EASTERN HILLS BRANCH WILDFLOWER SOCIETY OF WA

NATIVE SALE

SATURDAY 11TH MAY 2019

9 am to 2 pm

100’s of Native suitable for Hills/Metro Gardens

Most Plants from $2.50 to $5.00 Plus GST EFTPOS OCTAGONAL HALL AVAILABLE FREE 52 McGLEW ROAD GLEN FORREST

CATALOGUE & PLANT INFO

1 WILDFLOWER SOCIETY PLANT SALE 2019 A NOTE ABOUT CHANGES TO PLANT NAMES

Gates open at 9am. Although early customers have the best selection of plants, we Our knowledge of the flora of is in a constant state of change always have a good range of popular species available all morning. Bring a box or a at the present time. New species are continually being found and the plastic basket with you to take your plants home. relationships of known species are steadily being revised.

Species are listed on the catalogue in alphabetical order within each category. Natural We endeavour each year to keep the names to the most current botanically habitat is given as a guide to selection and planting. Species from SW forests prefer correct name for the Plant Sale and to this effect we usually make a note in the shade and some extra summer water. Many SW swamp species, particularly Boronias, Common Name or Special Features columns of the catalogue as to the previous make excellent pot plants. Heathland species are generally hardier and will grow in full name that you might have known the plant as to help make you aware of the sun. Most species, however, are quite adaptable and have been successfully grown by change. our members in Hills gardens. Many of our plants are not yet available in nurseries. To aid you in finding where your favourite plants may be on the tables we have Whilst we try to make our catalogue as accurate as possible, some listed plants may not provided a cross-reference from old to new names within the catalogue. We be available due to circumstances beyond our control. However we always have small hope this minimises confusion and helps you make the transition between numbers of additional, unlisted species. names easier.

Further information on plants will be available inside the hall. We also have seeds of native plants for sale and booklets on aspects of native gardening. BITS & PIECES TABLE

The plants are sorted on the tables alphabetically within each category. The plan of This year we again have a “Bits & Pieces” table which are plants that are tables is at the back of the catalogue. We have marked Local species with a yellow disc in limited quantities and therefore not on the catalogue and which would on the main label. get lost in amongst everything else. Have a browse, you could find something really special. ALL PLANTS CONTAIN A COLOUR CODED BAMBOO SKEWER TO INDICATE THE PRICE. SOME HAVE A BAMBOO SKEWER WITH A PRICE ON IT. GST will be added to these PRICE CODING (COLOUR OF SKEWER) prices at point of sale at the Cashiet Tent. The code is given to the right. Coloured labels, plant stakes or ties do not indicate price. Select your plants and pay the Cashiers at the gate. Yellow $2.50 Pale Green $4.50 Orange $3.00 Pink $5.00 The plants are grown by our members for your gardens. We hope you enjoy our Sale. Red $3.50 White $6.00 Blue $4.00 Other Prices as Marked Please Note: GST will be added to these prices at point of sale at the Cashier Tent.

2 ** SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR GARDEN **

West Australian Wattles Cockatoo Food West Australian Grasses

Can be used in a wide variety of garden situations from All three species of Black Cockatoo could be regular Looking for something different? Why not try some rockeries, shrubberies to providing shade. visitors to your garden if you grow a supply of their grasses? favourite food. Most are very drought tolerant while some like damp These are not weedy: situations. Marri (Corymbia calophylla) Most are very drought tolerant while some like damp Most prefer full sun but some from forest areas will Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) situations (great around ponds and bog gardens). grow in partial shade. These are also a vitally important habitat tree for a Some grow naturally in local forests and thrive in There is a variety of sizes and shapes from short and vast number of species. shaded areas. clumpy to tall, slender and elegant. All – beautiful flowering plants similar to There is a variety of sizes and shapes from short and Wattles are great for establishing new gardens in poor but generally with large woody fruits. clumpy to tall, slender and elegant. soil. e.g. periolaris; ; Hakea There is a choice of cool or warm season growers. Support biodiversity in your garden by supplying vast orthorrhynca; ; quantities of food and habitat. All .

Are legumes. This means they supply their own e.g. grandis; ; Banksia nitrogen and enrich the soil. sessilis.

Grow easily from seed. WA Grevilleas.

Give vibrant winter/spring colour. e.g. bipinnatifida; .

Exhibit a huge range of foliage colours and forms. (Note: Hybrids are often sterile and do not produce seed.)

3 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Clump Plants (Monocots)

SW WA. Sand, swamp flats and road Anigozanthos bicolour ssp decresens Aug-Oct Green/Red 0.1-0.5 Perennial herb. verges Anigozanthos flavidus Tall Kangaroo Paw Spring Green/Yellow 1.8 Easy to grow SW forests and heaths

Anigozanthos manglesii Mangles Kangaroo Paw Spring Red/Green 0.8 State Emblem. Do not water in summer LOCAL, sand or gravel Rhizomatous, robust, colonising Baumea juncea Bare Twig Rush Oct-Mar Brown 0.2-2.0 South West WA, waterlogged soils perennial sedge Dark green foliage, large clumps of Conostylis aculeata Prickly conostylis Spring Yellow .06-0.5 SW heathland flowers

Conostylis candicans (grey form) Grey Cottonheads Spring Yellow 0.2 Lovely yellow flowers in round heads Heathland and coast Tufted stoloniferous grasslike perennial Conostylis prolifera Mat Cotton-heads Yellow/cream 0.2 Winter-damp flats Flwrs in heads Cushion forming stoloniferous SW WA. Clayey loam, sand. Damp Conostylis seorsiflora ssp seorsiflora Sept to Oct Yellow 0.02-0.09 perennial. flats, swamp margins.

