White Spider Flower ( Flax-leafed Wattle (Acacia linifolia) linearifolia) Graceful branches with Guide to Native Thin soft leaves, flowers massed at long thin leaves and white flowers. Full the end of graceful branches. Full sun. Sandy soil. To 2m. sun. Sandy soil. To 2m. Species Pink Spider Flower Golden Wattle () (Acacia longifolia) Dark green leaves, Tough stiff leaves, sliver for Mosman showy golden yellow flowers. Full sun. underneath, pink flowers. Full sun. Sandy soil. 3 – 4m. Sandy soil. To 2m. Gardens (Acacia Sweet Wattle Red Spider Flower suaveolens) Slender blue green () Short stiff leaves, leaves on angular stems, clustered silvery hairs below, brilliant crimson creamy yellow flowers. Full sun. flowers. Full sun. Sandy soil. To 1.5m. Sandy soil. To 1.5m. Bushy Needlebush Sunshine Wattle ( sericea) Needle-like leaves (Acacia terminalis) Showy globular with a very sharp point, cream flowers pale yellow flowers, tiny dark green in clusters. Full sun. Sandy soil. 2 – 3m. leaves. One of the most spectacular flowering wattles in the area. Full sun. Drumsticks ( Sandy soil. To 1.5m anethifolius) Distinctive round yellow flowers, fine green Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia) leaves. Full sun. Sandy soil.To 1.5m. Small prickly leaves. Flowers are small yellow balls on stalks sticking out from Tick Bush (Kunzea the leaves. Full sun. Sandy soil. To ambigua) Large dense 1m. with tiny leaves and fuzzy white flowers. Full sun. Sandy soil. Flannel Flower 3 – 4m. (Actinotus helianthi) Grey green fern- like leaves covered in soft felty hairs, Mountain Devils Large Trees beautiful cream flowers. Full sun. ( formosa) Olive green Sandy or rocky soil. 0.5 – 1m. leaves with a very sharp point. Brilliant Small Trees red and orange flowers. Full sun. Dwarf Apple Sandy soil. To 1.5m. Shrubs ( hispida) Spectacular masses of cream flowers attract a Rusty Petals (Lasiopetalum Tufted variety of beautiful jewel beetles. ferrugineum) Long thin leaves with Ground Covers Large rounded leaves, dense bristly rusty hairs underneath. Shy drooping red hairs on new growth. Full sun. flowers covered in rusty hairs on the Climbers Sandy soil. To 4m. outside and a pale fine felt on the Ferns inside. Full sun to part shade. Sandy soil. To 1.5m. Grasses

Heath-leaved (Banksia Coastal Tea-tree (Leptospermum Ground Covers ericifolia) Many tiny leaves, orange laevigatum) A dense shrub with small flower spikes to 20cm long. Full sun. grey green leaves and white flowers. Pennywort (Centella asiatica) Light Sandy soil. 4 – 5m. Sandy soil. Tolerates salt spray. To 8m. green, round toothed leaves.

