LIST OF MISC AVAILABLE – SPRING 2013 x SPECIES SIZE AND GROWING HINTS DESCRIPTION FAMILY/ height code (size given as height x width) COMMON NAME HEIGHT CODE: #=<1m ## =1–5m. ### =5–12m

Acacia covenyi Large shrub to small tree 3-6mx3-6m. Well- Profuse lemon ball flowers in spring. FABACEAE ##-### drained soils. Prefers some full sun and some Silvery grey leaves are attractive all year Blue Bush light shade. Improved by some summer water. round. Can prune to have trunk or to (Sthn Tablelands NSW) Frost hardy to –7°C. make denser. Good windbreak. Tolerates limestone. Acacia williamsonii Small to medium spreading shrub 1-2mx1- Profuse pom-pom (globular) flowers in FABACEAE ## 3m. Prefers full sun and good drainage but is spring. Narrow green phyllodes. Brown Wirrakee Wattle tolerant of heavy shallow soils and will grow pods. Very drought resistant. Good (Bendigo Vic) in semi-shade. Frost hardy to –7ºC. feature . One of the most decorative wattles available for cultivation. Alyogyne huegelii Shrub to 2mH. Most well drained soils with Hairy, dull, green deeply lobed leaves to MALVACEAE ## sunny aspect. Prune after main flowering 6 cm. Profuse lilac flowers to 12 cm Lilac Hibiscus flush in spring. Tolerates moderate frosts. Oct–Mar. Flowers open in the morning (SA, WA) Some wind protection desirable. and last one day. Not suitable for lower parts of Canberra. Austrodanthonia laevis Small to medium tufted grass 0.2-0.6mx0.2m. Fine leaves and conspicuous white/cream POACEAE # Green all year. Light, medium or heavy soils flower heads which are hairy/bristly. Smooth Wallaby Grass with reasonable drainage. Frost hardy to Flowers Oct–Dec. Lawn potential. (Carwoola provenance) Local –7°C. Tolerates grazing. Babingtonia pluriflora Small to medium bushy shrub. Hardy in White flowers in axillary clusters Oct- MYRTACEAE # cultivation. Adapts to a variety of soils and Jan and April-July. Leaves dark green (NSW, Vic) situations. Frost hardy. above, pale underneath. Benefits from pruning. Baeckea imbricata Small, erect shrub 0.6mx0.5m. Useful plant Small linear leaves. Profuse white 4mm MYRTACEAE # for wet situations. Full sun to part shade. Frost flowers, Nov-Mar. Prune to shape. (Sthn Tablelands NSW) hardy to –7oC. Brachyscome ‘Strawberry Groundcover 0.15mx1m. Hardy in most soils Showy pink flowers from spring to Mousse’ with good drainage. Frost hardy and drought autumn. Suitable for containers, hanging ASTERACEAE # tolerant. baskets, rockeries and as ground cover. Bulbine glauca Perennial tufted herb 0.5m. Grows in crevices Long greyish leaves and yellow flowers ASPHODELACEAE # on cliffs. Good drainage in sun or part shade. on stems of 1m in spring. Rock Lily Dies back in winter. (NSW, Vic, Tas, Qld) Local Callistemon subulatus Hardy compact shrub 1.5mx2.5m. Most well- Very narrow leaves. Crimson brushes MYRTACEAE ## drained soils in sun or part-shade. Prune after well displayed in late spring and (NSW Sthn T/lands) flowering. Frost hardy to –7°C. summer. Very decorative. Chrysocephalum apiculatum Spreading perennial herb 0.2mx0.5-2m. Full Clusters of small bright yellow flowers ASTERACEAE # to part sun. Light, medium or heavy soils. most of year with a new flush in spring. Yellow Buttons Frost hardy to –7°C. Prune at end of winter Silvery, soft, hairy foliage. Can sucker. (All states) for new growth. Good in massed plantings. (Carwoola provenance) Local Cymbopogon refractus Medium, tufted grass 0.5–1.5mx0.3–1m with Tall flower stems. Interesting POACEAE #-## aromatic (ginger-like) foliage. Full to part sun flowerheads resembling barbed wire. Barbed-wire Grass in most reasonably drained soils. Frost hardy Flowers spring–autumn. Good in grass (Carwoola provenance) Local to –7°C. gardens. Dichelachne crinita Medium tufted grass 1.0-1.2mx0.3m. Full to Tall flower stems Oct–Dec. Flower head POACEAE # part sun. Light, medium to heavy soils with is an attractive, dense, fluffy Plumegrass (All states) reasonable drainage. Frost hardy to –7°C. green/mauve plume, fading to cream. (Carwoola provenance) Local Feature grass for dry conditions. LIST OF MISC PLANTS AVAILABLE – SPRING 2013 GENUS x SPECIES SIZE AND GROWING HINTS DESCRIPTION FAMILY/ height code (size given as height x width) COMMON NAME HEIGHT CODE: #=<1m ## =1–5m. ### =5–12m