Conostylis setigera Bristly Cottonheads Spring Yellow 0.2 Hardy, slow spreading, tufted perennial LOCAL forest & heath

Conostylis stylidioides Mat Cottonheads Spring Yellow 0.1 Spreads by runners Sandplain N of Perth

Scented clumping grass, attractive silky Cymbopogon obtectus Native Lemon Grass Summer Pale green -0.7 LOCAL, open forest, outcrops heads Strap leaved clumping plant, blue Suits most soils in full sun to part Dianella brevicaulis Blueberry Lily Spring Blue 0.5 flowers and purple berries. shade. Very hardy. SW forests Dianella revoluta Blueberry Lily Spring Blue 0.8 Large greyish leaves, blue flowers LOCAL, tough, drought tolerant. White sand, lateritic or granitic loam, Dianella revoluta var revoluta Aug to Nov Blue violet 1 Rhizomatous tufted perennial herb. sandy clay. West of Albany to Esperance. Summer active perennial clump grass, Eragrostis elongata Clustered Lovegrass Spr/Sum Mauve 0.3 LOCAL, damp areas attractive mauve flower heads Summer active perennial, spreads from Hemarthria uncinata Matgrass Spr-sum Green 0.2-0.8 LOCAL, creeklines runners

Juncus pallidus Pale-Rush Oct-Dec Cream 0.5-2 Large clumping rush, dry and wet sites LOCAL Damp spots

Clumping perennial, tolerates dry, Juncus pauciflorus Rush Oct -Dec Brown 0.5 LOCAL, winter wet, seepage water-logging Lepidosperma sp Denmark

Wide range of soils: Calcereous, peaty LOCAL, Geraldton to Esperance, Lepidosperma squamatum Mar-Nov Brown/Cream 0.15-1.0 or lateritic sand, sandy clay, gravel coastal and Jarrah forrest. Forms low tussocks, Kangaroo fodder Neurachne alopecuroidea Foxtail Mulga Grass Aug-Nov Black 0.4 LOCAL, widespread lawn, ornamental

4 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Clump Plants (Monocots) (cont’d)

Orthrosanthus laxus Morning Iris Sept-Oct Blue 0.5 Hardy, showy flowers LOCAL

Large clumps, free flowering spikes. Orthrosanthus multiflorus Morning Iris Sept-Nov Blue O.6 SW plant, most soils Spreading clumps Hardy and easy to grow. Good for Patersonia occidentalis Purple Flags Summer Purple 0.5 LOCAL, most habitats rockeries Summer active perennial, salt tolerant, Sporobolus virginicus Marine Couch Jan/Dec Green/purple 0 .1-0.5 LOCAL near water spreads by runners Thysanotus multiflorus Fringe Lily Aug-Nov Purple 0.4 Showy flowers in heads LOCAL, all soils Forms tufts to 0.6 m across, flower Xanthorrhoea gracilis Graceful Grasstree Oct-Jan White 1.5 LOCAL, all habitats spikes to 1.5m

Ferns & Aquatic Plants

Adiantum aethiopicum Common Maidenhair 0.2 Fern gardens, creek banks or pots SW along riverbanks

Myriophyllum crispatum Oct/Feb Cream/Purple .25-.6 Local aquatic herb LOCAL Creeks, swamps

Everlastings

Rhodanthe manglesii Everlastings Spr-Summ Pink 0.4 Annual. Will self-propagate Dry inland areas

Annual. Will self-propagate. Formerly Rhodanthe chlorocephala Everlastings Spr-Summ Pink 0.5 Dry inland areas Helipterum roseum

Xerochrysum macranthum Everlastings Spr-Summ Creamy white 0.6 Annual. Will self-propagate Dry inland areas macranthum (Stirling Xerochrysum Everlastings Spr-Summ Creamy white 0.7 Annual. Will self-propagate variant)

Climbers

Billardiera floribunda White Billardiera Summer White 2-3 Beautiful hardy climber LOCAL forests

Vigorous climber, prefers sand or Hardenbergia comptoniana Native Wisteria Jun-Nov Purple 2-4 LOCAL and SW forests gravel 5 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Climbers (cont’d)

Ideal for scrambling over fences. Cape Kennedia beckxiana Cape Arid Kennedia Spring Orange 3-5 Vigorous climber, spectacular flowers Arid, heathlands Kennedia coccinea Coral Vine Spring Coral Pink 1-2 Pea flowers in dense heads LOCAL & SW forests South Coast WA, from Albany to Kennedia nigricans Black Kennedia Spring Black & Yellow 5-10 Very vigorous climber Esperance

