Africa; 0.6m h x 0.3m w; These autumn flowering bulbs produce their flower stems before the leaves, similar to belladonna lilies. The foliage is strap- like and the flowers have narrow petals which curve outwards.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Odontonema strictum Shrub; firespike; 1.8m h x 1.2m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Coral; Sun; Well Drained Olearia astroloba Shrub; Marble Daisy bush; East Gippsland, Victoria; 1m h x 1m w; C21. Profuse clusters of blue flowers, Winter-Summer. A very rare species recently described (1989). Prefers sun or semi-shade, good drainage and is tolerant of very heavy frosts; Silvery grey foliage.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Ophiopogon jaburan Grass; Tall Mondo Grass; Japan; 0.6m h x 0.45m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Ophiopogon planiscapus Grass; Black Mondo Grass; Japan; 0.25m h x 0.3m w; Black leaves. Lilac flowers "Nigrescens" are followed by a black fruit.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Moist

Oscularia deltoides Succulent; Ice Plant; 0.3m h x 0.9m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade Pachyphytum longifolium Succulent; 0.2m h x 0.6m w; Clumping succulent; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun Pachyphytum oviferum Succulent; 0.1m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun; Well Drained Pelargonium "Angel" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Small mauve flower.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Ace High" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Cerise; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "African Queen" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal with dark pink flowers, burgundy splotch in centre.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Pelargonium "All my Love" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. Ruffle blooms, upper petals crimson margined with lower petals white with pale orchid flush.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Anemone" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. - deep purple; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Angel Eyes" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.5m w; Regal (angel) pelargonium. Flowers are quite small and pale pink with darker blotches on the upper lobes.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 13 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Pelargonium "Ashkam Fringed Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal with white picotee edged petals with fine Aztec" purple feathering.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Atomic Snowflake" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 1m w; Zonal. Strongly scented ground cover with small creamy white flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Bel Heavy White Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are white with small Wine" splashes of burgundy.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Black Eyes" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers are ruffled white with dark blotches on the upper petals.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Black Knight" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Small deep burgundy pansy-like blooms, edged with white.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Burgundy; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Black Lace" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium with dark maroon flowers, lacy edged.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Burgundy; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Black Magic" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are dark burgundy with lighter patches.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Burgundy; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Black Prince" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Dark maroon flowers with pink edges.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Blue Bird" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers are silvery blue-mauve with black blotches on the upper petals.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Bomba" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers have a deep red centre; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Captain Starlight" Pelargonium; 0.25m h x 0.25m w; Angel pelargonium with small flowers & leaves. Flowers are deep violet & white, fading to pinky mauve.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Carisbrooke" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium, with clusters of light pink flowers, blotched and feathered with deep purple on the upper petals.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Carrum Purple" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium, with near black flowers glowing with maroon and magenta highlights in full sun.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Charmay Alf" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Angel pelargonium. Flowers are pink, large burgundy splotch on upper petals, smaller spot on lower ones. Deep feathering. Large plant.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Shade/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Cherby" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are pink & burgundy.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Cherrie" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium . Flowers are white with splashes of hot pink.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Conspicuous" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers are bright red with long black blotches. White flowered version?; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 14 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Pelargonium "Corio Heather" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. Ruffled wine red. One of the best of the deep red with a black flush to lower petals. One of the earliest and longest flowering of the regals. Stands the heat very well.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Dubonnet" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are dark salmon pink with burgundy centres.; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Edwards Integra" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers are deep red and very wavy; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Geelong Convention" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Gizunta" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. Hot pink flowers.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Glowing Embers" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are orange with a violet centre.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Pelargonium "Happy Valley" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are ruffled pink with burgundy on the top petals.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Humoresque" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers are red with pink edges; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Jacobs Unique" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are bright pink.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Jemima" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are white to pale pink, with darker pink patches.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "John Wade" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Katherine" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are bright pink with white edges and splashes of dark burgundy,; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Kincaid" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are crimson to light burgundy.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Pelargonium "Lara Ballerina" Pelargonium; Rose Scented; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Upright, spreading, strongly rose- scented plants bear smokey, grey-green, deeply divided, medium to large leaves and unusual semidouble mauve-pink blossoms throughout the summer.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Lara Filly" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Lara Nomad" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Lara Passion" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; variegated mauve to purple markings.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Lavender Pansy" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Dark red on lower petals with top petals heavily blotched reddish brown.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Marechal McMahon" Pelargonium; Spicy pelargonium with bright scarlet flowers over olive green foliage with maroon zonation.; Flower Colour: Red; Sun; Well Drained Pelargonium "Matron Blacker" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are two-tone pink & burgundy.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Page 15 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Pelargonium "Melva Bird" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Zonal plargonium: double bright crimson flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red Pelargonium "Moolap Parasol" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers are pale pink with a white throat, and splashes of maroon.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Mrs Dunbrill" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers have pale pink lower petals, deep pink upper petals; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Mt Bold" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Hot pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Navajo" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. Flowers are mid-pink with splashes of burgundy.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Nhulamby" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium, with frilly, soft red flowers.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Ord River" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Salmon pink flowers.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink Pelargonium "Palmyra Pearl" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers are pink & white.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Penbyn Dream" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Petronius" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Pink Pet" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; A sport of Scarlet Pet. Prolific flowerer, produces masses of clear pink single blooms.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Pompeii" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are burgundy with pale pink edges..; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Randy" Pelargonium; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Rimfire" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium. Flowers are dark coral pink with burgundy patches.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Burgundy; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Royal Velvet" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal. Dark carmine pink flowers with dark red veins; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Adaptable Pelargonium "Ruby Purple" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Purple flower; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Sleeping Beauty" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Snow Bank" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium.; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable

