Calendar of common flowering native and insect activity

Trees, (<4m high), ground covers and climbers are signified by these symbols respectively. The description of each shape is simplistic and not intended to be botanical. The “Field Guide to the Native Plants of ” by Les Robinson, is highly recommended for more detail and botanical explanation. While this is not a comprehensive or complete list, it attempts to provide a calendar of common flowering native plants found around Sydney and its regions. This calendar is a guide only and adjustments, forwards and backwards, may need to be made based on regional, rainfall and situational factors. Native plants don’t tend to flower to a strict timetable. Similarly, insect activity will vary. An excellent source of month by month flowering times for non-native trees, shrubs and creepers and ground-covers: http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/+Flowering+Times.htm . A more accurate calendar of native bee activity can be found in “Native Bees of Sydney region- a Field Guide” by Dollin, Batley, Robinson and Faulkner. Plants Insects Flower shape:

Pea or similarly bilaterally symmetrical.(winged with keel of fused petals.)

Brush or spiky ball or cylinder Open Bowl of petals, or Bell or tube Term Month daisy-like January Anigozanthus (Kangaroo paw) Bursaria spinosa Viola hederacea Native Bees* 1 or (e.g.serrata) Butterflies Pandorea (e.g.jasminoides) Crowea exalta Callistemon Hoverflies Epacris pulchella (NSW coral Cassia artemisoides Beetles Eucalyptus (e.g.ficifolia, red heath) Baeckea Wasps flowering gum) Leucopogon Dianella Katydids (e.g. poorinda) Patersonia sericea Grasshoppers Kunzea parvifolia Brachyscome microcarpa Ants Scaevola (e.g.aemula) Melaleuca Leptospermum February (e.g.levis, Geebung) Baeckea (e.g.linifolia) Westringia Native Bees* Eucalyptus e.g saligna, Sydney Anigozanthus (Kangaroo paw) Patersonia sericea Butterflies Blue gum; haemastoma, scribbly gum Hoverflies Pittosporum (e.g revolutum) Grevillea(e.g. sericea) Beetles Melaleuca (e.g.decussata) Wasps Katydids Grasshoppers Ants March formosa Helichrysum bracteata (also Native Bees* or Grevillea named Bracteantha bracteata Hoverflies or Xerochrysum bracteata, Beetles Melaleuca (e.g. thymifolia) strawflowers. Wasps Hawkmoths

Calendar of common flowering native plants and insect activity

Trees, shrubs (<4m high), ground covers and climbers are signified by these symbols respectively. The description of each flower shape is simplistic and not intended to be botanical. The “Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney” by Les Robinson, is highly recommended for more detail and botanical explanation. While this is not a comprehensive or complete list, it attempts to provide a calendar of common flowering native plants found around Sydney and its regions. This calendar is a guide only and adjustments, forwards and backwards, may need to be made based on regional, rainfall and situational factors. Native plants don’t tend to flower to a strict timetable. Similarly, insect activity will vary. An excellent source of month by month flowering times for non-native trees, shrubs and creepers and ground-covers: http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/Plant+Flowering+Times.htm . A more accurate calendar of native bee activity can be found in “Native Bees of Sydney region- a Field Guide” by Dollin, Batley, Robinson and Faulkner.

Plants Insects

Flower shape:

Pea flowers or similarly bilaterally symmetrical.(winged petals with keel of fused petals.) Term Month

Brush or spiky ball or cylinder Open Bowl of petals, or Bell or tube daisy-like April Hibbertia Hawkmoths 2 Eucalyptus (e.g maculata Butterflies Crowea spotted gum) Callistemon Beetles Acacia (e.g.linifolia) Bees Wasps Syzygium (Lilly Pilly) Ants May Banksia (e.g.ericifolia) Epacris Westringia Hawkmoths Butterflies Callistemon Moths Eucalyptus Beetles Bees or Grevillea Wasps Ants or Hakea

Melaleuca (e.g.quinquenerva) June Acacia suaveolens Correa Crowea Beetles Bees Callistemon Dampiera (e.g.stricta) Ants Eucalyptus (e.g.citriodora) Grevillea Hakea Kunzea

Calendar of common flowering native plants and insect activity

Trees, shrubs (<4m high), ground covers and climbers are signified by these symbols respectively. The description of each flower shape is simplistic and not intended to be botanical. The “Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney” by Les Robinson, is highly recommended for more detail and botanical explanation. While this is not a comprehensive or complete list, it attempts to provide a calendar of common flowering native plants found around Sydney and its regions. This calendar is a guide only and adjustments, forwards and backwards, may need to be made based on regional, rainfall and situational factors. Native plants don’t tend to flower to a strict timetable. Similarly, insect activity will vary. An excellent source of month by month flowering times for non-native trees, shrubs and creepers and ground-covers: http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/Plant+Flowering+Times.htm . A more accurate calendar of native bee activity can be found in “Native Bees of Sydney region- a Field Guide” by Dollin, Batley, Robinson and Faulkner.