Ground Covers and Rockery Plants Prostrate Banksia, flower half buried in LOCAL, sand, gravel, laterite, Ground Dryandra Oct-Nov Cream/yellow/brown 0.1-0.3 the ground, leaves much divided, fern woodlands like. Couch Honeypot (formerly June-Sept Greeny-brown 0.3 Trailing to semi-erect stems LOCAL. Heathlands and forests Dryandra lindleyana Soft spreading ground cover. Will Well drained soils in full sun/semi Chamelaucium sp Wongan Hills Oct-Nov Dark pink/magenta 0.3 cover banks. shade. Wheatbelt. Suits most soils in full sun. Ideal for Mounding ground cover. Masses of Dampiera altissima Tall Dampiera June-Oct Blue 0.5 pot culture or raised beds. Northern blue flowers. sandplains. Ascending to decumbent perennial, Sand, clay, gravel, laterite, granite. Dampiera haematotricha July to Nov Blue 0.1-0.6 herb or . Rock outcrops, hills & rises. Attractive suckering ground cover LOCAL. Suits most soils. Full sun to Dampiera linearis Common Dampiera May-Nov Blue 0.3 slowly spreading to 1m wide. part shade. Most soils, full sun to part shade, damp Spreading shrub. Masses of pink Dampiera lavandulacea Jul-Nov Pink 0.9 tolerant. Suits edge of garden bog. SW flowers. WA. Erect to sprawling slender perennial Sandy or clayey soils, bogs & Diaspasis filifolia Thread-Leaved Diaspasis Sep-Feb/May White/pink/purple 0.15-0.5 herb or shrub. seasonally wet areas. South coast WA. Inland or coastal, salt and lime tolerant. Disphyma crassifolium Round-leaved pigface Aug-Feb Deep pink, purple, violet 0.3 x 1 Prostrate succulent Suits all soils. Full sun. Jan to Feb or White sand, sandy loam, clay, clay crassifolium ssp Disphyma May or Aug to Pink-purple-violet 0.02-0.3 Prostrate, succulent shrub loam. Coastal limestone cliffs & dunes, clavellatum Dec samphire flats, saline areas inland. Black peat, winter wet swamps. Lower Drosera binata Forked Leaf Sundew White 0.15 Fibrous rooted herb. SW WA Low growing ground cover. Good Well drained soils in sheltered sun. Einadia nutans Nodding Saltbush Nov-Apr Red berries 0.3 basket plant. Bright red edible berries. Salt tolerant. Hardy. N, interior and Formerly Rhagodia nutans coastal Hardy groundcover, grey foliage, Enchylaena tomentosa Barrier Saltbush May-Sept Orange berries 0.6 Inland extensive orange berries Is one of the most variable and complex species in the genus. It is very Eremophila glabra (prostrate) Aut-Summer Various colours variable in its leaves & habit. Colours Variety of situations range from green, yellow, orange or an assortment of reds.

6 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Ground Covers and Rockery Plants (cont’d)

Eremophila maculata (prostrate) Red Ground cover.

Gastrolobium villosum Crinkle Leaf Poison Spring Red 0.3 Prefers open site, good for road verges LOCAL Grows well in damp sunny or part Goodenia pusilla Delicate Goodenia Summer Yellow 0.1 LOCAL, SW along creeks shade spots. Suits most soils in part shade. For Colourful prostrate groundcover. Hibbertia perfoliata Spring Yellow 0.2 sheltered moist areas, bog garden or Unusual foliage. pot culture. Prefers limestone soils in full sun. Hibbertia spicata subsp leptotheca July-Oct Yellow 0.2-0.5 Low spreading shrub. Hardy. Perth Coastal Small rockery plant. Pea flowers, Jacksonia alata Aug-Nov Orange/yellow .02-0.3 Widespread SW, rocks & slopes flattened stems Delicate low ground cover, excellent Kennedia microphylla Spring Red 0.1 for baskets Hardy local groundcover, red pea Kennedia prostrata Running Postman Spring Red 0.1 LOCAL flowers Myoporum parvifolium (white) Creeping Myoporum Summer White 0.1 Hardy South Coastal heath LOCAL and widespread. Sand, clay, Mar or May or Ptilotus drummondii Narrowleaf Mulla Mulla White-cream-pink 0.05-0.8 Perennial herb. loam, gravel. Low ridges, undulating Jul to Dec plains, river slopes. LOCAL Winter-wet areas, swamps, Ranunculus colonorum Common Buttercup Sept-Dec Yellow 0.2-0.8 Slender perannial herb. hillsides Sandy often clayey soils.

Scaevola calliptera Royal Robe Spring Mauve 0.2 Long flowering, scrambling. Suckering LOCAL, forest Suits most soils in full sun, especially Tough dome shaped shrub. Prolific Scaevola crassifolia Thick Leaved Fanflower Sept-Dec Blue 0.3 coastal gardens and limestone areas. blue flowers. Pilbara coast. Suits most soils in full sun, especially Thick Leaved Fanflower (Windy Compact dome shaped shrub to 0.60 x Scaevola crassifolia Sept-Dec Blue 0.6x0.6 coastal gardens and limestone areas. Harbour) 0.60. Prolific blue flowers. Windy Harbour. Dry well drained position in sunny site. May to Dec or 0.05-0.3 x Prostrate perannial herb with deep Scaevola phlebopetala Velvet Fan Flower Blue-Purple Hardy to light frosts. Good in hanging Jan 1.0 wide purple flowers with yellow throat. basket. Sand. Occurs from the Stirling Range Scaevola striata var arenaria Aug to Dec Blue/Purple 0.035-0.3 Ascending to prostrate plant. to Lake Grace.

