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This eucalypt is a small tree with rough fibrous bark and cream flowers in summer followed by round brown gumnuts. It can grow from 5 to 15 metres high, generally about 8 metres, and can be a tree or have a multi-stemmed...
The silver mallee is a small tree with lovely silvery foliage and a multi-stemmed mallee habit. It has beautiful reddish 'minnirichi' bark, which curls and peels to expose lighter coloured bark underneath. It has cream bird attracting flowers. Frost and drought...
A small to medium multi-stemmed mallee tree with masses of attractive yellow-cream flowers from mid winter to late spring. Bird attractant. It has oval grey green leaves, and interesting 'minnirichi' bark which is reddish and continually peels and curls to expose the...
A medium sized tree with a lovely smooth white trunk and masses of white flowers in summer. It grows around 10-20 metres high and 6 metres wide, and makes a lovely stately shade tree for parks and larger landscaping areas....
A small to medium sized mallee gum tree growing from 4-8 metres tall, with outstanding large golden yellow flowers in late summer to early autumn. The buds are equally attractive, being bright red, and the following gum nuts...
This is an upright shrub to 3 metres tall and 2 metres wide, with red to pink flowers that birds love to visit. The main flowering occurs in winter and spring, with sporadic blooms for the rest of the year. One of the...
A spreading, upright shrub to a metre high and wide, with masses of mauve flowers with spotted throats in autumn. Bird attracting. Native to arid inland areas in Western Australia, this plant needs good drainage and a...
A low growing shrub from the arid south west of Western Australia, with silvery flowers in spring. Bird attracting. A tough plant for hot dry areas, it needs a sunny spot in free draining soil, and dislikes humidity....
A low growing, spreading and dense shrub from dry desert areas in Western Australia, noted for the interesting felty grey green foliage. It is long flowering from winter to summer, and is bird attracting. The prolific...
This is an upright shrub to around a metre tall and wide, with either red-purple or white and yellow flowers with a two toned effect. The flowers are attractive to birds and various insects, and appear mainly in...
This emu bush is an attractive small to large shrub with grey foliage and orange, yellow or pink tubular shaped flowers in winter to spring. They are attractive to birds and insects. Need well drained soil and low...
This is a medium sized, rather open shrub with pale mauve to white flowers, with the throats interestingly spotted with brown. It is one of the larger flowered Eremophilas. They can flower throughout the year, but...
This variable shrub is native to the arid areas of Western Australia. It has an open shrubby habit, grey foliage and cream, yellow, pink or purple flowers from winter to summer. They are nectar rich and attractive to...
An ornamental low growing shrub with beautifully coloured bright pink flowers with spotted throats, which are attractive to birds and insects. Flowers in late spring. It has green foliage and makes a good low hedge...
A lovely ground cover shrub, with dense soft grey foliage and beautifully contrasting yellow-gold flowers. Main flowering is in spring and summer, with spot flowers in winter and autumn, and birds and other nectar...
A variable low growing to medium sized shrub, with red, orange or yellow tubular flowers from autumn through to summer. It has grey green open foliage. Naturally occurring in inland arid areas through most states of...
This ornamental shrub has mauve to pink flowers with beautifully spotted throats through spring and summer. The foliage is fine and responds well to pruning. Frost and drought tolerant, but dislikes excess humidity. Plant in...
Eremophila decussata is a low spreading shrub with mauve tubular flowers and grey green leaves. It is from the desert area of Western Australia, and naturally grows on poor soils. It dislikes too much humidity. For...
Eremophila cuneifolia is a low spreading dense shrub with masses of attractive mauve-purple to pink flowers. It is native to arid regions of Western Australia, naturally growing on clay soils and stony areas. The leaves are...
An open shrub to 3 metres tall, which has purple blue and white flowers in spring. Native to desert areas of Western Australia, so is very drought tolerant. Dislikes excess humidity. For more information on the subject...