Hair-pin Banksia Mock Olive (Notelaea Kidney Weed () longifolia) Large stiff (Dichondra repens) Thin stiff leaves, flower spikes golden olive green leaves, Dark green (sometimes orange with red and black. Full sun. small cream flowers, black berries. Full hairy) kidney shaped leaves. Sandy soil. 2m. sun to part shade. Sandy soil. 2 – 3m. Lobelia (Lobelia River Rose (Bauera Phebalium (Phebalium dentata) A small rubioides) A dense tangled mass of squamulosum) Long thin leaves, shiny graceful plant with stems with small dark green leaves on top, silvery hairs beneath. Pretty electric blue flowers. and beautiful bright pink flowers. Part pale yellow flowers in dense clusters. shade. Moist soil. 0.5 –1.5m. Full sun. Sandy soil. 1.5m – 2.5m. Pratia (Pratia purpurascens) Tiny Sydney Boronia Elderberry Panax leaves, green above and purple below. (Boronia ledifolia) Small dark green (Polyscias sambucifolia) Lush green Tiny white flowers. leaves, whitish below. Lovely pink leaves and greenish flowers followed flowers. Full sun to part shade. To 1m. by a blue berry. Part shade. Moist soil. To 2.5m Buying Plants Breynia (Breynia As well as the plants listed in this brochure, oblongifolia) Grey Large Leafed Bush there are many other suitable indigenous plants green leaves, red branchlets, tiny red Pea (Pultenaea daphnoides) Flat available in nurseries. Nursery staff will be able to flowers. Part shade. Moist soil. 2 – 3m. rounded dark green leaves, yellow advise you on what is available. flowers with red markings. Full sun. To maintain the genetic integrity of our local Crowea (Crowea Sandy soil. To 2.5m. saligna) Shiny green bushland it is recommended that only native plants from locally sourced seed be grown in Mosman gardens. leaves. Beautiful long-lived rich rose Bush Pea (Pultenaea flowers. Full sun to part shade. Sandy stipularis) Densely For information on where to buy local native plants, you can soil. 0.8m. covered in soft pointy leaves. Yellow refer to the Sharing Sydney Harbour website at: flowers at the ends of growing tips. Full www.sydneyharbour.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/supplying_ Heathy Parrot Pea sun. Sandy soil. To 2m. vegetation.php# (Dillwynia retorta) Short thin leaves, For more information about native plants and bushland in masses of yellow and red flowers. Full Native Peach (Trema Mosman, contact Council’s Bushcare Officer on 9978 4000. sun. Sandy soil. To 1m. aspera) Thin textured leaves, small You can also email [email protected] or refer black berries. Full sun to part shade. to Council’s website at: Hop Bush (Dodonaea Moist soil. 3 – 5m. www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/environment/florafauna.html triquetra) Thin soft mid- green leaves. Green and reddish fruit Westringia (Westringia Information in this guide has been sourced from Field Guide to the hanging in clusters. Full sun to part fruticosa) Short stiff Native Plants of Sydney by Les Robinson, 2nd ed –1994, Kangaroo shade. Sandy soil. To 2m. grey leaves with white felt beneath. Press, Roseville. White flowers. Tolerates salt spray. Full sun. Sandy soil. 1 – 2m. Large Trees Small Trees Climbers

Lillypilly (Acmena smithii) Dark green Black She-Oak (Allocasuarina Apple Berry Dumplings (Billardiera glossy leaves, creamy white flowers, littoralis) Deeply fissured bark, dark scandens) Soft furry leaves, cream large pink edible berries. Full sun to green needle-like foliage. Full sun. flowers and large purple edible fruits. part shade. Moist soil. Dwarf shrub Sandy soil. 4 –12m. Full sun. Sandy soil. form in salty conditions. 4 –15m. Old Man Banksia Native Grape Sydney Red Gum (Angophora () Gnarled bumpy bark, (Cissus hypoglauca) A large woody costata) Pink, smooth bark and leathery, serrated leaves, beautiful vine with glossy green leaves and convoluted branches. Creamy white large grey green flowers. Full sun. small black edible berries. Full sun flowers. Full sun. Rocky or sandy soil. Sandy soil. 4 –10m. to part shade. Moist soil. To 25m. Black Wattle Old Man’s Coastal Banksia (Callicoma serratifolia) Dark green Beard, Travellers’ Joy (Clematis () Leathery dark leaves: shiny above, fine white felt aristata) Masses of delicate white green leaves, hairless above with fine below. Flowers creamy fuzzy balls. Full flowers in Spring. Full sun to part layer of white felt hairs below. Yellow sun to part shade. Sheltered position, shade. Moist soil. flower spike to 12cm. Full sun. Sandy moist soil. 5 –10m. soil. Tolerates salt spray. 6 –16m. Wombat Berry Pine (Callitris (Eustrephus latifolius) Thin light Coachwood (Ceratopetalum rhomboidea) Cypress-like native tree green leaves on zig-zag stems. apetalum) Smooth light grey mottled with both male and female cones. Full Bright orange edible berries. Full bark, large green leaves. Moist sun. Sandy soil. 6 –10m. sun to part shade. Moist soil. sheltered position. 10 – 25m. Christmas Bush False Sarsaparilla (Hardenbergia Red Bloodwood (Ceratopetalum violacea) Dark green leaves with ( gummifera) gummiferum) Slender leaves and masses of rich purple pea flowers. Rough scaly bark on all limbs. Classic spectacular bright red calyxes in Full sun. Sandy soil. gumnut fruits. Full sun. Poor sandy summer. Full sun. Sandy soil. 4 – 8m. Twining Guinea soil. To 25m. Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus Flower (Hibbertia dentata) Dark green Bangalay, Southern reticulatus) Pretty white flowers purplish leaves, bright yellow flowers. Mahogany ( botryoides) followed by dark blue berries. Full sun. Sandy soil. Rough reddish bark, tough salt Attractive glossy green leaves. Full sun Dusky Coral Pea resistant leaves. Full sun. Sandy soil. to part shade. Moist soil. 4 –10m. (Kennedia rubicunda) 20 – 30m. Prickly-leaved A robust twiner with large red pea Grey Gum (Eucalyptus punctata) A Paperbark (Melaleuca styphelioides) flowers. Full sun. Sandy soil. beautiful gum, matt steel grey bark Papery bark, stiff spiky leaves, white Wonga-Wonga Vine with patches of pink or cream. Full sun. fluffy flowers. Full sun. Moist soil. 8 –12m. (Pandorea pandorana) Sandy soil. To 25m. Water Gum Glossy green leaves with spectacular Silvertop Ash (Tristaniopsis laurina) cascades of white flowers. Full sun to () Smooth patterned bark with streaks of part shade. Moist soil. Dark coarse barked trunk, smooth cream, ochre and tan. Glossy green white coloured upper branches. Full leaves and bright yellow flowers. Full sun. Sandy soil. To 25m. sun to part shade. Moist soil. 4 –10m.

