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A prostrate perennial with the brightest blue to purple-blue flowers in spring and summer, with contrasting pale centres. It grows from 25 centimetres to a metre across, and is a great groundcovering plant. It comes...
A perennial mounding plant, Dampiera Blue Moon has bright violet blue flowers from late spring through to autumn. It has a nice compact and ground covering habit, and will flower best in a sunny spot, but can also grow in light shade. Needs a well drained soil. Feed...
A lovely steel blue foliaged Lomandra, a strappy leafed perennial native grass. Older leaves are more green, making a nice contrast. Great for massed planting and for bordering, it makes a great native substitute for Liriope. It is low maintenance and drought...
A very hardy medium sized shrub, this cultivar has silvery foliage and cream-white heads of long lasting flowers in summer. Grows to a metre and a half high and half a metre wide approximately, and with a pronounced column shape, making it a useful plant for those...
This is a great species to grow in cool climates, having been successfully cultivated outdoors in the UK and Tasmania. It grows to a large shrub or small tree, with beautiful dark green foliage and interesting woolly...
This species is great for coastal areas, withstanding winds quite well. It has a shrubby, bushy habit and round yellow flower heads. It will also attract birds to the garden. Needs a well drained soil, light to heavy,...
A charming low growing shrub from Western Australia, with white, pink or purple flowers from winter through to spring and mid summer. Attractive to bees and other insects. Does well on a wide range of soil types from clay to sandy, as well as gravelly. Good for massed...
A lovely Eremophila with masses of lemon-gold flowers which open to cream coloured, contrasting nicely with the mid green foliage. It blooms in spring and again in autumn, and will attract nectar loving birds. It...
A Western Australian shrub growing to around two metres tall, it is best in places with a hot dry summer, as it dislikes humidity. It needs a well drained soil and a sunny spot, but can grow in light shade. It blooms in spring with long heads of clusters of flowers,...
An evergreen sedge plant, it is a robust perennial that grows from rhizomes, making it a very tough and hardy plant. It grows to around 2 metres high and wide. It has razor sharp leaf blades that can cut unwary hands, but which serve as protection for small birds,...
This Western Australian species has proved adaptable to the eastern States, and is well worth growing as an ornamental for its unique pendant flowers, which hang down from the stems unlike most banksias. The flowers are a...
An attractive dwarf shrub with great ornamental potential, Banksia incana sports bright yellow, spherical blossoms that stand out from the understated foliage. Native to deep sandy soils in south west WA, it will need...
This species is excellent for coastal gardens as it withstands strong winds, being native to exposed granite outcrops around Albany, WA. It is also great for a variety of other situations, particularly as windbreaks and for...
This banksia is an open branched medium to large shrub, with leaves resembling pine needles and gorgeous large yellow flowers. Flowers provide colour in the garden through autumn and winter. It can adapt to different...
Not commonly seen in cultivation, this is an attractive medium shrub, with slender linear leaves and small yellow flowers. Flowers produce a lot of nectar and are visited by a variety of birds, insects and mammals....
An elegant ornamental small to medium shrub, with long needle-like leaves and gorgeous yellow to orange ball-shaped flowers. It is quite a variable species, with a number of distinct varieties. It makes a wonderful...
This is a stunning species, as the name suggests, very prominent flowers and interesting geometric leaf formations. The leaves fan out in a circular pattern from the flower bud, creating a remarkable natural pattern. Flowers...
One of the largest of banksias, the River Banksia grows to a large shrub or handsome tree, with yellow or seldom red flowers. It is fast growing and adaptable in cultivation, tolerant of frosts and dry periods....
A species from the northern sandplain in WA, the Sceptre Banksia is one of the most magnificent of yellow flowering banksias. The flowers are prominent and very well displayed on the plant. The blooms are often used as...
This is a small shrubby plant, with compact oval flowers, smaller than most banksia flowers. It has spine-like leaves, giving the plant a delicate appearance. Not often seen in cultivation, it would make an interesting...