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Bird AttractantsGrevillea robusta - Silky Oak
Very fast growing slender tree with ferny foliage and bright yellow toothbrush flowers. Grows in a wide range of conditions including southern and inland areas. Good indoor plant.
Banksia integrifolia - Coastal Banksia
This bush has large dull-green leaves that are white underneath. Flowers are yellow with thick dense spikes and strongly scented. Performs well on poorly drained sandy sites.
Araucaria cunninghamii - Hoop pine
Acacia elata - Cedar Wattle
Banksia robur - Swamp BanksiaAn upright shrub with large serrated leaves bearing large yellow-green brush type flowers. Performs well in open sunny positions with damp soil. Attracts nectar feeding birds.
Ficus rubiginosa - Rusty Fig
A small to medium tree with a bushy habit. The dark green leaves have rusty brown hairs on the underside producing a fascinating colour change on windy days. Makes a beautifull shade tree, very hardy.
Dianella atraxis - Blue Flax Lily
A tufted grass like plant native to North Queensland. It has deep blue fruits and flowers and grows to a height of 1 m.
Eucalyptus dunnii - Dunns White GumA tall spreading gum, native to Norht Eastern NSW. The bark is shed in long strips revealing a smooth white bark, but is often scaly and corky at the trunk base. Highly recommended for quick growing forestry plantations.
Ficus obliqua - Small Leaved Fig
This is a large spreading strangling fig with a dense shady crown. It is an excellent bird attracting tree and is beautiful if grown in a container or used for bonsai.
Omalanthus nutans - Native Bleeding Heart
A shrub or small tree with soft green leaves above and grey/green underneath. The mature leaves often turn a dark red. The two-lobed bluish capsular fruits ripen from December through to March. 6m
Acronychia oblongifolia - Common Acronychia
A small to medium rainforest tree with striking bright white fruit that is produced during autumn and winter. A good food source for birds and can be eaten by humans, although they are quite acid. The leaves emit a pleasant smell when crushed. 12m
Allocasuarina torulosa - Forest Sheoak
Ornamental, slender, upright, medium sized tree with thick, corky bark and large flat topped seed pods. Handsome weeping tree for home gardens and parks. Suitable to most soils and situations. Fast growing and tolerant of moderate frosts.
Leptospermum Pink Cascade
Low, spreading dense shrub growing to 0.5m tall with a spread of 1m. The branchlets have an arching habit. The new growth is bright red. Pink flowers are borne in dense masses along the stems. Main flowering periods are spring and autumn, with some flowers found all year round.
NSW Christmas Bush
A delightful shrub used for cut flowers and ornamental plantings. Masses of red flower like bracts cover the trees in December. Likes well drained soil.
Buckinghamia celcissima - Ivory Curl Tree
This tall shrub or small tree flowers in its third year. It is often grown as a street tree or specimen where its sweetly scented cream flower spikes can be appreciated. Retains its compact shape when grown in full sun. Frost tender when young.
Ficus superba - Deciduous fig
Deciduous strangling fig. Food source for the rare and endangered Coxens Fig-parrot and Wompoo fruit dove.
Australian Daphne
Dense Evergreen small to medum tree with sweetly perfumed cream flowers september to november, followed by showy orange berries in winter. Shiny navy-margined leaves.
Grevillea Superb
A magnificent salmon coloured flowerering grevillea. A hybrid between QLD Grev. banksii and WA Grev. bipinnatifoda. Flowers open in succession giving a long flowering time. Grows to 2mtrs and is moderatly frost hardy.
Grevillea - Scarlet Sprite
A small shrub with fine needle like foliage, the flowers are bright red spider type, flowers mainly in winter and spring. The dense spiky foliage is very attracting to small birds.
Grevillea Red Silky Oak
Attractive, bushy shrub with divided grey-green leaves. It bears cylindrical spikes of large red bird attracting flowers all year round.
Small Leaf Tamarind
This evergreen tree can be expected to reach 7-8m in an open garden environment providing a beautiful rich green spreading crown. As a mature tree will capture the eye with its interesting fruit from which the bright red-coated seeds emerge in mid summer. The tasty tangy fruit is a refreshing treat eaten raw or it can be used creatively in chutneys and sauces.
Native Rosemary
It is an easily grown shrub of simple and neat appearance which grows wild near the coast of NSW. White flowers dot the shapely plants. Growth is naturally stiff. It maintains a good condition for years.
Eucalyptus tereticornus - Forest Red Gum
Frequently tall with a thick trunk but also occurs with a short trunk and heavily branched crown. Very common Eucalypt along river banks of eastern Austalia. A Koala food tree.
Heath Banksia
Extremely hardy distinctive shrub with fine heath-like foliage striking orange-red flower spikes in spring. Prefers well drained soils in full sun maintaining compact growth when pruned. Flowers attract nectar eating birds and are good for cut flowers. Useful screening hedge plant.
Callistemon Wild Fire
A spectacular rounded shrub with narrow leaves and prolific red flowers. Most well drained soils with some frost protection. Beautiful soft green weeping foliage with spectacular bright red bottlebrush flowers.
Acacia fimbriata - Fringe wattleFast growing, profusely flowering with small yellow balls. Foliage is light green with a soft appearance. Best used as a temporary fill-in for screens or windbreaks while slower growing trees develop. Native of south-east Qld and northern NSW. 5m
Sandpaper fig - Birds Eye
A outstanding selection of the native Sandpaper fig. Large, flavoursome, red fleshed fig. Heavy cropping and no splitting in wet weather. Ideal fig selection for wet coastal areas.
Grevillea - Forest Rambler
This is a beautiful dense ground cover to small shrub that produces attractive flowers through late winter into summer. It is fantastic habitat for small birds.
Banksia spinulosa - Hairpin BanksiaA beautiful native plant with stunning large flowers that range in colour from brown, red and orange to gold. It is a shrub or small tree that is suited to a wide range of soil types and temperatures growing naturally from Victoria through to Cairns. Great food source for bees and nectar feeding birds.
Grevillea Robyn Gordon
Small growing shrub (about 1.5m high ) with red flowers throughout the year. Very popular with native birds. This variety was discovered in 1981 on David Gordon's property at Glenmorgan in Queensland. It is a hybrid between G. banksii and G. bipinnatifida
Diploglottis australis - Native Tamarind
This slender tree is crowned with large velvety leaves when young. The fruit of Native Tamarind is yellow-brown and hairy. The flesh is a yellow-orange colour, is sour but pleasant, and has been used in making jams. Bird attracting.
Callistemon Ricks Red
Bright red brushes that hang to the ground and in warmer climates flowers for most of the year. Makes an excellent speciman plant and a nice screen. Attracts honeyeaters to the garden. Frost hardy.
Grevillea banksii forsteri - Red Silky Oak
Large shrub with large, blood red flowers throughout the year. One of the original grevilleas and the parent of many hybrid grevilleas. Excellant bird attractant. Forestry Tube | $2.95 AU | In Production | Melicope rubra - Little Evodia
This is a beautiful small rainforest tree from North Queensland. Fast growing and tolerant of light frosts the vibrant lolly pink flowers light up the tree in summer. It is one of the food plants for the brilliant blue Ulysses butterfly. Comments (1)NEW | Forestry Tube | $3.90 AU | In Production | |
This is the tallest of the native pines and it is quite capable of reaching heights of more than 40 meters making it an impressive addition to my garden. It is a wonderful bird-attracting tree, as they love to nest in its protective prickly foliage and is an excellent host for lots of native orchid species.
A handsome fast wattle with ferny dark green foliage. New growth is a pink bronze colour and flowers are cream. A long lived wattle.