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Native Plant Species
Brisbane City Council offers a variety of native plant species for residents and entities through the Free Native Plant Program, suitable for all garden types and sizes.
Category
Attracts
Creeping Boobialla
Myoporum parvifolium
Hardy prostrate groundcover that grows to one metre. Purple and white flowers during the summer months. An excellent spreading groundcover for a sunny...
Category
Groundcovers
Attracts
Lizards
Birds
Cut Leaf Daisy
Brachyscome multifida
Hardy eye-catching ground cover that grows to 15 centimetres with purple daisy flowers throughout the year. Best grown in full sun. Especially effecti...
Category
Groundcovers
Attracts
Lizards
Bees
Fan Flower
Scaevola aemula
Spreading groundcover that grows to 60 centimetres with dark green foliage and small mauve-pink flowers in spring and summer. Prefers well-drained soi...
Category
Groundcovers
Attracts
Lizards
Bees
Native Violet
Viola hederacea
Attractive dense groundcover that grows to 15 centimetres suitable for damp shady areas. Small, round, light green leaves with violet flowers througho...
Category
Groundcovers
Attracts
Frogs
Lizards
Blue Flax
Dianella caerulea
Hardy plant with long, strappy leaves that grows to 45 centimetres. Blue flowers on branched spikes appear in spring. Bright blue berries occur after ...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Lizards
Birds
Brisbane River Lily
Crinum pedunculatum
Tufting plant with strappy leaves up to two metres. Open white flowers on thick stems from November to March. Prefers a damp spot in full sun or part ...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Insects
Lizards
Common Rush
Juncus usitatus
Very hardy vigorous, upright, clumping grass that grows to one metre. Grows well in moist soils. Pale brown flowers in spring. Great for stabilising b...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Lizards
Frogs
Knobby Club Rush
Fincinia nodosa
Tough, fast-growing, spreading, tufting grass with upright, dark green foliage up to one metre. Grows best in a full sun position. Brownish flower hea...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Frogs
Lizards
Birds
Mat Rush
Lomandra sp.
Deep green, glossy, narrow strap leaves to one metre. Small yellow-cream flowers in spring and summer. Grow in a full sun to partial shade position.
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Frogs
Lizards
Palm Lily
Cordyline sp.
Striking feature plant to 2m with green leaves and mauve flowers from September to October. Great for shady gardens or as an under-storey plant. Grow ...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Butterflies
Lizards
Birds
Sedge
Carex appressa
Tall sedge growing to 80 centimetres. Attractive large, yellow seed heads in spring. Likes wet areas in full sun or partial shade. Ideal plant for aro...
Category
Tufting plants and grasses
Attracts
Lizards
Frogs
Bower Vine
Pandorea jasminoides
A hardy, vigorous, evergreen twining plant over four metres with spectacular floral display. Flowers are pale pink with a deep pink throat and appear ...
Category
Climbers
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Butterflies
Guinea Vine
Hibbertia scandens
A vigorous twiner with glossy, dark green leaves and large, golden yellow flowers over spring and summer. Grows to 1.5 metres and makes an excellent s...
Category
Climbers
Attracts
Birds
Sarsaparilla Vine
Hardenbergia violacea
A hardy, fast growing, evergreen small climber which has dark green, leathery leaves. Produces a mass of dark purple pea flowers in winter and spring....
Category
Climbers
Attracts
Butterflies
Bottlebrush
Callistemon sp.
Fast growing, hardy, woody shrub that grows up to two metres that produces beautiful blooms in a variety of single colours in spring and summer and so...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Insects
Birds
Coastal Rosemary
Westringia sp.
Hardy, small, fast-growing, evergreen shrub that grows to 1m². Long flowering and suitable as a hedge or screening plant or for low maintenance garden...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Butterflies
Insects
Birds
Grevillea
Grevillea sp.
Showy, evergreen plants that grow to two metres with nectar-rich flowers. They produce a 'spider flower' in a variety of single colours throughout the...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Birds
Hairpin Banksia
Banksia spinulosa
Hardy, evergreen shrub to two metres with bold flowing spikes in a variety of sinle colours. Flowers appear from autumn through to spring. Plant in an...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Birds
Honey Myrtle Claret Tops
Melaleuca linariifolia
A dense and compact shrub that grows to 1.5 metres with attractive, claret-coloured new growth and white flowers in summer. A great foliage plant for ...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Insects
Birds
Little Penda
Xanthostemon verticillatus
Hardy shrub up to two metres with glossy dark green leaves with profuse clusters of pale lemon flowers throughout the year. Grows well in moist, well-...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Birds
Native Ginger
Alpinia caerulea
Clumping plant with stems to two metres. Large light green leaves with white flowers in spring. Prefers moist shady areas.
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Lizards
Frogs
Native Lasiandra
Melastoma affine
Hardy bushy shrub to two metres. Showy large pink/purple flower in summer. Prefers partial shade.
