Angus’s Top Ten Australian Plants for attracting Wildlife

Anigozanthos 'Landscape Gold' - kangaroo paw
Anigozanthos 'Landscape Gold' - kangaroo paw
Anigozanthos 'Landscape Gold'

Birds love the nectar rich flowers. It’s interesting to see how adroitly they perch on the slender stems.

2 Grevillea ‘Moonlight’

Grevillea 'Moonlight'
Grevillea 'Moonlight'
Grevillea 'Moonlight'

Large nectar feeding birds love this outstanding grevillea.

3 Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’

Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'

Birds and other nectar eaters adore bottlebrush flowers. The dense foliage provides perching and nesting places.

4 Acacia iteaphylla (Flinders Range Wattle)

Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Range wattle
Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Range wattle

Butterflies and other insects are attracted to the flowers, and seed eating birds can feed on certain varieties of acacia pods. They make great shelter and habitat plants.

5 Correa reflexa

Correa reflexa (Native Fuchsia)

Because of its beautiful pendulous bell-shaped flowers through autumn and winter that honey eaters love

6 Telopea speciosissima (New South Wales Waratah)

Telopea speciosissima 'Wirrimbirra White'
Telopea mongaensis-x-speciosissima 'Corroboree'
Telopea speciosissima 'Shade of-Pale'

Because of the iconic flower heads that are an absolute bird magnet

7 Doryanthes excelsa (Gymea Lily)

Wattle bird on Gymea lily flower
Doryanthes excelsa - Gymea lily
Doryanthes excelsa - Gymea lily

Because of the amazing towering red flower heads and the big bold plant. Another favourite for birds, which feed on the necatr and on insects that are attracted to the flowers

8 Corymbia ficifolia (Red-flowering Gum)

Rainbow lorikeet loving the Corymbia flowers
Corymbia ficifolia 'Summer Red'
Rosella gorging on nectar

Because of its stunning flower displays in summer in a range of colours. Larger colourful parrots and other birds love the flowers that drip with nectar and will also feed from insects that are attracted. They also provide a good perching spot where birds can survey their surrounds and escape from predators.