Pelargonium "Strawberry Sundae" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink Pelargonium "Sweet Memories" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium "Tarli" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers are pale pink.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium "Vin Rouge" Pelargonium; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Regal pelargonium: Showy ruffled wine red with black markings near centre, all petals veined darker red.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Page 16 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Pelargonium "Zulu Warrior" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Regal pelargonium.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium . "Angel" Pelargonium; 1m h x 1m w; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender Pelargonium benambra Pelargonium; Australia; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium blandifordianum rosea Pelargonium; Rose scented; 0.6m h x 0.4m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Pelargonium caffrum Pelargonium; South Africa; Tuberous rooted, night-scented; leaves with very divided lobes; flowers of wine-red with fimbriated petals; tuberous rooted, night scented; winter dormant.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant

Pelargonium echinatum "Mrs Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Very unusual flowers. Ice pink flowers, darkening Stapleton pw" to deep pink over time, so it appears to have different shades of pink on the same stem. All flowers have plum splotches.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Bicolour; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Pelargonium fragrans "Nutmeg" Pelargonium; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Scented geranium with small white flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Pelargonium graveolens Pelargonium; Rose Geranium; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; Erect, much-branched shrub with strongly rose-scented leaves and pink/white flowers. Good container plant.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Shade/Semi Shade; Moist; Drought Tolerant Pelargonium nervosum "Lime Pelargonium; 0.6m h; Can be used in cooking .. Cakes, jellies, jams, teas; Scented" Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Penstemon "magenta" Perennial; 1m h x 0.3m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Penstemon "dp" Perennial; 1.2m h x 1m w; Small dark pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Penstemon "p" Perennial; North America; 0.6m h x 0.3m w; Narrow-leafed perennial with pink flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Penstemon "pu" Perennial; 1.2m h x 0.5m w; One of the tallest penstemons with very upright leafy stems and spires of dark wine purple, waxy flowers. Tough sun lover which gets by with very little water.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Penstemon "w" Perennial; 0.4m h x 0.4m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Penstemon barbatus Perennial; North America; 0.3m h x 0.5m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Penstemon sp Perennial; PB; 1m h x 1m w; Sourced from GBG Perennial Border.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Phlomis grandiflora "Lloyds variety" Silver; 2m h x 1m w; Large, woody-stemmed and yellow-flowering shrubsimilar to but larger than Phlomis fruticosa. Leaves are silvery.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Phlomis russeliana Perennial; Hardy Jerusalem Sage; Syria; 0.3m h x 0.6m w; Tough perennial, admired for both its unusual whorls of soft butter- yellow flowers and its large olive- green leaves.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Adaptable

Page 17 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Phoenix dactylifera Tree; Date Palm; and North Africa; 25m h x 15m w; Both male and female trees are needed to set fruit which are yellowish brown when ripe. Fruits only in dry inland areas.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained

