Barb Martin Bushbank Retail Plant list Botanical Name Common Name Height Sun Requirements Position Soil Flower colour Flowering time type LARGE TREES Acacia mearnsii Black Wattle 8-25m DT H Pale Yellow Sept-Dec ☼ o ● Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood 5-25m DT H/L Cream July-Oct ☼ o Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping Sheoak 4-10m ☼ DT/ST H Bronze or Yellow Mar-Dec Banksia integrifolia Coastal Banskia 10-20m ☼ DT/ST H/S Pale/Bright Yellow Sept-Apr Bursaria spinosa Sweet Bursaria 2-6m DT/ST L/S White/Cream Dec-Mar ☼ o Eucalyptus globulus ssp.globulus Southern Blue Gum 30m DT H/L Cream Jun -Nov ☼ o Eucalyptus oblique Messmate 4-30m DT H/L White/Cream Dec-Mar ☼ o Eucalyptus ovata Swamp Gum 8-30m ML H White/Cream Mar-Jun ☼ o Eucalyptus pryoriana Coastal Manna Gum 8-16m DT L/S White Mar-May ☼ o Eucalyptus radiata Narrow Leaf Peppermint 10-30m DT L White Oct-Jan ☼ o Melaleuca lanceolata*a Moonah 15m DT/ST H White/Cream Oct-Mar ☼ o SMALL TREES Acacia paradoxa Hedge Wattle 2-4m ML H/L Golden Yellow Aug-Nov ☼ o Acacia sophorae Coast Wattle 1-6m ☼ DT/ST A Lemon Yellow Nov-Jan Acacia stricta Hop Wattle 2-5m DT A Pale Yellow May-Oct ☼ o ● Acacia verticillata Prickly Moses 2-6m DT H Pale/Bright Yellow Jul-Jan ☼ o Leptospermum continentale Prickly Tea-tree 1-4m DT H White Oct-Mar ☼ o Leptospermum laevigatum Coastal Tea-tree 2-8m DT/ST S White Aug-Oct ☼ o Melaleuca ericifolia Swamp Paperbark 2-9m ML H Cream Oct-Nov ☼ o 1 Myoporum insulare Boobialla 1-4m DT/ST A White with Purple Oct-Nov ☼ o SHRUBS Allocasuarina paludosa * Swamp Sheoak 0.5-2m ☼ ML H Brown Mar-Oct Atriplex cinerea Coast Saltbush 1-2m DT/ST S Red/Cream Sept-Mar ☼ o Cassinia aculeata Dogwood 3m DT H/L White/Cream Nov-Mar o Dodonaea viscosa Hop Bush 1-3m ML H/L Red/Brown Aug-Nov ☼ o Goodenia ovata Hop Goodenia 1-2m DT A Yellow Aug-Feb ☼ o ● Leucophyta brownii Cushion bush 0.2-1m DT/ST A Pale Yellow Dec-Mar ☼ o Olearia axillaris Coast Daisy Bush 1-2m ☼ DT/ST S Yellow Feb-Apr Olearia lirata Snowy Daisy Bush 3m ML L White Sept-Dec o ● Olearia ramulosa Twiggy Daisy Bush 0.5-2m DT/ST H White Sept-May ☼ o Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tree Everlasting 2-6m DT L White Nov-Feb ☼ o Pultenaea daphnoides* Large-leaf Bush-pea 1-3m DT H Yellow and Orange Aug-Nov ☼ o ● Rhagodia candolleana Seaberry saltbush 1-2m DT/ST A Red Berry Jan-Apr ☼ o ● Solanum aviculare Kangaroo Apple 1-3m ML A Violet Nov-Feb ☼ o ● GRASSES, SEDGES and RUSHES Carex appressa Tall Sedge 1-2m ML/SAq H/L ☼ o Danthonia sp. (various) Wallaby Grass 0.5m ML A ☼ o ● Ficinia nodosa( formerly Isolepis) Knobby Club Rush 0.5m DT/SAq A ☼ o ● Juncus krausii Sea Rush 0.6-2m ☼ ST S/L Lomandra longifolia* Spiny Mat-rush 0.5-1m DT A Pale Yellow Sept-Dec ☼ o ● Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass 0.1-0.3m ML S/L ☼ o ● 2 Poa labillardieri Common Tussock Grass 0.3-0.8m DT A ☼ o Poa poiformis Coast Tussock Grass 0.2-0.9m DT/ST A ☼ o Stipa stipoides* Coast Spear Grass 1m ☼ DT/ST A Themeda triandra* Kangaroo Grass 0.4-0.75m DT A ☼ o GROUNDCOVERS Acaena novae-zelandiae Bidgee Widgee DT/ST A Green/White Oct-Jan ☼ o ● Calocephalus lacteus Milky Beauty Heads DT/ST H/L White Sept-Feb ☼ o Carpobrotus rosii* Pigface/Karkalla DT/ST S Mauve Sept-Dec ☼ o Dichondra repens Kidney Weed ML A Green Sept-Dec ☼ o ● Disphyma crassifolium Rounded Noon Flower DT/ST A Pink/Magenta Oct-Feb ☼ o Enchylaena tomentosa* Ruby Saltbush DT/ST A Red Berry Dec-Apr ☼ o ● Goodenia humulis* Swamp Goodenia ☼ ML H Yellow Nov-Mar Lobelia alata Angled Lobelia DT A Pale Blue All year ☼ o ● Selliera radicans Shiny Swamp mat ML H White to Mauve Oct-Nov ☼ o ● Tetragonia Implexicoma Bower Spinach DT/ST A Yellow Aug-Feb ☼ o ● Tetragonia tetragonioides* New Zealand Spinach DT/ST A Green Nov-Feb ☼ o ● Viola hederacea Native violet ML A White and Purple Jun-Mar o ● CLIMBERS Clematis microphylla Small Leaf Clematis DT/ST A Cream Jul-Nov ☼ o Pandorea pandorana Wonga Vine ML A White and Maroon Sept-Jan ☼ o SMALL HERBS and ROCKERY PLANTS Linum marginale Native Flax 0.3-0.8m ML S/L Blue Sept-May ☼ o 3 Stylidium graminifolium Grass Trigger Plant 0.1m DT/ST A Pink Sept-Dec ☼ o Wahlenbergia gracilis Sprawling Bluebell 0.1-0.5m ML S/L Blue Sept-Nov ☼ o Legend Sun requirements: ☼ - Full sun o – Part sun ● – Full shade Position: ML – Moisture loving (damp site preferred) SAq – Semi-aquatic (wetland edges, boggy garden sites) Aq – Aquatic (partly submerged in shallow ponds or dams) ST – Salt tolerant (tolerates salt spray exposure and saline sites) DT – Drought tolerant (tolerates periods of dryness once established) Soil Type: S – Sandy soils L – Loam soils H – Heavy soils (i.e. clay) A – All soil types Notes ➢ This is not a comprehensive list of the indigenous plants of Phillip Island. ➢ Height, flowering time, habit and position requirements are included in this list as a guide only. ➢ Growth patterns will differ due to the natural variations of individual plants and the specific conditions to which they are exposed. ➢ Not all of these plants are always available. Some plants may need to be ordered in advance to ensure supply. ➢ Minimum tubes orders are 100 tubes. ➢ Tube orders are generally taken in September, October, December, to allow sufficient growing time. (eight months minimum, indigenous plants take from 6-24months growing time, including hardening off, and seasonal variation). ➢ Orders taken year round (please read note above) Bushbank Contact Details: Phone 0427897448 [email protected] www.penguins.org.au/bushbank Open Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday 9am-3pm 4 .