Grevillea ‘Poorinda Diadem’ Bushy, medium shrub 2–3mx2–4m. Suits Large clusters of unusual coloured buff PROTEACEAE ## most reasonably well-drained soils. Drought apricot flowers with yellow styles, [Seedling of G.’Poorinda and frost resistant. sporadic but mainly May–Dec. Flowers Leane’, a hybrid of G.juniperina contrast well against dark foliage. and G.victoriae] Attracts birds. Grevillea speciosa Small to medium shrub 1-3mx1-2.5m. Most Spectacular in flower with clusters of PROTEACEAE ## well drained soils in sun to semi-shade. long-styled red flowers, mainly July-Oct. Red Spider-flower Needs some overhead cover for frost Attracts nectar feeding birds. Excellent (NSW, Gosford to Botany Bay) protection. Prune to shape after flowering. pot plant. Some summer water needed. Leionema elatius ssp beckleri Shrub to 2.5m high. Grows in or near Terminal, glandular, pale yellow to white ## rainforest; often in warm-temperate and dry flowers in spring. Tall rainforests and wet schlerophyll forests. (Qld, NSW) Leptospermun ‘Copper Crest’ Handsome, quick growing shrub to 4mx4m. Attractive bronze-green foliage. White (form of L. morrisonii) Most soils and aspects suitable. Frost hardy to flowers to 1.5mm diameter in summer. MYRTACEAE ## –7°C in conditions of normal rainfall. Good screen and hedge plant. (NSW) Leptospermum ‘Julie Ann’ Prostrate shrub 0.3mx1-2m Full sun to part Pale mauve flowers Oct-Dec. Responds MYRTACEAE # shade in moist well-drained soil. Withstands well to pruning. A good cut flower. Tea Tree dry periods. Frost hardy. Melaleuca glaberrima Dense, bushy shrub to 0.3-1.5mx1-2m. Hardy Profuse pink to mauve cylindrical MYRTACEAE #-## in most soils with reasonable drainage. Full flowers about 2cm long Oct–Dec. Heath- (WA Esperance-Lake King & sun required for optimum flowering. Frost like leaves 3-8mm long. Glabrous but not inland to Kalgoorlie) hardy to –7oC. prickly. Responds well to pruning. Melaleuca thymifolia Small shrub to 0.8m. Tolerates most soils, but Blue-green elliptical aromatic foliage. MYRTACEAE # prefers moist conditions. Needs full sun for Mauve or rarely white flowers, mostly in Thyme Honey Myrtle best flowering. Frost hardy to –7˚C. Prune in summer. Prune after flowering for (Qld, NSW in damp heath) late summer. compact shape. Nuytsia floribunda Parasitic medium shrub to small tree 3-8mx2- Profuse, perfumed gold to orange flowers LORANTHACEAE ##-### 6m. Requires a host plant, good drainage and in summer. Thick, olive-green leaves. WA Christmas Tree a sunny site. Hardy to moderate frosts. Will (WA) reshoot after frost damage and pruning. Phebalium squameum ssp. Medium to tall shrub 2-4mx1.5-3m, spreading White flowers in axillary clusters, often retusum to erect. Does best in semi-shaded site but profuse and very conspicuous. Leaves RUTACEAE ## tolerates sunshine. Likes acidic soils. Hardy to are strongly aromatic. Satinwood; Satin Box; Tallow- moderately heavy frosts. wood; Cheese-wood; Bobie- bobie (Tas) Phebalium squamulosum ssp Moderate shrub 2m. Well drained soil, some White flowers in attractive and profuse argenteum shade and a mulch to ensure cool root run. few-flowered cymes, Aug-Nov. Leaves RUTACEAE ## Frost hardy to –7°C. 1-3cm long, narrow, green above, silver Scaly Phebalium grey hairs and brownish scales under. Philotheca ‘Profusion’ Compact shrub 1.5mx1.5m. Reasonable Leathery green leaves. Profuse white star RUTACEAE ## drainage and full sun to part-shade. Mulch flowers, winter–spring. Prune lightly (syn Eriostemon ‘Profusion’) well. Frost hardy to -7˚C. after flowering.

