The Clay Soil Challenge i nursery Clay soils can be very challenging – dry and hard in summer, boggy and wet in winter. They are potentially fertile soils as clay holds onto nutrients. Before planting, mix a spadeful of soil improver to add air and nutrient to this dense soil. The following grow successfully in clay soils. Ground Covers Large Plants (over 3m) • Callistemon ‘Rocky Rambler’ • Acacia saligna (golden wreath wattle) • Eremophila glabra prostrate • Acacia spectabilis (mudgee wattle) • ‘Royal Mantle’ • Acacia vestita (hairy wattle) • Hemiandra pungens • Syzygium cultivars • Hibbertia scandens (snake vine) • Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’ • Kennedia prostrata • Callistemon viminalis (bottlebrush) • ‘Gingin Gem’ • Dodonaea viscosa (hop bush) • laurina (pincushion hakea) Small Plants (to 1m) • , francisiana • Acacia glaucoptera (clay wattle) • Melaleuca armillaris (bracelet honey myrtle) • Acacia pulchella (prickly moses) • Melaleuca nesophila (western tea myrtle) • Calothamnus sanguineus • Melaleuca ‘Revolution Green’ • Callistemon Little John • Calytrix acutifolia Trees • Darwinia citriodora • Casuarina glauca (swamp sheoak) • Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ • Eucalyptus caesia • Hypocalymma angustifolium • Eucalyptus spathulata (swamp mallet) • Verticordia densiflora (feather flower) • Eucalyptus torquata (Coral Gum) • Westringia fruticosa (native rosemary) • Melaleuca quinquenervia (cadgeput)

Medium Plants (1-3m) Grasslike Plants • Baeckea virgata (twiggy heath myrtle) • Anigozanthos flavidus (Albany roo paw) • Callistemon Endeavor • Ficinia nodosa (Formerly Isolepis nodosa) • Calothamnus quadrifidus • Juncus pallidus (pale rush) • Grevillea ‘Ivanhoe’ • Lomandra longifolia cultivars • Grevillea ‘Boongala Spinebill’ • Patersonia occidentalis • Grevillea ‘Superb’ • Kunzea vestita Climbers • Melaleuca fulgens (scarlet honey myrtle) • Billardiera heterophylla (Formerly Sollya) • Melaleuca hypericifolia (hillock bush) • Kennedia rubicunda (dusky coral pea) • Melaleuca lateritia (robin red breast) • Hardenbergia comptoniana • Melaleuca Little Nessie • Pandorea jasminoides

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