Scholtzia involucrata Spiked Scholtzia Aug-May Pale Pink Low Mound

Stylidium adnatum Beaked Trigger Plant Sept-Nov Pink 0.3 Excellent in hanging baskets Karri forest

Hardy, lovely large flowers. Forms Stylidium affine Queen Trigger Plant Sept-Nov Pink 0.4 LOCAL, Wandoo small clumps Grows in well-drained soils in part to Stylidium angustifolium Nov-Jan Cream-yellow 0.10-0.50 Low upright to spreading. full sun. Good container plant.

7 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Ground Covers and Rockery Plants (cont’d)

Stylidium caespitosum Fly-away Trigger Plant Nov-Jan White/Pink 0.4 Fine leaved rosetted perennial herb. Sandy loamy soils. Lower SW WA

Low spreading Stylidium, lovely pot Stylidium dichotomum Pins and Needles Summer Yellow or pink 0.2 LOCAL, granite rocks plant

Stylidium fasciculatum ssp gigantic From Manjimup area.

Stylidium guttatum Dotted Trigger Plant Oct-Dec White/red marks 0.15 Perennial rosetted herb Winter moist areas SW, wheatbelt

Sth west WA, watersheds and Stylidium ireneae Oct-Nov Pale pink 0.1-0.3 Trigger Plant, perennial herb creeklines Trigger plant, perennial herb, flower Stylidium junceum Reed Trigger Plant Sep-Nov Pink/White 0.1-1 LOCAL clustered in conical head. Sandy loamy soils. Suitable for protected raised garden beds and Stylidium spathulatum Creamy Trigger Plant Oct-Nov Cream/White 0.1-0.4 Rosetted perennial trigger plant. containers. Lower SW WA, coastal heath. Spreading to prostrate shrub. Highly Sand, coastal sandstone or limestone, Thryptomene baeckeacea (prostrate) May-Oct Pink-Purple 0.2-1.2 floriferous with masses of pink flowers. sand dunes, lateritic breakaways. Drought tolerant once established. Northern coastal sandplains.

Shrubs A- Z

Acacia alata Winged Wattle June-Oct Yellow 1.0 Fast growing local species, shade LOCAL, forest gullies

Acacia celastrifolia Glowing Wattle Winter Yellow 2.5 Bronze tipped leaves LOCAL, inland

Acacia denticulosa Sandpaper Wattle Spring Yellow 3.0 Large rod flowers, fascinating foliage Dry inland areas

Fast growing, attractive narrow leaves Acacia dentifera Toothed Wattle Spring Yellow 1.2 LOCAL, granite/laterite Can prune Loamy soils, river banks, gentle slopes Acacia dictyoneura Aug-Nov Yellow 0.5-2 between Albany and Ravensthorpe. Outstanding shrub with fern like Acacia drummondii Drummond's Wattle July-Sept Yellow 0.6 LOCAL, gravel and other foliage. Prefers some shade Perth local, Variety of soils from Acacia lasiocarpa Panjang May-Oct Yellow 0.15-1.5 Compact shrub, hardy coastal to winter wet Fast growing local species prefers Acacia lateriticola Winter Yellow 1.0 LOCAL and SW, gravel soils gravel soils

Acacia pulchella Prickly Moses Jun-Oct Yellow 1.0 Repels dieback LOCAL forests

8 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

White sand over clay, pale brown Shrub or tree, bark dark grey. Responds Acacia splendens May Yellow to 8m loam, cracked brown soil, gravel, well to light pruning. laterite, ironstone. Much-branched, spreading, straggly, Wide variety of soils and habitats. NW Acacia tetragonophylla May to Oct Yellow 1.4-5.0 prickly shrub or tree WA Erect, much branched prickly shrub, Acacia trigonophylla Aug-Nov Yellow 1-2.5 Widespread SW varied soils triangle stems Useful for hedging or screening. Prune Erect, ornamental shrub with attractive Atriplex nummularia Old Man Saltbush 1.0-3.0 to keep compact. Salt and limestone silver-grey foliage. tolerant. Very hardy. Goldfields. Babingtonia camphorosmae syn. Baeckea camphorosmae Summer Pink 0.4 Summer flowering, grows to '0.4m LOCAL heathland, forest