LIST OF MISC PLANTS AVAILABLE – SPRING 2013 GENUS x SPECIES SIZE AND GROWING HINTS DESCRIPTION FAMILY/ height code (size given as height x width) COMMON NAME HEIGHT CODE: #=<1m ## =1–5m. ### =5–12m

Pimelea ‘Magenta Mist’ Neat, rounded shrub to 1mx1m. Well-drained Deep pink flowers in terminal clusters in (Form of P. ferruginea) soil. Sunny or part shade. Frost hardy to –7°C. spring. Feature plant with attractive THYMELAEACEAE # - ## foliage. (WA) Pimelia humilis Almost prostrate, hardy groundcover 0.20- Terminal, scented, white to pale pink THYMELAEACEAE # 0.50mx0.40-1.20m. Reasonable drainage. Not flowers in groups, surrounded by floral Dwarf Rice Flower fussy about soil type. Full sun to semi shade. bracts, in late spring. Good for rock (NSW, Vic, Tas. SA) Frost hardy to –7°C and relatively drought gardens edges and pots. Suckers a little. hardy. Attracts butterflies. Pimelia nivea Erect open plant 1.5mx1m. Hardy in most Terminal heads of white flowers in THYMELAEACEAE ## soils, with very good drainage and partial summer. Attractive foliage with dark (Tas) shade. Frost hardy. Stems covered with white green leaves and a silvery under surface. hairs. Prune to encourage compact growth. Needs summer water. Pomaderris obcordata Dwarf to medium shrub 0.3–3mx0.5–2m. Very ornamental. Small white to pink RHAMNACEAE #–## Needs excellent drainage and semi-shade or flowers in tight terminal clusters, often Wedge-leaved Pomaderris full sun. Hardy to moderately heavy frost and profuse and conspicuous Jul–Sept. (Vic, SA) extended dry periods. Responds very well to Densely greyish-hairy young growth. pruning. Tetratheca ciliata Variable dwarf shrub to 50cm. Needs well- Perfumed white flowers from spring to (white form) drained soil and protection from full sun. summer. Suitable for rockery or pot. TREMANDRACEAE # Tolerates moderate frosts. Black-eyed Susan or Pink Bells (NSW, Vic, Tas, SA) Thryptomene denticulata Low, spreading plant to 0.7mx1m with small Deep pink flowers in profusion in winter MYRTACEAE # crowded leaves. Requires reasonably good and spring. Fine specimen plant for (WA) drainage, full sun to part shade with a good rockery or shrub bed. Excellent for cut mulch. Frost hardy to –7°C. flowers. Thyrptomene sp. Spreading shrub to 0.5m. Tolerates slightly Masses of tiny pale pink flowers, mainly MYRTACEAE # alkaline but prefers neutral to acid well- winter through spring. Good cut flower. drained soils. Frost tolerant. Fertilise in spring Prune after flowering. to encourage new growth. Trachymene coerulea Erect annual herb to 0.6mH. Responds to Soft, lobed leaves to 10 cm. Pincushion APIACEAE # well-prepared moist soil in full sun or part like heads of blue flowers to 5 cm Blue lace flower/Rottnest Island shade. Pinch out growing tips to encourage diameter in summer. Excellent summer Daisy (WA) branching. Needs cool conditions to flower. flowering annual. Useful cut flower.

Small numbers of these miscellaneous plants MAY also be available on the day

THE SPRING SALE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY THE 9th NOVEMBER from 8.30 untill 11am (or earlier if plants are sold out)

It will take place in the small carpark between the Banks and Crosbie Morrison Buildings

Please bring your own boxes and enter the Gardens via the gate from the overflow parking area on Marcus Clarke Street