Guide to INDIGENOUS PLANTS of the Nepean Peninsula Point Nepean NEPEAN PENINSULA Portsea Sorrento Blairgowrie Rye Tootgarook TS SADNUD TS DAOR OENOB DAOR ROAD Guide to INDIGENOUS PLANTS of the Nepean Peninsula INTRPointODUCTION Nepean NEPEAN PENINSULABROWNS RD Portsea TRUEMANS Sorrento Blairgowrie Rye Tootgarook Coast Tea-tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata) Drooping She-Oak (Allocasuarina verticillata) Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) Wirilda (Acacia uncifolia) Boobialla (Myoporum insulare) Point Nepean NEPEAN PENINSULA Point Nepean NEPEAN PENINSULASADNUD TS The dominant tree cover. To 8m x 3m. The second most common tree. Spreading bushy shrub or A distinctive tree. Seen as a character tree and as a street A great character and specimen tree to 9m x 4m. Large pale A variable woody shrub or small tree to 7m x 3m. May be very Small tree to 7m x 2m. 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The best time for planting is in autumn after good rains and SHRUBS BROWNS RD Portsea Portsea TREES while the soil is still warm. Winter and spring are also suitable The most important understory plants are Coast Beard- TREES planting times. Regular, deep wateringSorrento over the first summer heath, Thyme Rice Flower, Coast Pomaderris, Sea Box, Sorrento Blairgowrie Blairgowrie Revised 2016 will help plants establish healthy root systems.Rye TootgarookTootagrook Common Correa and White Correa. Rye Tootgarook TRUEMANS • Remove weeds prior to planting SADNUD SADNUD TS DR Coast Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) SADNUD TS • Water before and after planting OENOB OENOB DAOR DAOR OENOB DAOR ROADROAD A slow growing, tall shrub. Grows to 4m x 2m. Difficult to ROAD • Mulch to retain soil moisture and reduce weed growth INTRODUCTION propagate as the seed require special treatment. SmallINT white RODUCTION • Fertiliser is not required BROWNS RD flowers are followed by white, bird attracting fruit. These BROWNS RD Coast Tea-tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata) Drooping She-Oak (Allocasuarina verticillata) Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) Wirilda (Acacia uncifolia) Boobialla (Myoporum insulare) SourceThis publication plants from aims local to indigenousencourage nurseries. Some species sweet berries are edible. The dominant tree cover. To 8m x 3m. The second most common tree. Spreading bushy shrub or A distinctive tree. Seen as a character tree and as a street A great character and specimen tree to 9m x 4m. Large pale A variable woody shrub or small tree to 7m x 3m. May be very Small tree to 7m x 2m. 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Common along bay coast and widespread. Grows to 2 x 1.5m. An attractive small shrub to 1.5m x 1m. Leaves firm, rounded, dark A hardy undershrub to 1m x 1m. Yellow/greenspecies for insect feeding birds. 7m x 3m. tubular flowerspurple flecks in late spring. 5m x 3m. Cape Cape character. Creamy white flowers Feb. to Mar. Yellow/brown very fine flower spikes on male trees. honeyeaters. Hard fruiting cones. stars in Summer, followed by clusters of brown heart shaped white flowers with purplecharacter. Creamy white flowers Feb. to Mar. dotsYellow/brown very fine flower spikesin on male trees. Oct.honeyeaters. Hard fruiting cones. to Dec.stars in Summer, followed by clusters of brown heartRound shaped purplishwhite flowers with purple dots in Oct. to Dec. Round purplish fruit.fruit.habitat for Jacky Lizards is created. Responds well to pruning and full sun or semi shade. Deep green leaves, white star-shaped Small white flowers in Spring/Summer, followed by white Tiny yellow flowers in Spring/Summer. Leaves 3 to 6cms, long dark green above whitish underneath. green above, paler green underneath. Flowers white in Spring and May to Oct, attractive to honeyeaters. Schanck Schanck capsules. Tolerates semi shade. Attracts and protects birds. capsules. Tolerates semi shade. Attracts and protects birds. can be used for hedging and topiary.