Urchin Dryandra (formerly Banksia undata Spring Yellow 1.3 Woolly branches leaves and flowers Variety of soils Dryandra praemorsa) Attractive erect or spreading shrub, Suits most soils in full sun. Suits open Beaufortia orbifolia Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush Aug-Dec Red/green 2.0 with unique red/green bottlebrush garden beds. Tip prune to shape. flowers. Ravensthorpe. Spectacular flowers, ideal for rockery, Beaufortia purpurea Bottlebrush early Summer Crimson/Purple 1 LOCAL, exposed rocky hills granite, laterite soils Fragrant flowers. Damp location or pot Boronia megastigma Sweet Scented Boronia Jul-Sept Brown 0.7 SW swamps and creeks plant Heart shaped leaves. Laterite gravel, Bossiaea pulchella Beautiful Bossiaea Aug-Sep Yellow/Brown 1.0 LOCAL, Jarrah forests understorey/shade Dense upright bush, prickly. Full sun. Bossiaea spinescens May-Oct Yellow/Brown 1.5 LOCAL to east and north Varied soils Calothamnus quadrifidus (yellow) One Sided Bottlebrush Sept-Nov Yellow 1.0 Yellow flowered form Ravensthorpe area

Calytrix depressa Early Sum Yellow 0.2-1 Rounded neat bush. Drought resistant LOCAL hills plant Red sand or sandy loam over laterite, May to June or Calytrix divergens Yellow 0.2-0.6 granite or sandstone. Escarpments & Aug to Oct breakaways. Well-drained soils in full sun. Ideal for pot culture and small gardens. Tip Calytrix harvestiana Sept-Dec Purple-Pink 0.5 Colourful compact shrub to 50cm. prune after flowering. Drought tolerant. Well drained soil in full sun. Ideal for Spectacular small shrub to 60cm. Calytrix sp purple Aug-Oct Purple 0.6 feature areas in the garden. Also suits Stunning purple flowers pot culture. Well drained soil in full sun. Ideal for Spectacular small shrub to 60cm. Calytrix sp yellow Aug-Oct Yellow 0.6 feature areas in the garden. Also suits Stunning yellow flowers pot culture. Prefers well drained soils in full/part Colourful upright shrub to 60cm. Calytrix sylvana Aug-Nov Purple 0.6 sun. Good for open gardens, raised Brilliant purple flowers beds and pot

9 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

Suits most well drained soils in Upright shrub. Abundant white/pink Calytrix tetragona Common Fringe-Myrtle Oct-Nov White/pink .2-1.5 dappled shade to full sun. Limestone flowers. Low water requirement tolerant. Southern WA. Calytrix variabilis Spring Pink-Purple .3-1.5 Local calytrix with large flowers LOCAL, woodlands

Chorizema cordatum Flame Pea Wint/Spr Red/Orange 0.6 Compact hardy shrub LOCAL

Well branched shrub. Clays/ laterites. Chorizema dicksonii Yellow-eyed Flame Pea Spring Red/ Orange 0.6 LOCAL Understorey or open position Part to full sun Attractive foliage; brilliant flowering Chorizema ilicifolium Holly Flame Pea Aug-Nov Red/Orange 1.0 LOCAL, forests shrub. Hardy Prefers sandy soils and coastal Chorizema varium Bush Flame Pea Jun-Sep Orange/Red 0.3 Sth West WA limestone

Daviesia cordata Bookleaf Spring Orange 1.2 Ornamental with interesting foliage LOCAL forests

Sandy soils, limestone outcrops. Diplopeltis petiolaris Spring Pink 0.3-2 Erect or spreading suckering shrub. Murchison and Geraldton sandplains.

Dodonaea concinna 0.5-2.0 Rounded and compact shrub. From Albany to Ravensthorpe.

Outcropping limestone, Swan coastal Dodonaea hackettiana Hackett's Hopbush Jul-Oct Yellow-green/red 1-5 Erect shrub or tree. plain. Dry inland areas. Grows in well- Dodonaea microzyga Brilliant Hop Bush May-July Red-brown 0.3-1.5 Very ornamental small shrub drained medium soils in full sun

Eremaea beaufortioides Orange Eremaea Nov-Dec Orange 1.0 Striking orange flowers early summer Sandy heathland

Full sun in a variety of soils. Drought Eremophila bignoniiflora Gooramurra May-Aug White-cream 1.0-8.0 Spreading, weeping shrub or small tree. tolerant. Kimberley area. Coastal region of Central WA & Eremophila brevifolia Jul-Sept White/Pink/Blue 0.9 - 2.0 Erect, spindly shrub Southwest WA. Variety of soils. Grows in most soils in full sun or Eremophila hygrophana Aug-Dec Purple-Blue 0.25-0.75 filtered shade. Drought tolerant. Arid regions of WA. Erect shrub, grows on loamy soils, rock Northern Wheatbelt through to east of Eremophila lehmanniana Winter/Spring Blue/purple to 1.5m outcrops, in saline depressions Albany Hardy outstanding colourful Suits most soils in full sun to light Eremophila maculata Native Fuchsia All Year Purple 1.5 ornamental. Large purple flowers. Bird shade. Goldfields. attracting. Rounded or dense upright shrub or Eremophila oppositifolia Weeoka Mar-Oct white-cream-yellow/pink/red 1.0-4.0 Variety of soils. Drought tolerant. small tree. NE Wheatbelt, Goldfields Full sun, Attractive low spreading shrub, soft Eremophila subfloccosa Dense-felted Eremophila June-Dec Yellow/Green 1.0 x 2 semi-drought tolerant. silver hairy leaves. Sandy/laterite/loam 10 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

small erect shrub. Most soils, Tolerates Gompholobium aristatum Winter/ Spr Yellow 0.8 LOCAL, SW WA winter wet