Plants Insects

Flower shape: Pea flowers or similarly bilaterally symmetrical.(winged petals

with keel of fused petals.)

Term Month Brush or spiky ball or cylinder Open Bowl of petals, or daisy-like Bell or tube July Epacris longifolia Helichrysum Bossiaea Beetles 3 or Acacia Brachyscome microcarpa Bees Correa Dillwynia Prostanthera Ants Eremophila Hardenbergia Eucalyptus Grevillea Hakea August Styphelia tubiflora Pimelia rosea Dillwynia floribunda Beetles or Acacia Bees Hardenbergia Hymenosporum flavum (Native Ants Eucalyptus (e.g.citriodora) Epacris obtusifolia frangipani) Grasshoppers

Grevillea Brachyscome microcarpa Hakea Gymea Lily Kunzea September Lomandra longifolia Pimelia linifolia (rice flower) Bossiaea Beetles or Acacia Wasps Epacris myoporoides Gompholobium grandiflora Banksia (e.g caleyi; baueri) Bees Correa reflexa Hibbertia Orchids Grevillea Butterflies Pittosporum Scaevola Flies Kunzea ambigua Clematis aristata Ants Grasshoppers Tetratheca ericifolia () serrulata (native rose) Patersonia sericea Brachyscome macrocarpa Dianella caerula

Calendar of common flowering native plants and insect activity

Trees, shrubs (<4m high), ground covers and climbers are signified by these symbols respectively. The description of each flower shape is simplistic and not intended to be botanical. The “Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney” by Les Robinson, is highly recommended for more detail and botanical explanation. While this is not a comprehensive or complete list, it attempts to provide a calendar of common flowering native plants found around Sydney and its regions. This calendar is a guide only and adjustments, forwards and backwards, may need to be made based on regional, rainfall and situational factors. Native plants don’t tend to flower to a strict timetable. Similarly, insect activity will vary. An excellent source of month by month flowering times for non-native trees, shrubs and creepers and ground-covers: http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/Plant+Flowering+Times.htm . A more accurate calendar of native bee activity can be found in “Native Bees of Sydney region- a Field Guide” by Dollin, Batley, Robinson and Faulkner.

Plants Insects

Flower shape:

Pea flowers or similarly bilaterally symmetrical.(winged petals with keel of fused petals.)

Term Month Open Bowl of petals, or Brush or spiky ball or cylinder Bell or tube daisy-like October Pandorea pandorana Prostanthera Dillwynia Native Bees* 4 or Banksia Butterflies Leucopogon Leptospermum (Teatree) Indigofera australis Hoverflies or Grevillea Viola Westringia Beetles Telopea Orchids Pimelia Wasps speciosissima*(Waratah) Katydids Cassia Callistemon Grasshoppers Dampiera Patersonia sericea Brachyscome microcarpa November Leucopogon Tetratheca ciliata Glycine clandestina Native Bees* or Acacia Butterflies Billardiera scandens Actinotus (flannel flower) Dillwynia Hoverflies or Eriostemon Persoonia (Geebung) Pultenaea juniperina Beetles or Grevillea Olearia phlogopappa Kennedia Wasps Patersonia sericea Hawkmoths Oxylobium or Callistemon Brachyscome microcarpa Katydids

Helichrysum Grasshoppers or Melaleuca December Lambertia formosa Glycine clandestina Native Bees* Grevillea (e.g. robusta) Butterflies Kunzea pomifera (Muntries) Brachychiton acerifolia Ceratopetalum gummiferum Hoverflies (Christmas Bush) Melaleuca (e.g.armillaris) (Illawarra flame tree) Beetles Brachycome (e.g. Formosa) Hawkmoths Syzygium (lilly pilly) Brachyscome microcarpa Katydids Crowea exaltata Grasshoppers Olearia phlogopappa