Sydney Peppermint () Grey rough Grasses Ferns barked trunk with white upper limbs, dangling long strips of bark. Full sun. Wallaby Grasses (Danthonia spp.) Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum Sandy soil. To 30m. Clump-forming grasses with fluffy aethiopicum) A delicate and beautiful cream seeds. Full sun. Sandy soil. 50 fern, a well known favourite. Part Cheese Tree – 80cm. shade. Moist soil. (Glochidion ferdinandi) Glossy dark green leaves, fruits resemble tiny Plume Grasses Birds Nest Fern cheese rounds. Full sun to part shade. (Dichelachne spp.) Graceful erect (Asplenium australasicum) Long Moist soil. 8 – 16m. clump-forming grasses with dense tough light green leaves radiate plume-like seed heads. Full sun. from a central growing point. Part Sandy soil. To 80cm shade. Moist soil.

Echidna Grass (Echinopogon False Bracken caespitosus) A dense grass with (Calochlaena dubia) Large graceful Tufted Plants slender leaves and a bristly seed head, light green fronds. Part shade. Moist Christmas Bells (Blandfordia nobilis) suggestive of its common name. Full soil. Long thin leaves, spectacular yellow, sun. Sandy soil. To 60cm. Hard Treefern orange or red bell flowers at end of long Entolasia (Entolasia marginata) (Cyathea australis) stalks. Full sun. Moist soil. To 70cm. Dense wiry spreading grass with Dark brown stout trunk with large Blue Flax Lilly (Dianella caerulea) dull grey green leaves. Full sun to fronds growing from the top. Part Dark blue flower, rich purple berry, part shade. Sandy soil. To 40cm. shade. Moist soil. To 3m. long dark green leaves. Full sun to part shade. Various soil. To 1m. Blady Grass Rasp Fern (Doodia (Imperata cylindrica) A clumping and aspera) Small tough dark green fronds. Saw Sedge (Gahnia creeping grass with attractive long New fronds are deep pink coloured. sieberana) Long rough- yellow-green coloured leaves. Full Part shade. Moist soil. edged leaves, attractive brown seed sun. sandy soil. To 80cm. head. Full sun to part shade. Sandy or Screw Fern (Lindsaea moist soil. To 2m. Weeping Meadow linearis) A ground Grass (Microlaena covering fern with small pretty light Mat Rush (Lomandra stipoides) A delicate grass with green fronds. Part shade. Moist soil. longifolia) Long tough strap like leaves, nodding seed heads. Full sun to white fragrant flowers. Full sun. Sandy part shade. Sandy soil. To 40cm. Cycad, Burrawang soil. To 1m. (Macrozamia Basket Grasses communis) Fern-like plant with (Isolepis Isolepis (Oplismenus spp.) Spreading dark green glossy leathery fronds nodosus) Dark green cyclindrical ground covering grasses with small growing from a central stump. Full leaves, small globular clusters of red short leaves. Full sun to part shade. sun to part shade. Moist soil. brown seeds. Full sun to part shade. Sandy soil. To 20cm. Sandy to moist soil. To 70cm. Kangaroo Grass (Themeda Common Rush (Juncus usitatus) australis) Slender light green leaves Arching cylindrical leaves with red- and browny purple wiry seeds. Full brown clusters of seeds. Moist or wet sun. Sandy soil. To 80cm. soil. To 80cm.