Grevillea bipinnatifida Fuschia Grevillea Sept-Jun Red 0.7 Excellent bird attracter. Long flowering LOCAL, granite

Grevillea endlicheriana Spindly Grevillea Spring Pink 1.5 Extended flowering period LOCAL, granite soils

Red/brown sand with laterite and Tangled Grevillea July-Oct Cream 2 Irregular, few branched shrub. gravel, sand over granite Lovely soft foliage, yellow-orange Grevillea pimelioides Jun-Sep Yellow 1.5 LOCAL, forests flowers Straggly to sprawling, little branched Oak-leaf Grevillea Aug-Dec Pinky purple 0.5 LOCAL shrub. Local forest. Catkin Grevillea Spring Cream/Yellow 0.3 Compact hardy shrub LOCAL, forest

Guichenotia macrantha Large Flowered Guichenotia Jul-Sep Purple 1-2 Ornamental shrub with silvery foliage North of Perth area Very hardy shrub with long flower Red Pokers August Red 2.0 Dry inland, red sand spikes Large open shrub, interesting foliage Hakea cristata Snail Hakea Wint-Spring White 3.5 LOCAL and fruits

Hakea erinaceae Hedgehog Hakea May-Sept Cream/brown 1.5 Dense shrub LOCAL, granite

Hakea francisiana Emu Tree Aug-Nov Pink 2-4 Erect Shrub, spectacular in flower Northern Wheatbelt

Hakea laurina Pin Cushion Hakea Apr-May Burgundy/Cream 3-4 Lovely small weeping tree Southern Heathlands

Hakea multilineata Grass-leaved Hakea Spring Pink 3.0 Dense flower spikes Dry inland areas

Hakea orthorrhyncha Bird Beak Hakea Spring Red 2.0 Showy in flower Granite soils

Hakea petiolaris Sea Urchin Hakea June Red 2.0 Ornamental LOCAL, Granite rocks Large bushy shrub, Sands and laterites. Cricketball Hakea Winter/ Spr Cream/pink 0.5-4 Inland Southwest Dry conditions. Hakea undulata Wavy-leaved Hakea Spring White 1.5 Hardy. Reddish-coloured new foliage. LOCAL

Hemigenia sericea Silky Hemigenia Aug/Dec Mauve 1.0 Soft foliage, mint-bush flowers LOCAL, granite hillsides Small local shrub with blue-green Hibbertia amplexicaulis Aug-Nov Yellow 0.3 LOCAL forests foliage Grows in loamy soils, moss swards, Hibbertia porongurupensis Sept-Oct Yellow to 1.5m granite. Rock crevices, rock outcrops near Albany

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Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

Grey, white or yellow sand. Coastal Hibbertia racemosa Stalked Guinea Flower July-Dec Yellow 0.1-0.75 Erect or ascending spreading shrub. areas: dunes, plains & limestone. From Geraldton to Esperance Hibbertia serrata Spring Yellow 0.9 Green & bushy with large flowers LOCAL, damp forests Moist soils in part to full sun. Does Small shrub, showy flowers. Good pot Hibbertia stellaris Orange stars Spring orange 0.4 best in hanging baskets or containers. plant. Winter-wet From southern forests Sand, gravelly clay, laterite. Hibbertia hibbertioides Jan to Dec Yellow 0.3(0.7) Prostrate or sprawling shrub. Sandplains, hills, valleys, slopes, coastal areas. Good for pot culture. Hovea trisperma Common Hovea Winter Purple 0.4 Lovely purple pea flowers LOCAL, forest

Hypocalymma angustifolium White Myrtle Spring White or pink 1.0 Hardy adaptable local shrub LOCAL, granite soils LOCAL understorey plant from Jarrah & Marri areas and coastal plains. Hypocalymma robustum Swan River Myrtle Spring Pink 0.7 Erect, slender shrub. Grows in most soils. Responds to light pruning. dubius Pincushion Cone Flower Aug-Oct Pink 0.8 Specimen plant, very ornamental LOCAL, dry ridge areas

Jacksonia sternbergiana Stinkwood All year Yellow/orange 3-4 Shrub to 4 m, pea flowers. LOCAL, widespread

Kunzea baxteri Baxter's Kunzea July-Nov Red 2-3 Attractive versatile bottlebrush Southern heathland, rocky

Beautiful green shrub, prickly, hardy. Labichea lanceolata Tall labichea Aug-Oct Yellow 1-2 LOCAL, variety of soils and habitats Good screen or hedge

Lechenaultia biloba Blue Lechenaultia Spring Blue 0.2 Hardy. Full sun or part shade LOCAL, all soils Sand over laterite or granite, clay, Lechenaultia formosa (yellow) Feb-Sept Yellow 0.2-0.4 Lovely ground cover. gravelly clay Lechenaultia formosa (red) Red Lechenaultia Sept-Oct Red 0.2-0.4 Prefers minimal water in summer. Dry sandy areas Impressive compact Suits most soils in full sun. Suitable for Lechenaultia formosa x biloba Blue Butterflies (Natural Hybrid) Aug-Oct Blue shrub/groundcover. Stunning blue raised beds, open gardens and pots. flowers. Well drained soils in full sun/semi Lechenaultia laricina Scarlet Lechenaultia Spring Red 0.2 Good rockery plant shade. Heathlands E ast of Perth Lysiosepalum involucratum Aug-Nov Blue-Purple/pink 0.3-1.5 Dense, compact or spreading shrub. Often on sandy & gravelly soils.

