UNDERSTOREY & ORNAMENTALS PLANT LIST
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
ACACIA suaveolens

Sweet Wattle *   * * 2 x 2 *   * *     * L     * Graceful open shrub, bluish foliage
ALYXIA buxifolia

Sea Box *       3 x 3   *     *** ** * FR   *   Bright red berries, full frontal coastal
ARTHROPODIUM strictum

Chocolate Lily       * GND *           * FL *   * Very small perennial with choc scented flowers!
BEDFORDIA arborescens

Blanket Leaf   * *   5 x 3   *           L     * Rainforest look, small yellow daisy flowers
BILLARDIERA longifolia

Purple Appleberry   *     CLIMB   *           FR *     Bright purple fruit in Autumn, pretty vigorous
BORONIA muelleri

Forest Boronia     *   3 x 3   *         * FL * * * Spring flowers for weeks, light pink, scented foliage
BRUNONIA australis

Blue Pincushion     * * GND   *         * FL *     Blue flowers in Summer, beautiful display
BURSARIA spinosa

Sweet Bursaria * * * * 4-6 x 3 * *     *   * FL   *   Tall shrub, prickly, attracts insect predators - a must
CARPOBROTUS rossi

Common Karkalla *       GND   *     *** *** * FL *     Local "pigface". Bright pink flowers in Spring, edible fruit in Autumn.
CHRYSOCEPHA-
LUM
apiculatum

Common Everlasting     * * GND *           * FL *   * Grey foliage w bright yellow buttons in spring, perennial
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
CLEMATIS aristata

Old Man's Beard   * *   CLIMB   *           FL       Vigorous climber, white star fls, fluffy seeds - Autumn
CLEMATIS microphylla

Small Leaved Clematis *     * CLIMB   *     **     FL *   * Small twining coastal plant. White Winter flowers
COPROSMA quadrifida

Prickly Currant Bush   * *   3 x 2   *     *     FR   *   Small edible berries, prickly, very hardy, birds
CORREA alba

White Correa *       2 x 2   *     ** ** * FL   * * Grey scented foliage, white star flowers - nectar, hedge
CORREA glabra

Rock Correa       * 2 x 2   *       ** * FL   * * Dusky red flowers with green throat, Barwon escarpment
CORREA lawrenciana

Mountain Correa   *     4 x 3               FL       Lime green flowers, very attractive tall open shrub
DAVIESIA virgata

Hop Bitter Pea     *   2 x 2   *           FL     * Very pretty egg and bacon shrub. Annual prune
DIANELLA tasmanica

Otway Flax Lily   * *   1 x 1 * *   *   **   FR *   * Agapanthus alternative, Tough and pretty, purple flowers and fruit
DODANAEA viscosa

Sticky Hop Bush       * 4 x 3 *         ** * FR   *   Excellent tall screen with mauve seed capsules (hops)
GAHNIA sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Sedge   * *   2-3 x 1 * * * **       L     * Pampas grass alternative, black seed heads with red seeds
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
GOODENIA ovata

Hop Goodenia * * *   2 x 1   *     *   * FL       Pioneer species, excellent low bird habitat, yellow flowers for weeks
GOODIA lotifolia

Golden Tip   * *   2 x 2   *         * FL   *   Tough and dense egg and bacon shrub, annual prune
GYNATRIX pulchella

Native Hemp Bush   * * * 4 x 3 *     *       FL       Tall open shrub with scented white flowers, annual prune
HAKEA repullulans

Furze Hakea     *   2 x 1   *         * FL   *   Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub
HAKEA sericea

Bushy Needlewood     *   3 x 2   *         * FL   *   Sharp needle leaves, white spider flowers, heath shrub
HELICHRYSUM scorpiodes

Button Everlasting *   *   GND   *           FL *   * Perennial clump forming paper daisy - 2 shades of yellow
INDIGOFERA australis

Austral Indigo     *   2 x 1   *           FL     * Native pea family, bright pink/purple flowers in Spring - beaut
KENNEDIA prostrata

Running Postman *   * * GND   *       ** * FL *     Red pea flower with yellow throat, non invasive creeper
LEPTORHYNCHOS squamatus

Scaly Buttons       * GND *             FR *   * Clump forming perennial, yellow button flowers in Spring
LEUCOPHYTA brownii

Cushion Bush *       GND   *     *** * * L *   * Soft looking silver foliage, landscape for coastal
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
LEUCOPOGON parviflorus

