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Plant List

A plant list for my fellow plant nerds, who are curious about the species (rare or not-so-rare) growing in other peoples’ gardens. Zone 9b, Australian cool-temperate. Native species are marked with a star ★

Plant list - Front yard

★ Acacia cognata – var ‘Limelight’ 
⚬  Acer palmatum –
 Japanese Maple
Adenanthos sericeus – Baby Woolly Bush 
Anigozanthos – Kangaroo Paw, var ‘Bush Pearl’, ‘Bush Bonanza’
⚬  Arthropodium cirratum – New Zealand Rock Lily var ‘Matapouri Bay’
⚬  Aulax cancellata – Channel-Leaf Featherbush var ‘Bronze Haze’ 
Banksia spinulosa – Hairpin Banksia, var ‘Birthday Candles’
Callistemon – Bottlebrush, var ‘Pink Champagne’, ‘Genoa Glory
Calothamnus quadrifidus – One-Sided Bottlebrush
Calytrix tetragona – Common Fringe-Myrtle
Correa pulchella prostrate  – Native Fuchsia
Dianella caerulea – Flax-Lily var ‘Cassa Blue’
Grevillea – var ‘Fireworks’
⚬  Liriope muscari – var ‘Isabella’ 
Lomatia tinctoria – Guitar-Plant
Melaleuca gibbosa – Slender Honey-Myrtle
⚬  Phormium – New Zealand Flax, var ‘Dark Delight’, ‘Bronze Baby’
Prostanthera aspalathoides – Scarlet Mint Bush
Tasmannia lanceolata – Mountain Pepper / Pepperberry

Mixed border!

Mixed border

<1m tall

⚬  Aloe – several, various
⚬  Arthropodium cirratum – New Zealand Rock Lily
Causarina glauca ‘Cousin It’
Correa reflexa x pulchella  – Native Fuchsia var ‘Jezebell’
Pycnosorus globosus (Craspedia globosa) – Billy Buttons
Crowea exalata rubra – Wax-Flower var ‘Festival’
Dianella tasmanica – Blue Flax-Lily
Dianella caerulea – Flax-Lily var ‘Cassa Blue’
⚬  Euphorbia x martinii – Mediterranean Spurge var ‘Tiny Tim’
⚬  Hebe – var ‘Santa Monica’
⚬  Hellebore – several, various
Grevillea – var ‘Mt Tamboritha’
Kniphofia uvaria – Red Hot Poker
Kunzea ambigua prostrate – Tick Bush
Leptospermum obovatum – Tea-Tree ‘Starry Night’
Myoporum parvifolium purpurea – Creeping Boobialla
⚬  Nandina domestica – Heavenly Bamboo
Orthrosanthus multiflorus – Morning Flag
⚬  Pieris japonica – Pieris var ‘Valley Valentine’
Pimelea ferruginea – Riceflower ‘Magenta Mist’
⚬  Punica granatum – Pomegranate var ‘Mollar de Elche’
Stylidium armeria – Trigger-Plant

Telopea var – Waratah ‘Shady Lady’
Telopea truncata – Tasmanian Waratah


⚬  Tuhlbagia violacea – Society Garlic

>1m tall

Acacia floribunda – Gossamer Wattle
Atriplex nummularia – Old Man Saltbush
Banksia marginata – Silver Banksia
⚬  Camellia – one pale pink, one hot pink
Corymbia ficifolia – Pink Flowering Gum (Eucalyptus)
Dicksonia antarctica – Tree Fern, Man Fern


⚬  Dodonaea viscosa purpurea – Purple Hop Bush
⚬  Olea europea – Olive var ‘Manzanillo’
⚬  Metrosideros excelsa – Pohutukawa (NZ Christmas Bush) var ‘Pink Lady’
⚬  Rhopalostylis sapida – Nikau Palm

Deck

Outdoor planters

Deck succulents: echeveria, sempervivum, aeonium, sedum, haworthia, crassula, miniature aloe, winter cactus and spring cactus
Brick patio planter: Helleborus (several, various)

Sansavieria in a cone planter

Indoor plants

Ficus elastica – Rubber Plant
Sansavieria trifasciata – Snake Plant
Euphorbia milii – Crown of Thorns
Peace Lily

Veggie beds

Veggie beds

This year it’s tomatoes, tomatillos, zucchini, strawberries, mini-cucumber, kale, lettuce, spinach, beetroot, snow peas and bush beans…. may the odds be ever in their favour. Over in the perennials bed, we have: sage, blueberry, thyme, rosemary, perennial basil, chia, coriander, rhubarb, asparagus, Chilean guava and a dwarf cherry tree. So. Many. Plants.