Growing Native Plants Australian National Botanic Gardens Australian National Herbarium

Growing Native Plants
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In the 1970's and early 1980's the Australian National Botanic Gardens (then known as Canberra Botanic Gardens) produced a landmark series of booklets called 'Growing Native Plants', issuing one volume a year for 14 years. This was at a time when little was available on this topic in commercial publishing.

With the private publication of 'Australian Native Plants' by John Wrigley and Murray Fagg in 1979 and the first volumes of the multi-part 'Encyclopeadia of Australian Plants' by Rodger Elliot and David Jones in the 1980's, there was less demand for the government to produce the series and it finished at Number 14.

This Web version updates highlights from the series, making the information available to a much larger local and world audience. In recent years new species have been added, written by the Botanical Interns as part of their training program with the Australian National Herbarium.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Plants Plant Groupings Tassel Ferns and Clubmoss Bonsai – native plant examples Eucalypts for northern hemisphere cold climates A Acacia adunca Acacia beckleri Acacia drummondii Acacia flexifolia Acacia howittii Acacia iteaphylla Acacia - prostrate cultivars Acacia spectabilis Acacia pendula Acacia triptera Acacia suaveolens Acacia vestita Actinotus helianthi Agonis juniperina Allocasuarina inophloia Alloxylon pinnatum Alphitonia excelsa Alyogyne huegelii Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Angophora costata Angophora hispida Anigozanthos 'Dwarf Delight' Anigozanthos flavidus Anopterus glandulosus Aphanopetalum resinosum Astartea fascicularis Atriplex nummularia Austromyrtus dulcis B Babingtonia 'Howies Feather Tips' Backhousia citriodora Baeckea 'Howies Feathertips' seeBabingtonia 'Howies Feather Tips' Baeckea gunniana Baeckea linifolia Baeckea ramosissima Banksia aemula Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia Banksia robur Banksia spinulosa Bauera rubioides Billardiera scandens Blandfordia nobilis Blechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina Bonsai – native plant examples Boronia deanei Boronia heterophylla Boronia mollis Boronia pinnata Boronia serrulata Boronia subulifolia Brachychiton populneus Brachychiton rupestris Brachyscome multifida Bulbine bulbosa C Callicoma serratifolia Callistemon acuminatus Callistemon brachyandrus Callistemon citrinus Callistemon pallidus Callistemon phoeniceus Callistemon pityoides Callistemon viminalis Calostemma purpureum Calytrix tetragona Carpobrotus glaucescens Castanospermum australe Casuarina glauca (prostrate form) Ceratopetalum gummiferum Carpobrotus glacescens Chorizema cordatum Chrysocephalum apiculatum Clematis aristata Clematis gentianoides Commersonia fraseri Cordyline obtecta Correa baeuerlenii Correa 'Dusky Bells' Correa reflexa Crowea exalata Cyathea spp. Cyperus lucidus Cyphanthera albicans D Dampiera diversifolia Darwinia citriodora Darwinia fascicularis Daviesia mimosoides Dendrobium kingianum Dendrobium speciosum Derwentia derwentiana Derwentia perfoliata Dianella revoluta Dicksonia antarctica Diplarrena moraea Diselma archeri Dockrillia linguiformis Dodonaea viscosa Doodia aspera Doryanthes excelsa E Enchylaena tomentosa Elaeocarpus reticulatus Eremophila debilis Eremophila subfloccosa Eriostemon myoporoides see Philotheca myoporoides Eriostemon verrucosus see Philotheca verrucosa Eryngium ovinum Eucalyptus apiculata Eucalyptus cunninghamii Eucalyptus curtisii Eucalyptus lacrimans Eucalyptus mannifera Eucalyptus moorei Eucalyptus parvula Eucalyptus pauciflora Eucalypts for northern hemisphere cold climates Eucryphia lucida Eucryphia moorei G Goodenia humilis Goodenia robusta Goodia lotifolia Gossypium sturtianum Grevillea alpina Grevillea baueri Grevillea confertifolia Grevillea diminuta Grevillea dimorpha Grevillea dryandroides Grevillea 'Evelyn's Coronet' Grevillea iaspicula Grevillea jephcottii Grevillea 'Little Thicket' Grevillea longifolia Grevillea longistyla Grevillea macleayana Grevillea mollis Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle' Grevillea rhyolitica Grevillea willisii Gunniopsis intermedia H Hakea bucculenta Hakea corymbosa Hakea laurina Hakea propinqua Hakea sericea Hakea verrucosa Hibbertia empetrifolia Hibbertia pedunculata Hibiscus heterophyllus Homoranthus flavescens Howittia trilocularis Hoya macgillivrayi Hypocalymma angustifolium Hypocalymma 'Golden Veil' I Indigofera australis Isopogon anemonifolius Isopogon anethifolius Isopogon formosus J Jacksonia scoparia Joycea pallida K Kunzea affinis Kunzea ambigua Kunzea 'Badja Carpet' L Lechenaultia biloba Leptospermum macrocarpum Leptospermum rotundifolium Leptospermum spectabile Leptospermum squarrosum Leucochrysum albicans Lomandra longifolia Lythrum salicaria M Macropidia fuliginosa Marsilea drummondii Melaleuca cuticularis Melaleuca diosmatifolia Melaleuca elliptica Melaleuca exuvia Melaleuca fulgens Melaleuca incana Melaleuca lateritia Melaleuca micromera Melaleuca spathulata Melaleuca thymifolia Melaleuca wilsonii Mentha diemenica Microcachrys tetragona Micromyrtus ciliata Micromyrtus grandis Mirbelia speciosa Myoporum bateae Myoporum floribundum Myrmecodia beccarii N Nematolepis phebalioides O Olearia astroloba Olearia erubescens Olearia iodochroa Olearia phlogopappa P Pandorea 'Golden Showers' Paraserianthes lophantha Patersonia species Pelargonium rodneyanum Pennisetum alopecuroides Persoonia chamaepitys Phebalium coxii Phebalium squamulosum subsp. argenteum Phebalium squamulosum subsp. parvifolium Philotheca myoporoides Philotheca verrucosa Platycerium bifurcatum Platycerium superbum Podocarpus lawrencei Polyscias sambucifolius Polystichum proliferum Pomaderris intermedia Proiphys spp. Prostanthera cuneata Prostanthera lasianthos Prostanthera teretifolia Prumnopitys ladei Pultenaea pedunculata Pultenaea villosa R Regelia ciliata Ricinocarpos bowmanii Rulingia hermanniifolia S Santalum acuminatum Sarcochilus falcatus Scaevola aemula Scleranthus biflorus Senecio lautus Solanum laciniatum Sphagnum cristatum Stypandra glauca Swainsona galegifolia Syzygium wilsonii T Tasmannia purpurascens Thomasia petalocalyx Thelychiton kingianus Thelychiton speciosus Thelionema grande Themeda triandra Thryptomene calycina Thryptomene saxicola Tristaniopsis laurina V Veronica formosa Verticordia monadelpha Viminaria juncea Viola betonicifolia W Wahlenbergia gloriosa Westringia fruticosa Wollemia nobilis X Xanthostemon verticillatus Z Zieria citriodora Zieria cytisoides