Thyme Rice-flower (Pymelia serpyllifolia) GROWING Warrnambool coast is WARRNAMBOOL’S home to the Thyme Rice-flower which is a NATIVE COASTAL significant food source for the rare and endangered Orange Bellied Parrot.

The Australian Plants Society Warrnambool & District enjoys promoting ’s Gardener’s Coast Twin- unique flora by growing native (Zygophyllum plants, encouraging their billardierei) use in community areas, and Guide appreciating and conserving plants still growing in their native environments.

Contact the group for details on Coast Candles native seed and suppliers: (Stackhousia Email: [email protected] spathulata) Website: www.warrnambool.org/sgap

New members are always welcome to join the group and are encouraged to do so. The group is also a branch of the Australian Plants Society Incorporated (APSVI). Visit www.apsvic.org.au for information on growing Australian Native Plants.

This brochure made possible with the support of: OUR VULNERABLE BEAUTIES Coast Bitter-bush (Adriana quadripartita) Small-leaved Clematis (Clematis microphylla) Blue Tussock Grass (Poa poi/ormis) This plant will give you a mass of white flowers The native ‘Poa’ grasses around August and a are great in pots as they remarkable seed which have a soft rounded has feathers attached. form and can be easily maintained.

Coast Fan-flower Running Postman (Scaevola albida) (Kennedia prostrata) A very pretty little blue flowing plant that makes This ground cover is hardy a great ground cover and and suits both hanging flowers in summer. baskets and rock garden.

Correa ‘Granny’s Grave’ (Correa reflexa) This plant needs many homes to ensure it is not lost from out fragile Karkalla or Pigface coastal environment. ( rossii)

This plant looks like a succulent, has pink flowers and red which can be peeled and eaten when ripe!

Austral Stork’s Bill Cushion Bush (Pelargonium australe) (Leucophyta brownii) A small plant which is Knobby Club-rush delicate yet hardy. It The silver colour (Ficinia nodosa) would look good in a adds great contrast This plant is suited for many hanging basket, in pots to any garden. or in a garden bed. uses: pots, rock gardens, border plant and grass beds. Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata)

A favourite for birds the Silver Banksia provides a range of delightful colours: grey, silver, Coast Beard-heath greens and yellows. (Leucopogon parviflorus)

This plant is so versatile and can be easily hedged or used for topiary. The pretty white berries are edible and it provides a lovely display of small white flowers.

Coast Daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) A great plant for hedging and shaping and can be planted in rows along driveways or fence lines. It is also good for rock gardens surrounded by grasses and groundcovers. Drooping She Oak (Allocasuarina verticillata) Sweet Bursaria This tree has great (Bursaria spinosa) shape and form. Grow Seaberry Salt- The Sweet Bursaria bush and Bower has a lovely bloom of Spinach underneath white flowers. Smaller and they will climb birds often nest in it as it provides good up through the tree Coast Everlasting (0zothamnus turbinatus) and give you shelter protection. It attracts native butterflies and and privacy. Plant a A large with lovely flowers this plant will is also useful as a few together for a cover big areas or can be trimmed and kept in a privacy screen. peaceful picnic area. manageable shape as a garden plant.

Hairy Spinifex Seaberry Salt-bush (Rhagodia candolleana) (Spinifex sericeus) This incredible crimson beauty has many uses, it rambles, climbs or can be Kangaroo Grass clumped. It also suppresses weeds (Themeda triandra) and provides It has great colours in the vibrant green and A trailing plant which loves and its striking seed crimson hues. sandy soils and has wonderful heads are a point of interest. seed formation — like a star.

White Correa (Correa alba var. pannosa)

The white star shaped flowers make this an interesting plant to put into pots, hanging baskets or let loose in the garden. Colours work well with natural timbers, rocks and stone.

Bidgee Widgee (Acaena novae- Bower Spinach zelandiae) () A terrific ground cover This plant is very hardy ground which is green all year cover which has red berries round. It can be used like and yellow flowers. Gives bulk and in-fill lawn — just ensure to mow to gardens whilst suppressing weeds. off the seed heads as they will stick to your socks!