Coastal Beard Heath *       3 x 3   *     ***   * FR   *   Dense shrub for coastal gardens, edible white berries
LOMANDRA longifolia

Spiny Matrush *   * * 1 x 1   *         * L *   * Straplike leaves, dry loving clumping tussock
LOMATIA fraseri

Forest Lomatia   *     5 x 4       *       FL       Native Proteaceae tree, serrated leaves, white spider flowers.
MICROSERIS lanceolata

Yam Daisy, Murnong       * GND *           * R *   * The Yam Daisy resembles Dandelion but it has edible tubers
MYOPORUM viscosum

Sticky Boobialla *   *   2 x 2   *     * *** * FL   * * Compact shrub, quick grower, white star flowers in Spring
NOTELAEA ligustrina

Privet Mock Olive   *     5 x 4               FR       Red/blue inedible olive berries, shapely tree
NOTHOFAGUS cunninghamii

Myrtle Beech   *     20 x 10       *       B       The Otway rainforest tree, Spring / Autumn colours
OLEARIA argophylla

Musk Daisy Bush   * *   5 x 5   *           FL     * Masses of large Spring pom pom daisy flowers
OLEARIA speciosa

Netted Daisy Bush *   *   1 x 1   *         * L *   * Rare, large daisy flowers, serrated leaves, beautiful
PELARGONIUM australe

Austral Stork's Bill     * * GND   *         * L *   * Nice round shape with sm white / pink Pelargonium flowers.
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
PHEBALIUM squameum

Satinwood   *     5 x 4               L     * Beaut, dense, high rainfall, Agroforestry,white scented flowers
PIMELEA ligustrina

Tall Rice Flower   *     2 x 1               FL     * Lovely pom pom flowers in Spring annual prune
PITTOSPORUM bicolor

Banyalla   *     4 x 3 *         **   L     * Great dense screen, lovely flowers and fruit, upright form
POMADERRIS aspera

Hazel Pomaderris   * *   6 x 4 *             B     * Quick growing, lanky, lovely foliage, thickets
PROSTANTHERA lasianthos

Christmas Bush   * *   6 x 4               FL     * One of the prettiest trees in the Otways
PROSTANTHERA mellisifolia

Balm Mint Bush   * *   4 x 3   *         * FL   * * Another of the prettiest trees in the Otways!
PTILOTUS macrocephala

Feather Heads       * GND *           * FL *   * White feathery flower heads to 15cm tall. Fantastic
PULTANAEA daphnoides

Large Bush Pea *   *   3 x 3   *     *   * FL   * * Dense egg and bacon shrub-lovely, annual prune
RHAGODIA candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush *       CLIMB   *     *** *** * FR       A vigorous rambling plant with staining red fruit
SAMBUCUS gaudichaudiana

White Elderberry   *     1 x 1   *   *       FR     * Perennial - rather succulent with edible white berries
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw
SPYRIDIUM parvifolium

Dusty Miller   * *   3 x 2   *         * L   * * Tough ornamental shrub with very showy foliage
STYLIDIUM graminifolium

Grass Trigger Plant *   * * GND   *         * FL *   * Small tufted perennial with unique pollenation method!
TASMANNIA lanceolata

Mountain Pepper   *     4 x 3   *   *       L   * * The Otway edible plant (pepper-chilli). Needs moist soils
THEMEDA triandra

Kangaroo Grass * * * * GND *           * FL *   * Tough mat forming native grass, iconic flower heads
VIMINARIA juncea

Golden Spray     * * 4 x 3 *     *     * FL
L
    * Tall, drooping shrub with egg and bacon flowers, moist soils
WAHLENBERGIA sp.

Blue Bells     * * GND   *         * FL
*   * Delicate blue-purple fls on ground hugging perennial
XANTHORRHOEA australis

Austral Grass Tree *   * * 1 x 1   *         * FL     * The iconic Grass tree. Slow growing but worth the wait
XANTHORRHOEA minor

Small Grass Tree *   * * 1 x 1   *         * FL *   * Grass tree's smaller cousin, more regular flowering
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BOTANICAL
NAME


COMMON
NAME
LOCAL TO
(INDIGENOUS)
  SOILS ETC TOLERANCES
(SEE KEY)
USED FOR KEY TO TOLERANCES
• Somewhat tolerant
•• Quite tolerant
••• Most tolerant





SPECIAL USES
coast ridge foothills plains htxw