Native Trees

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The trees listed below are available in minimum quantities of 4 of each type. Tubestock is propagated in specially designed root pruning tubes 125mm deep by 50mm square. The stock is sun-hardened and ready to be planted out or grown-on.

Callistemon salignus - Willow Bottlebrush

This small tree has attractive narrow foliage and white papery bark. The flower-spikes are generally white or greenish but pink, red and mauve forms can be found. An excellent garden and street tree.

Eucalyptus microcorys - Tallow wood

This tall tree is often found on the edge of rainforests. It has soft, fibrous, orange bark and a dense crown. Tallowwood is so named due to the greasy feel of the wood when cut, and is a known koala feed tree.

Banksia ericifolia - Heath banksia

Evergreen, wiry freely branching shrub with small needle-like leaves. 10 to 25cm flower spikes of vibrant orange flowers in autumn-winter.

Grevillea 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.

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 petersonii - Lemon Scented Tea Tree

A small tree with fine, green scented foliage used for teas and white flowers in early summer. Excellent screen, windbreak and hedge. Leaves and stems contain essential oils used in candle and soap making.

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.

Eucalyptus grandis - Flooded Gum

One of the noblest of the large eucalypts. Originates from high rainfall regions of Aust. Can reach up to 60m. Smooth whitish or blue-grey bark. Clusters of white blossoms.

Crinum pedunculatum - River Lily

A large lily that makes a great understory plant beneath eucalypts. Strap type leaves 2m long by 15cm wide. The white pleasantly perfumed flowers occur from November to March, are about 10cm across in clusters of 10-25.

Lophostemon confertus - Brush box

These trees resemble a eucalypt in appearance but the large green leaves and flowers are distinctive. It has the largest trunk diameter of most rainforest trees. The showy flowers have showy white petals. Fruit is bell-shaped with three valves.

Brachychiton rupestre - Bottle Tree

Narrow Leaf Bottle Tree has a swollen bottle like trunk. The insignificant flowers followed by small interesting boat like pods. A very attractive specimen tree or useful indoor plant.

Eucalyptus citriodora - Lemon scented gum

A clean straight tree of graceful appearance but often sparsely canopied. The smooth bark is a pinkish grey, and the leaves have a strong lemon scented odour when crushed.

Casuarina cunninghamiana - River She-oak

Riparian species. good choice for windbreaks and compacted soils with the added advantage of being nitrogen fixing. It is a conical evergreen tree with pendulous needle-like foliage.

Banksia robur - Swamp Banksia

An 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.

Eucalyptus dunnii - Dunns White Gum

A 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.

Eucalyptus curtisii - Plunkett mallee

Plunkett Mallee. Small slender tree with a mallee habit. Grey green adult foliage. Showy white flowers Oct-Jan. Adapts to most soils in a warm site. Protect from frost while young.

Melaleuca thymifolia -Thyme Honey Myrtle

The species forms a small shrub rarely exceeding 1 meter in height. The flowers occur in clusters on the older stems and have a distinctive "claw" configuration which clearly shows the united stamens that are a feature of the genus. The flower colour is usually mauve or purple

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.

Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwattle

This fast growing wattle has inconspicuous cream ball shaped flowers occuring in spring. A very hardy shade or shelter tree. Tolerant of most growing conditions. Good timber tree.

Melaleuca linariifolia - Snow in Summer

Paper-barked tree, with dense and rounded crown of dull green leaves. White flowers in fluffy spikes from February to July.

Westringia fruticosa - Native Rosemerry

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.

Melaleuca quinquenervia - Swamp paperbark

This tall paper-bark is a common tree around coastal swamp areas. The white flowers appear in terminal spikes. Flowering is between to February to May, with some flower through winter.

Xanthorrhoea glauca - Grass Tree

A stunning and unusual Australian native plant, the Grass Tree develops a black trunk with bright green foliage above. Grass Trees are a great asset to any garden giving a bold feature. Plant in a sunny well-drained position and do not disturb the original root-ball. They are very slow growing, on average approx 1cm per year.

Melaleuca leucadendra - Fine Leaf Melaleuca

Evergreen tree with weeping habit and whitish papery bark. Bears long creamy-white flowers in bottlebrush spikes. Ideal for wet boggy areas.

Grevillea banksii forsteri - Red Silky Oak

Attractive, bushy shrub with divided grey-green leaves. It bears cylindrical spikes of large red bird attracting flowers all year round.

Acacia podalyriifolia - Queensland silver wattle

An attractive shrub with rounded silvery-white leaves producing clusters of large golden blooms. It is one of the earliest winter flowering wattles and responds to heavy pruning after flowering. Thrives on practically any soil. 5m

Acacia victoriae - Bramble wattle

This shrub has flat pods and flowers like pale yellow balls on long stalks during summer. Indigenous to all parts of Australia except Tasmania, it prefers medium to heavy soils in an open, sunny position,and is drought and frost resistant.

Eucalyptus ptychocarpa - Swamp bloodwood

This species has some of the largest leaves among the eucalypts. Showy flowers are borne in pendent panicles and range from white or pink, apricot or red. Large ribbed seed capsules follow.

Callistemon citrinus

This hardy shrub is probably the best known bottlebrush and is widely cultivated. The bright red flower-spikes appear in summer and autumn. Grows well in wet conditions. Plants should be lightly pruned and fertilised after flowering. 4m