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Birds
Tea Tree
Leptospermum sp.
Attractive small shrub ranging in size from 80 centimetres up to two metres. Showy pink or white flowers in spring and autumn. Prefers moist well-drai...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Thyme Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca thymifolia
Small hardy shrub to 1m². Mauve claw type flowers occur in clusters and are borne during summer. Grows best in full sun with good drainage. Suitable f...
Category
Small shrubs - 0.5 metres to two metres
Attracts
Insects
Banksia
Banksia sp.
Hardy evergreen shrubs with attractive foliage with bold single colour flowering spikes. Plant in an open sunny position in well-drained soil.
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Birds
Bottlebrush
Callistemon sp.
Hardy, woody shrub that grows up to five metres that produces beautiful blooms in a variety of single colours in spring and summer and sometimes again...
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Insects
Birds
Tea Tree
Leptospermum sp.
A bushy rounded shrub that grows to five metres. White flowers cover the shrub in spring. Prefers well drained soil in a sunny position. Ideal as a sc...
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Lillypilly
Syzgium sp.
Hardy evergreen plants to five metres with glossy, green leaves with fluffy, pom-pom, white flowers in spring and summer followed by red berries. Pref...
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Bees
Flying Foxes
Birds
Purple Pea Bush
Hovea acutifolia
A small to medium fast-growing shrub which is stunning in flower. Grows to four metres with masses of purple pea flowers from July to September. Best ...
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Bees
Birds
Twiggy Heath Myrtle
Baekea virgata
Very hardy, bushy erect shrub that grows to 3.5 metres. Profuse small white flowers occur in clusters in spring and summer. Prefers a lightly shaded p...
Category
Medium shrubs - three to five metres
Attracts
Birds
Bangalow Piccabeen Palm
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Medium-tall, fast growing palm to 20+ metres. Lilac flowers followed by bright red fruits December to May. Suited to well composted soil with ample w...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Birds
Black She Oak
Allocasuarina littoralis
A densely foliaged fast growing small to medium tree to 12 metres. Grows in well-drained soil. Suitable as a hedge or windbreak.
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Birds
Blueberry Ash
Elaeocarpus reticulatus
Small, dense tree growing to eight metres. Masses of white or pink, small fringed, bell-shaped flowers are produced in summer. The flowers are followe...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Birds
Bottlebrush
Callistemon sp.
Fast growing, hardy tree with beautiful blooms in a variety of single colours in spring and summer. Plant in a moist, well-drained sunny position.
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Insects
Birds
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
A fast-growing, bushy, small tree growing to 6m². Dense, yellow, perfumed, ball-shaped flowers appear in late winter and spring. Good hedge or screeni...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Birds
Flame Tree
Brachychiton acerifolius
Hardy upright tree 10+ metres. Light green large lobed leaves are shed in winter and followed by profuse red bell-shaped flowers in late spring and su...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Butterflies
Golden Penda
Xanthostemon chrysanthus
An attractive specimen tree up to eight metres. Showy, dense cluster of golden yellow flowers appear from summer to winter. Plant in full sun to part ...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Birds
Grevillea
Grevillea sp.
Showy evergreen plants with nectar-rich 'spider flowers' in a variety of single colours. Plant in a sunny location with light, gritty, free-draining s...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Birds
Ivory Curl Tree
Buckinghamia cellisima
Fast-growing evergreen tree that grows to eight metres. Striking, long, creamy-fragranced flowers from spring until autumn. Prefers moist, well-draine...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Birds
Lemon Scented Myrtle
Backhousia citriodora
Great small feature tree to five metres. White flowers from summer to autumn. Leaves are lemon scented. Prefers moist, well-drained soil in semi shade...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies
Birds
Lillypilly
Syzgium sp.
Hardy, evergreen plants with glossy, green leaves with fluffy, pom-pom, white flowers in spring and summer followed by red berries. Prefers a sunny po...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Flying Foxes
Birds
Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Attractive, evergreen, shade tree with rounded canopy. Grows to eight metres. Orange fruits produced in winter. Grows in most soils. Plant in a full s...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Butterflies
Birds
Tulipwood
Harpulia pendula
A hardy, fast-growing, evergreen tree that grows up to 10 metres with attractive, pale green foliage. Large sprays of greenish-yellow, slightly fragra...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Birds
Weeping Lillypilly
Waterhousia floribunda
Hardy, evergreen tree that grows to 8m². Clusters of white flowers appear from spring to summer, followed by green, round fruits. Plant in a sunny ope...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Birds
Weeping Paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra sp.
Hardy tree to 14 metres with bright green leaves and papery bark. Prefers open sunny position. Creamy pale yellow flowers with sweet nectar in spring ...
Category
Shade and feature trees - over five metres
Attracts
Bees
Flying Foxes
Birds