Quindalup soils

Kinross

Burns Beach

Currambine Useful references: Iluka Joondalup Powell, R. and Emberson, J (2001) Growing Locals. Rigby, G and B (2005) Successfully Growing Australian Connolly Native . Growing locals Elliot, R (2008) Australian Plants for Gardens in the Sun. Ocean Reef Heathridge Edgewater Chadwick, D (1999) Australian Native Gardening in Quindalup soils Made Easy. Beldon Mullaloo Hahn, S (2007) Sabrina’s Little ABC Book of Gardening. City of Joondalup (2011) Plants and People in Mooro Craigie Country: Nyungar Use in Yellagonga Regional Park. Kallaroo Woodvale Websites for further information:

Padbury watercorporation.com.au “Being Waterwise” Hillarys Kingsley bgpa.wa.gov.au/horticulture ozemail.com.au/~wildflowers

Greenwood Sorrento Duncraig

Warwick Marmion

T: 08 9400 4000 F: 08 9300 1383 Boas Avenue Joondalup WA 6027 PO Box 21 Joondalup WA 6919 joondalup.wa.gov.au

This document is available in alternative formats upon request. Olearia axillaris Printed on 100% recycled paper. Acacia lasiocarpa Suitable for the suburbs of Beldon, Burns Local plants for Quindalup soils Beach, Connolly, Craigie, Heathridge, Hillarys, Iluka, Kallaroo, Kinross, Mullaloo, Ocean Reef, Climbers and ground covers Shrubs 1– 3 metres Padbury. Botanical name Common name Botanical name Common name Carpobrotus virescems Coastal Pigface Rigid Wattle What are local plants? Clematis linearifolia Old Man’s Beard Acacia littorea Local plants are species that would naturally occur in your neighbourhood and are therefore adapted to Hardenbergia comptoniana Native Wisteria Allocasuarina lehmanniana Dune Sheoak the local climate and soil. Hemiandra pungens Snake Bush Alyogyne huegelii Lilac Hibiscus Kennedia prostrata Scarlet Runner Why grow local plants? Anthocercis littorea Yellow Tailflower Herbs Atriplex isatidea Coast Saltbush • Local plants are adapted to the local climate and soils. This means that once established they will Botanical name Common name Melaleuca systena require less water than most exotic species. Brachyscome iberidifolia Swan River Daisy Myoporum insulare Blueberry Bush • Local plants attract insects which in turn provide Carpobrotus virescens Coastal Pigface Olearia axillaris Coastal Daisybush a food source and habitat for native birds and Conostylis acculeata Cotton Heads Rhagodia baccata Berry Saltbush lizards. Having these small creatures in your Conostylis candicans Grey Cottonhead crassifolia Thick-leaved Fan-flower garden reduces problems caused by pests. Ficinia nodosa Knotted Club-rush Shining Fan-flower • Growing local plants helps conserve the biological Lepidosperma gladiatum Coast Sword-sedge Spyridium globulosum Basket Bush diversity in WA’s urban areas which are vulnerable to exotic weeds and fires. Senecio pinnatifolius Coastal Groundsel Templetonia retusa Cockies Tongues Trachymene coerulea Blue Lace Flower Shrubs 3– 5 metres Where can I get local plants? Shrubs <1 metre Botanical name Common name • Many of the plants listed in this brochure are Acacia cyclops Red Eyed Wattle available from specialist nurseries, or may be Botanical name Common name grown on request. Just ask at your local nursery. Acacia lasiocarpa Dune Moses Acacia saligna Orange Wattle • Some native plants are available in different Acanthocarpus preissii Prickle Lily Melaleuca cardiophylla Tangled Melaleuca forms such as groundcover, small shrub, large Atriplex cinerea Grey Saltbush Trees shrub etc. so make sure you specify which form Hibbertia subvaginata Botanical name Common name you want. Lechenaultia linarioides Yellow Leschenaultia Banksia attenuata Candle Banksia Leucophyta brownii Cushion Bush Callitris preissii Rottnest Pine Nemcia reticulata Eggs and Bacon Melaleuca lanceolata Rottnest Teatree Did you know? Ozothamnus cordatus Tangle Daisy Pittosporum ligustrifolium Cheesewood Local plants rarely become weeds Phyllanthus calycinus False Boronia Santalum acuminatum Quandong as their seed is usually predated Scaevola anchusifolia Silky Scaevola by weevil grubs, or eaten by birds and insects, keeping the plants Thomasia cognata under control. Threlkeldia diffusa Coast Bonefruit Westringia dampieri Eggs and Bacon

Templetonia retusa