Requires well drained soil. Dry inland Maireana sedifolia Pearl Bluebush 0.3-1.0 Compact shrub with grey foliage. areas. Small shrub, blue-grey foliage. Loams Melaleuca aspalathoides Oct/Nov Magenta 0.75 LOCAL, Wheatbelt, Geraldton sand and gravels. Well drained soils in full sun. Good for Rounded spreading shrub with tangled Melaeuca cardiophylla Tangling Melaleuca Aug-Dec White 1.5 coastal limestone. Prune to shape. branches Hardy. Perth coastal 12 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

Useful early summer flowering. Frost Melaleuca pulchella Claw Honey Myrtle Aug-Apr Mauve/Pink 0.4 Southern Heathlands hardy Mirbelia dilatata Holly Leaf Mirbelia Spring Purple 2.0 Very prickly shrub Forest south of Bickley

Spreading shrub with Correa type Nematolepis phebalioides WA Correa Winter/Spr Red/Yellow 0.5 Southern Heathlands flowers Greyish pink flowers. Prefers gravel biloba Granite Petrophile Sept-Oct Pink-grey 1.5 LOCAL, heath & hillsides soil, needs excellent drainage Multi-stemmed shrub. Most soils. Phyllanthus calycinus False Boronia Sep-Nov Cream/green 0.5 LOCAL,widespread in SW Understorey or full sun Nov-Dec or Pileanthus filifolius Summer Coppercups Pink-red To 1.0 Loose erect shrub. Sand, laterite. Sandplains Jan Sandy, loamy or gravelly soils. Platysace deflexa Jan-Dec White 0.2-0.5 Tuberous perennial herb. Between Albany & Ravensthorpe. Platytheca galioides Platytheca Spring Blue/Purple 0.6 Soft round shrub to '0.6m SW forest gullies

Prostanthera magnifica Magnificent Prostanthera Aug-Nov Purple/blue 1-2 Spreading shrub, hardy Inland, N of Perth

Regelia ciliata Jul-Jan Pink/Purple 1.2 Hardy local species LOCAL, heathland SW WA, sandy, loamy, lateritic or Ricinocarpos glaucus Wedding Bush July-Dec White 0.3-2.0 Erect shrub, many snowy white flowers granitic soils Sandy soils, winter wet depressions Scaevola lanceolata Long-leaved Scaevola Aug-Dec White-blue 0.1-0.5 Erect or decumbent perennial herb. and swamps. From Geraldton to Albany. Erect shrub with large green leaves. All soils including seaside. Drought Scaevola nitida Shining Fan Flower Aug-Dec Blue-Purple 0.3-3.0 Butterfly attracting. tolerant. Full sun. Prefers well drained soils in full sun. Scaevola porocarya Striate-fruit Scaevola Spring Blue 1.0 Upright spreading shrub. Sweet scent Hardy. Geraldton sandplains

Scaevola spinescens Currant Bush Jan-Dec White-cream/yellow 0.2-2.0 Rigid and spiny shrub. Sandplains and dry inland areas. Well drained soils in full sun. Scaevola thesioides Rats Tails Aug-Mar Blue 0.5 Open spreading shrub. Excellent for coastal areas, limestone and rockeries. Hardy. Perth coastal. Prefers well drained soils mainly in full Upright graceful shrub with delicate sun. Suitable as a feature plant, for cut Scholtzia laxiflora Aug-Oct White 0.3-2 white flowers. flowers and winter wet areas. Geraldton sandplains. Prefers well drained soils mainly in full Upright graceful shrub with delicate sun. Suitable as a feature plant, for cut Scholtzia laxiflora Aug-Oct Pink 0.3-2 pink flowers. flowers and winter wet areas. Geraldton sandplains. Scholtzia spatulata Sept-Dec Pink-White 0.3-1.5 Sands, Northampton area. Sandy clay. Bruce Rock to Solanum capsiciforme Native Pepper Sept-Oct Purple-blue-violet 0.6-1.2 Erect short-lived shrub. Ravensthorpe. 13 PLANT NAME Common Name Flowering Colour Ht m Special features Natural Habitat

Shrubs A- Z (cont’d)

Solanum plicatile Erect or spreading shrub. Red sandy soils. Arid inland areas. Suits most soils in full sun/part shade, especially coastal gardens and Templetonia retusa Cocky's Tongues Spring Red 1-2 Attractive flowering shrub limestone areas. Northern Swan Coastal Plain. Sandy & clay often stony soils. From Tetrapora verrucosa Aug-May White 0.2-1.2 Erect slender or straggling shrub. Albany to Ravensthorpe.