Phygelius aequalis Perennial; 1m h x 0.5m w; Lush, fast-growing, evergreen perennial, with spikes of showy trumpet-shaped, flowers and a long blooming season.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Lemon; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Physostegia virginiana alba Perennial; Obedient Plant; Nth America; 1m h x 0.6m w; Plants spread by way of rhizomes forming large spreading colonies, especially in moisture retentive soils. The flowers arewhite, and can be turned easily on the stem for flower arrangements.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade Plectranthus argentatus Silver; Qld, NSW; 0.8m h x 0.5m w; Vigorous suckering herbaceous plant with grey aromatic leaves and blue flowers in summer & autumn, giving a silvery appearance. Good rockery plant.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Shade/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender Plectranthus ciliatus Perennial; South Africa; 0.3m h x 0.1m w; Pleasantly aromatic, soft, perennial straggling herb or subshrub, succulent; branches spreading to erect, densely covered with maroon-purple, long multicelled, spreading hairs.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Plectranthus ecklonii "pu" Perennial; Sth Africa; 1.8m h x 1m w; Soft, erect, fast growing shrub with striking purple flowers in autumn.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Purple; Semi Shade; Adaptable Plectranthus sp "Inland spur" Groundcover; cock'spur; 0.5m h x 1.2m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun; Well Drained primula poissonii Annual; 0.4m h x 0.1m w; Leaves form a clump at base . Flowers are on a slender stem .; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Ptilotus obovatus Silver; Silver Tails; Arid parts of mainland states; 0.6m h; C21. Compact shrub with rounded silver grey leaves. Small globular heads of pink and grey flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun; Well Drained Rosemarinus "Blue Lagoon" Herb; 1m h x 1.5m w; Aromatic shrub with vivid blue flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Rosemarinus officinalis Herb; Rosemary; Mediterranean; 1m h x 1m w; Upright aromatic plant, bearing blue flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Rosemarinus officinalis "prostratus" Herb; Europe; 0.25m h x 1.5m w; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun; Well Drained Rosmarinus officinalis "Tuscan Shrub; Europe; 1m h x 1m w; Widely used as a culinary herb. Flowers are deep Blue" blue; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun; Well Drained Rudbeckia laciniata Perennial; Cut-leaf cone flower; Eastern Nth America; 2.5m h x 0.8m w; Splendid drooping yellow 'daisy' flowers. Young leaves are eaten in spring as salad greens.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Moist Salvia "Costa Rican Blue" Salvia; 2m h x 1.5m w; Large shrubby perennial with purple-blue flowers and dark bluish calyx. Salvia guaranitica x gesneriiflora.; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: Blue; Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia "Marine Blue" Salvia; 1m h x 0.8m w; Small rounded grey-leafed evergreen with dark blue flowers from spring to autumn. Hardy to heat, dry and light frost.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia "Waverly" Salvia; 1m h x 0.9m w; Pale lavender to mauve flowers with dark plum calyces. Leaves are dark green tinged with dark wine with the cold.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 18 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Salvia africana-caerulea "Smoothie" Salvia; South Africa; 1.5m h x 1m w; Evergreen upright hardy South African shrub. Continuous lavender flowers. For a sunny position.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia aurea Salvia; 1.2m h x 1.2m w; Aromatic, fast-growing, hardy shrub with unusually coloured flowers borne over a long period. Syn S. africana-lutea.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia aurea "Green Bracts" Salvia; 1.4m h x 1.4m w; Aromatic, fast-growing, hardy shrub with unusually coloured flowers borne over a long period. Syn S. africana-lutea. Flowers of this form have green bracts.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Orange; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia canariensis Salvia; Canary Island Sage; Canary Island; 1.8m h x 1.5m w; A big beautiful and quick-growing sage with rose-pink and purple flowers and papery bracts.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia canariensis "Candidissima" Salvia; 1.8m h x 1.5m w; A big beautiful and quick-growing sage with rose-pink and purple flowers and papery bracts.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia chamaedryoides x greggii Salvia; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Hardy evergreen small bush. Silver grey leaves and blue "Cookie" violet flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia chamelaeagnea Salvia; South Africa; 1m h x 1m w; C21. Hardy shrub with light green foliage and mauve/white flowers. GBG Top Ten.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia discolor Salvia; Andean Sage; Peru; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; C21. Plant in rock gardens, tubs and borders. Dramatic, purple-black flowers and contrasting silvery leaves and stems. GBG Top Ten.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Salvia disjuncta Salvia; Sthn Mexican Sage; Mexico; 1.5m h x 1m w; Herbaceous perennial. There are two forms of the plant: one with pale tan or green stems and mid-green leaves, and the other with raisin-colored stems and mature leaves that are purple-green.; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant

