Sunshine Coast Open Space Landscape Infrastructure Manual Planting www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Index (INDEX) 1.0 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 Explanatory notes for planting palette index ............................................................. 3 3.0 Index 6 Large / Tall Trees ....................................................................................................................... 7 Medium Trees .......................................................................................................................... 16 Small Trees ............................................................................................................................. 22 Large Shrubs ........................................................................................................................... 29 Small to Medium Shrubs ......................................................................................................... 34 Groundcovers, Borders and Tufted or Clumping Plants .......................................................... 40 Palms, Pandans, Cordylines, Cycads and Grass Trees .......................................................... 46 Ferns........................................................................................................................................48 Climbers...................................................................................................................................50 Turf Grasses ............................................................................................................................ 51 Sedges, Reeds, Rushes and Other Wetland Edge Plants ...................................................... 52 Also see: Information sheet (INFO) If this page has been printed, it is out of date. © Sunshine Coast Regional Council 2009-Present. Palettes February 2018 1 1.0 Overview This category of the LIM has been developed to provide guidance for the selection of species for planting. The palette section includes: • Explanatory notes for Planting Palette index • Planting Palette index (list of plants). www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Important notes: • This resource does not try to replicate all of the provisions of Legislation, Australian Standards (AS) and corporate documentation in words and pictures, nor does it seek to define their requirements. • It aims to draw attention to the fact that effectively applied technical requirements translate into desirable qualities for end users. • Product design, manufacture and installation require an appropriately qualified professional to provide site specific solutions. For further information see: • LIM Preliminaries • LIM Planting (Landscape) • LIM Planting (Revegetation). • Sunshine Coast Street Tree Master Plan If this page has been printed, it is out of date. © Sunshine Coast Regional Council 2009-Present. Sunshine Coast Open Space Landscape Infrastructure Manual February 2018 Planting 2 INDEX 2.0 Explanatory notes for planting palette index – mature height greater than 2.5m - The explanatory notes provided, apply to the • Large shrubs Plant names following planting index. 3.0m, and suitable for larger spaces and visual and noise-attenuation screen plantings. • Botanical and common names are provided. Plant type • Small to medium shrubs – mature height less Botanical names are correct at February 2018, than about 2.5m, and suitable for smaller (and but may be subject to change. To check currency, Plants are listed in structural / design categories. pedestrian scale) spaces, massed groundcover refer to the Census of Queensland Flora on the Suitability for purpose can be checked against the plantings, and for situations where site visibility is Queensland Government - Environment, land and ‘landscape uses’ and ‘constraints’ parameters. of particular importance (CPTED and traffic safety water - Plants website. For current plant names and registered cultivars, refer also to the Australian • Large / tall trees – mature height greater than issues). National Botanic Gardens website. about 15m -18m, and suitable where space is • Groundcovers – (including borders and tufted or www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au relatively unlimited – e.g. parks and reserves, and clumping plants) – mature height of less than 1.0m rural or other wide road verges subject to no conflict and either ground-hugging or clumping in habit. Plant origin with property boundaries, structures or overhead Some also suitable as climbers. • Australian native – species is native to Australia, power lines and underground services. May also • Palms, pandanus, cordylines, cycads and but not locally native to the Sunshine Coast. A few be suitable for large roundabouts and wide road grass trees – accent plants of various sizes and species may also be native to other countries. medians, in accordance with the Sunshine Coast architecturally interesting form. Street Tree Master Plan. • Sunshine Coast native – species is native to • Ferns – both in-ground and epiphytic forms of Australia and locally native to the Sunshine Coast. • Medium trees – mature height of between about various sizes and suitable for shady moist areas. 8.0m -10m and 15m -18m, generally with a more • Introduced / exotic – species is not native to • Climbers – of vertical twining habit requiring Australia. finite / contained growth pattern than large trees. support structures such as fences, pergolas, Require adequate space for optimal development, arbours and trellises. Some also suitable as Plant size but more adaptable to spatial restriction than larger groundcovers. trees. • Mature heights and widths shown are indicative • Turf grasses – exotic turf species suitable for • Small trees – mature height of less than about active and passive recreation areas. due to natural plant variation, planting location 8.0m -10m, and suitable where space is limited and site conditions. Many Australian native plants and/or there are overhead or underground services. • Wetland plants – low sedge-like plants suitable for (especially rainforest trees) are much smaller in May also be suitable for parks, streets, car parks pond and lake edges, reconstructed wetlands, bio- cultivation than in their natural habitat. The matrix and road medians, in accordance with the Sunshine retention basins / batters, flood mitigation works, shows maximum likely size in cultivation. Its Coast Street Tree Master Plan. and for grey-water polishing (uptake of excess ‘comments’ section notes maximum known size in water and nutrients). Note: Sunshine Coast local natural habitats. native species only, to avoid water dispersal of If this page has been printed, it is out of date. © Sunshine Coast Regional Council 2009-Present. potentially invasive species. Sunshine Coast Open Space Landscape Infrastructure Manual February 2018 Planting 3 INDEX Planting zones Tolerances Landscape uses Broadly, coastal zones are considered to be east of Plant tolerance to soil compaction and/or water These include uses other than those implied by plant the Bruce Highway, and hinterland zones west of it and content: types and are most applicable to trees: at higher elevation (e.g. mountains, Maleny Plateau, • Drought tolerant – plant tolerates lengthy periods • Park – tree suitable for one or more of the Blackall Range). However, hinterland-like areas also of little or no water. following: large recreational spaces, conservation occur east of the highway (such as Buderim, Eumundi, • Well drained – soil receives adequate water and is reserves, bush regeneration, shade, feature, Ninderry). free draining (usually sandy or loamy, friable). habitat, cultural or memorial significance. Most • Coastal exposed – areas immediately adjacent • Moist – plant tolerates soil which is moist for large trees unsuited to roadside plantings will be to the coast and subject to salt-laden winds, and lengthy periods but has reasonable drainage (can suited to parks and larger road reserve areas where www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au seaside streets generally running in an east-west be friable but may lack aeration, depending on constraints are fewer. direction. Includes semi-exposed seaside streets structure and organic content). • Road – variously sized tree species of attractive generally running in a north-south direction, or • Poorly drained – plant tolerates soil which is form and clear trunk (which may be achieved sites protected by other vegetation e.g. Banksias, frequently to permanently wet or boggy (often clay). through formative pruning), providing amenity Pandanus, Casuarinas, with built and natural forms to roads and shade to pedestrians without • Compacted and / or poorly aerated – plant offering some protection from salt-laden winds. significant risk of damaging kerbs and footpaths or tolerates soil (including fill) which has been • Coastal protected – areas sufficiently distanced conflicting with property boundaries or overhead compacted, is consequently poorly aerated and from the foreshore to afford medium to full and underground services. Most are suitable for therefore either moisture-resistant or overly protection against salt-laden winds. parks. May also be suitable for car parks. Generally moisture-retentive (usually clays, heavier soils or of lower height and less invasive root systems • Hinterland exposed – relatively clear areas which subsoils displaced by prior site works). are exposed to sun and / or wind. than species proposed