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Some drought tolerant native plants at the ANBG

Plants less than 1 metre | Plants to 2 metres | Plants over 3 metres

Many of the listed species have been growing in areas (like the front carpark and entrance) where irrigation has not been supplied from between 12 months and 5 years. They appear to be growing fairly well. We have listed species as well as cultivars.

Plants less than 1 metre

  • Acacia ‘Gold Lace’
  • Acacia flexifolia
  • Atriplex semibaccata
  • Brachycome ‘ Break o Day’
  • Brachycome ‘Roulette’
  • Chrysocephalum apiculatum
  • Chrysocephalum semipapposum
  • Correa ‘Dusky Bells’
  • Correa ‘ Marion’s Marvel’
  • Dianella revoluta
  • Gastrolobium sericeum
  • Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘ Julie-Ann’
  • Lomandra longifolia
  • Myoporum ‘ Monaro Marvel’
  • Olearia astroloba
  • Olearia iodochroa
  • Stypandra glauca
  • Local grasses

Plants to 2 metres

  • Acacia buxifolia
  • Acacia genistifolia
  • Acacia papyrocarpa
  • Acacia siculiformis
  • Allocasuarina distyla
  • Atriplex nummularia
  • Atriplex rhagodioides
  • Callistemon brachyandrus
  • Callistemon linearis
  • Callistemon sieberi
  • Cassinia longifolia
  • Cassinia quinquefaria
  • Dodonaea viscosa
  • Grevillea ‘Canterbury Gold’
  • Grevillea ‘Golden Sparkle’
  • Grevillea ‘Raspberry Red’
  • Grevillea wilkinsonii
  • Leptospermum ‘Lemon Frost’
  • Philotheca ‘Poorinda’

Plants over 3 metres

  • Acacia covenyi
  • Acacia pendula
  • Melaleuca elliptica
  • Melaleuca hamulosa

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