Salvia dolomitica Salvia; South Africa; 0.9m h x 0.8m w; C21. Perennial with soft lilac flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Mauve; Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia dorisiana Salvia; Peach Sage; Honduras; 2m h x 1.4m w; Large bright pink flowers, large leaves have fruity fragrance. Leaves & flowers are both edible. GBG Top Ten.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia elegans Salvia; Pineapple Sage; Mexico, Guatemala.; 1.3m h x 1m w; Perennial shrub with aromatic foliage and cerise-red flowers. Grows naturally in highland forests. Leaves & flowers are both edible.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Salvia greggii "Alba" Salvia; 0.8m h x 0.6m w; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained Salvia greggii "Raspberry Royal" Salvia; Autumn Sage; Mexico, USA; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Nearly evergreen perennial with dark fuchsia flowers which glow in the sun and small, shiny bright green leaves. Blooms all season off and on until frost.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia guaranitica Salvia; South America; 1.5m h x 1m w; Leafy perennial - dark blue flowers with very dark violet calyxes. It spreads by rhizomes, but is not really invasive. GBG Top Ten.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Frost Tender

Page 19 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Salvia guaranitica "Large Form" Salvia; 1.4m h x 1m w; Large form. Larger flower and more compact plant than the species, with rich, electric-blue flowers on a shrub about 1.3 m tall. It is a non- invasive form, unlike other forms of this species.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Salvia iodantha Salvia; Mexico; 3.5m h x 2m w; Crimson flowers are born in large whorls and are very striking when in full bloom, velvety in appearance as they are covered with fine hairs.; Flowers: Winter; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Salvia leucantha "Phyllis Fancy" Salvia; ; 1.5m h x 1.5m w; Natural hybrid between the Purple Velvet Sage and S. chiapensis. Furry white flowers are tinged with a lavender-blue blush which becomes more pronounced in autumn.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia leucantha "Pink Velour" Salvia; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Small perennial suitable for cottage gardens. Velvety pink/mauve flowers.; Flowers: Aut/Win; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia leucantha "Red Harry" Salvia; 0.7m h x 0.7m w; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia leucantha "White Velour" Salvia; 1m h x 1m w; Showy cultivar with long spikes of pure white flowers during summer and autumn. A tough drought tolerant plant, with a silvery appearance.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Salvia mexicana Salvia; Mexican Sage; 1.5m h x 1m w; . It has blue flowers and various calyx colors. Mexican sage is highly variable in both leaf form and flower details. This is an autumn-blooming sage with nice form and rugged character; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia mexicana "Lolly" Salvia; 1.3m h x 1.2m w; Thick brushes of steely purple/blue flowers with black/blue calyces. GBG Top Ten.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia muirii Salvia; S Africa; 0.3m h x 0.6m w; Small, twiggy, evergreen shrub with an underground rootstock that enables it to resprout after fires. The leaves are leathery, light green to almost grey in colour, with a light scent reminiscent of Vicks. Blue with white throat. 21 Century garden.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia rubiginosa Salvia; 2m h x 1.5m w; Bright blue flowers with white throat.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Bicolour; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender Salvia rumicifolia Salvia; 0.8m h x 0.6m w; Resembles a large form of S. sagittata, with thicker green stems and deeper blue flowers. Tolerates extremes of temperature better than S.sagittata. Bushy plant with flower stems rising above the foliage.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia sagittata Salvia; 0.85m h x 0.6m w; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Salvia sagittata "Mosquito" Salvia; Mexico; 0.8m h x 0.6m w; Perennial which reshoots from the base. Royal blue flowers on black wiry stems.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Salvia spathacea Salvia; Hummingbird Sage; California; 0.6m h x 0.6m w; Dark crimson flowers and bright green arrow-shaped leaves.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Magenta; Sun; Moist Salvia urica Salvia; Mexico, S. America; 1.2m h x 0.9m w; Bushy perennial with deep purple- blue flowers; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 20 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Salvia wagneriana Salvia; Central America; 2m h x 1.5m w; Hardy shrub with pastel pink fat & tubular flowers. May need summer moisture: mulch well to keep roots cool.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Drought Tolerant; Frost Tender

Santolina chamaecyparissus Silver; Lavender cotton; 0.5m h x 0.5m w; Silver foliage. Evergreen rounded dense shrub with silvery scented leaves & button-like flower heads on long stalks.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Sarcococca confusa Shrub; Sweet Box; China; 1.5m h x 1m w; Evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Buds begin the palest greenish-white & open to a pure creamy white fragrant flower.; Flowers: Winter; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Adaptable Saxifraga californica Groundcover; North America and Mexico; 0.15m h x 0.15m w; Clumpforming tufted perennial with rounded kidney shaped leaves. Flowers are grow on spikes.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Scabiosa caucasica Groundcover; 0.9m h x 0.5m w; Grey green leaves & powder blue flowers.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun/Semi Shade Scabiosa columbaria Groundcover; Pincushion plant; N. Africa, Asia.; 0.6m h x 0.4m w; Flowers are red- purple to lilac blue.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Well Drained