Thomasia formosa Sept-Oct Pink-blue-purple To 0.7 Erect compact shrub. Laterite. Three Springs region.

Thomasia macrocarpa Large-Fruited Thomasia Sep-Dec Mauve 2.0 Soft greyish foliage, large flowers LOCAL

Erect shrub in coastal locations, Thomasia solonaceae Sept-Dec Blue/Purple/Pink 0.5 - 3.0 South coast near Albany limestone soils Delightful mounding shrub. Dense dark Suits most well drained soils in full Thryptomeme denticulata Autumn Pink 1.2 green foliage with masses of tiny pink- sun/part shade. Hardy. Sandy purple flowers. Hardy. heathland Delightful spreading shrub. Hardy. Thryptomene stenophylla Jun-Aug pink 0.3-1.2 Limestone tolerant. Nth of Perth. Most soils, full sun Flowers redden with age. Shallow Verticordia huegelii var decumbens Sept-Nov Pale yellow, cream, white 0.05-0.3 LOCAL and drier areas gritty soils Sand over loam, clay or laterite gravel. From Busselton area east to Hamersley Verticordia habrantha Hidden Featherflower Aug/Dec Pink-White 0.15-0.7 Slender, spreading shrub River and inland as far as Arthur River to Kulin. Compact spreading shrub. Striking Well drained soil in full sun/part shade. Verticordia mitchelliana Rapier Featherflower Aug-Dec Red 1 pendulous red flowers. Tip prune regularly. Wheatbelt Grows in a variety of soils and Open erect open to moderately Verticordia picta Painted Featherflower July-Nov Pink-White 0.3-1.5 habitats. From Kalbarri to Pingrup and branched. east to Peak Charles. Beautiful local shrub, excellent cut Verticordia plumosa Plumed Featherflower Spring Mauve 0.7 LOCAL, granite, heath flower Well drained soils but needs summer Erect shrub with masses of scented Verticordia plumosa var. plumosa Plumed Featherflower (Hills form) Aug-Dec Pink 1 water. Full sun/part shade. Prune pink flowers. regularly. Low shrub with branches spreading Verticordia staminosa Wongan Featherflower June - Sept Green/Yellow 0.15-1 Wongan Hills widely with pendulous flowers. staminosa var Well drained soil in part/full sun. Verticordia July-Oct Green/Yellow 0.3-0.6 Compact upright pine like shrub. cylindraceae Summer watering prevents dormancy.

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Trees

Banksia grandis Bull Banksia Spring Yellow 6 Medium tree LOCAL forest

Eucalyptus caesia (small form) May-Sept Pink-red 1.8-14m Mallee with minni-ritchi bark. Loam, Granite outcrops Beautiful ornamental, silver grey bark. Eucalyptus macrocarpa Rose of the West, Mottlecah Spring Red 4 Goldfields & Wheatbelt Largest fruits and flowers of all Eucalypts Slender Banksia Sep-Feb Yellow 4-8 Medium Tree LOCAL, sandy woodlands

Santalum acuminatum Quandong Feb-Mar Green 1-7 Partial root parasite. Grow near wattle. LOCAL widespread

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Understorey Plants

Hills residents know that trying to grow plants under the shade of a big Marri tree can be a challenge. Their hungry roots and the lower level of sunlight doesn’t suit all plants. Here is a list of plants (some of which are in our plant sale) that should not mind growing in the shade or part-shade.

Clumping Plants: Microlaena stipoides Neurachne alopecuroidea Orthrosanthus laxus Sowerbaea laxiflora

Climbers: Hardenbergia comptoniana Kennedia coccinea

Ground Covers: Kennedia prostrata Labichea punctata Scaevola caliptera POT RECYCLING

Shrubs: What do you do with the pots from the plants you’ve bought today Acacia alata after you’ve got them all into the ground? Acacia pulchella Bossiaea pulchella Hakea lissocarpa Please bring them back! We’re especially looking for the long black Chorizema cordatum Hakea trifurcata pots known as tubes, which are best for native plants. We’d love to Chorizema dicksonii Hovea pungens recycle them back to the growers so they can grow more lovely plants Chorizema ilicifolium Hovea trisperma for next year’s sale. Darwinia citriodora Phyllanthus calycinus Gompholobium knightianum Trymalium ledifolium Just place them in the yellow wire trolley on the verandah of the Octagonal Hall. The front gate is open anytime. Trees:

16 Shrubs EHWFS PLANT SALE 2019 A-Z Front Garden:

Sheds Trees Climbers PRICE CODING Ground Covers Clump Plants (Monocots) Bits & Pieces Table

Toilet Yellow $2.50 Behind Hall: Orange $3.00 Trees Seeds, Red $3.50 Books & Information Back Bush Area: Blue $4.00

Teas Teas Pale Green $4.50 Shrubs A-Z Pink $5.00

Inside Hall: White $6.00

Climbers Seeds Please Note: Clumps Ground Books GST will be added to these prices at Covers Information point of sale at the Cashier Tent

Bits & Pieces Verandah: Pay Boxes Here Refreshments

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