Scaevola aemula Groundcover; Fan flower; SA, Vic., Tas; 0.2m h x 1m w; Very variable prostrate shrub, with mauve-blue-purple fan-shaped flowers.; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun; Well Drained Scaevola calendulacea Groundcover; Scented fan flower; NSW, Qld, Vic.; 0.2m h x 1m w; C21. Spreading plant with stems that may reach 1 metre in length. Leaves are shiny, succulent and up to 8 centimetres long. Blue, fan-shaped flowers are present throughout the year. They are followed by blue succulent fruits.; Flowers: All Year; Flower Colour: Blue; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Schizostylis coccinea Bulb/Corm; Crimson Flag Lily; South Africa; 0.6m h x 0.3m w; Clump-forming member of the Iris family, native to damp meadows and stream banks in South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. Cup-shaped, scarlet flowers bloom from late summer to autumn on leafless, gladiolus-like, one-sided spikes.; Flowers: Autumn;

Sedum rubrotinctum Jelly Bean; Mexico; 0.1m h x 0.1m w; The leaves of this plant change colour from green to red during the summer months and sprout bright yellow flowers from between the leaves in mid-spring. Forms a quick ground cover.; Flowers: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Dry; Drought Tolerant

Sedum x Succulent; 0.3m h x 1m w; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun; Well Drained Senecio serpens Silver; Blue Chalk Sticks; Sth Africa; 0.2m h x 0.4m w; Silver foliage. A ground cover succulent with silver cylindrical leaves. The trailing stems take root as they touch the ground. White flowers.; Flowers: Autumn; Flower Colour: White; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Senecio viravira Silver; Argentina, Chile; 0.6m h x 1m w; Deeply pinnate silvery-white leaves and small pale yellow flowers. GBG Silver Border.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Lemon; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant

Solidago canadensis "Cloth of Gold" Perennial; Golden Rod; Europe and USA; 1m h x 1m w; Hardy perennial which may become invasive.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Yellow; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Page 21 of 22 Genus/Species/Cultivar Notes Sprekelia formosissima Bulb/Corm; Jacobean Lily; 0.3m h x 0.2m w; This bulbous perennial has clumps of strap-shaped, mid-green leaves. Each stem bears a solitary scarlet to deep crimson flower in late spring or early summer; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Stachys byzantina Silver; Lambs' ears; Turkey; 0.4m h x 0.6m w; Perennial with silver-grey leaves. Good ground cover or border plant. Flowers infrequently: from pink to purple, Syn. S. Lanata. GBG Silver Border.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Mauve; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Stachys byzantina "Big Ears" Silver; Mediterranean; 0.4m h x 0.6m w; Perennial with large silver-grey leaves. Good ground cover or border plant. Flowers infrequently: from pink to purple,GBG silver border.; Flowers: Summer; Flower Colour: Purple; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained Teucrium racemosum Groundcover; Inland areas; 0.4m h x 1m w; Low suckering shrub with narrow silver grey foliage and white flowers,; Flowers: Spr/Sum; Flower Colour: White; Sun; Well Drained; Drought Tolerant Thomasia pauciflora Shrub; Few Flowered Paper Flower; 1.2m h x 1.1m w; Leaves are dull green and softly hairy on both sides.Despite the common name, this species is usually quite a prolific flowerer, with many mauve, pink or white flowers from winter through summer.; Flowers: Win/Spr; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Threlkeldia diffusa Groundcover; Coast bonefruit; Southern Victoria; 0.25m h x 1.5m w; C21. Prostrate succulent silver grey perennial from the coastal regions and volcanic plains. Indigenous to Geelong area.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Green; Sun; Well Drained Tricyrtis formosana "Autumn Glow" Bulb/Corm; Toad Lily; 0.7m h x 0.5m w; A shade-loving perennial with small, orchid-like flowers that typically grows in a spreading clump to 2-3' tall..; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Shade/Semi Shade; Adaptable Zauchneria californica Perennial; Western USA; 0.3m h x 0.5m w; Syn. Epilobium canum. A soft, grey, sub-shrub with scarlet trumpet flowers during the heat of summer and autumn.; Flowers: Sum/Aut; Flower Colour: Red; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

Zieria prostrata Groundcover; NSW; 0.4m h x 1m w; Flowers are white or pale pink, often pink in bud. Stems spread often with adventitious roots.; Flowers: Spring; Flower Colour: Pink; Sun/Semi Shade; Well Drained

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