Discover the splendid Crimson Kunzea (Kunzea baxteri), a natural spectacle. Ideal for stand alone displays or screening, it's your tool for transforming any space into an enchanting landscape.

Kunzea baxteri flourishes in well-drained soils, full or partly shady position, perfect for Perth environments. Beyond its visual appeal, it promotes environmental well-being, fitting effortlessly into your garden.

Grows to 3m erect shrub, grey-green foliage and crimson profuse flowers clustered in 'bottlebrush' arrangement.

Enhance your garden with the Grass-leaf Hakea (Hakea multilineata). This striking plant is perfect as a feature in mixed native landscapes, showcasing vibrant pink flowers and attractive foliage. Growing to 3-5m.

Create a natural screen or shelter with the Grass-leaf Hakea. Ideal for parks and reserves, this plant forms a dense barrier that provides privacy and protection. Its well-drained soil requirement ensures it thrives with minimal fuss, making it a reliable choice for diverse landscapes.

This plant attracts nectar-eating birds and insects, enriching your garden's ecosystem. Its flowering period offers a continuous food source for native wildlife, like nectar loving birds while the seeds are eaten by black cockatoos.

10 Perth local native plants

This selection includes 10 native species that mature between 2 and 8 metres, ideal for creating privacy screening, windbreaks, or habitat corridors along property edges. The diverse mix supports local wildlife, including birds and pollinators, enhancing your garden's biodiversity.

What's included:

• 10 plants grown in biodegradable coir pots (ready for planting)
• Species native to the Perth & surrounding region
• Plants suited to local soils and dry summers
• Varied foliage and heights creating diverse corridor

Why choose native plants? Native species are well-adapted to local conditions, requiring less water and maintenance.They provide essential habitat and food sources for native fauna, contributing to a healthier ecosystem.

What plants are included?
Melaleuca elliptica (granite bottlebrush), Acacia meisneri (blue wattle), Melaleuca adnata (sandhill honey myrtle), Melaleuca viminea (mohan), Acacia acuminata (raspberry jam), Acacia microbotrya (manna wattle), Kunzea baxteri (crimson kunzea), Hakea petiolaris (sea urchin hakea), Casuarina obesa (swamp sheoak), Allocasuarina huegeliana (rock sheoak), Eucalyptus drummondii (drummonds gum), Eucalyptus erythrocorys (Illyarrie), Callistemon phoeniceus (lesser bottlebrush), Calothamnus rupestris (mouse ears)

Alyogyne huegelii, or lilac hibiscus, is a striking native shrub (3 metres high) known for its large purple to mauve hibiscus-like blooms and bright green, deeply lobed foliage. Originating from the coastal regions, it thrives in sandy soils and sunny conditions, and is drought tolerant once established.

Its large vibrant purple flowers open generously from winter to spring, attracting bees and other pollinators while creating a vivid contrast against the green foliage.

Alyogyne huegelii has a graceful form, hardy nature, and long flowering season, perfect in a native garden, coastal landscapes, and low maintenance planting designs.

Eucalyptus erythrocorys, commonly known as red-capped gum, or illyarrie, is a striking small tree, growing from 4-8 metres,  known for it's red caps and bright yellow flowers seen from late summer through to autumn.

Eucalyptus erythrocorys is popular in Perth gardens and hills properties because of it's ornamental features and ability to attract birds and other pollinators. It loves well-drained soils and sunny positions.

The Jam Wattle, Acacia acuminata, is a hardy, fast growing small tree up to 3 metres. Common around Perth and a part of our natural landscape.

Thriving in well-drained soils, including gravelly and loamy types, also drought tolerant.

It's timber has a raspberry jam like aroma when cut, which is where it's common name comes from. It is also well known for its golden yellow, rod shaped flowers in late winter to spring.

It plays a crucial role in supporting local biodiversity, especially a specific mistletoe that attracts mistletoe birds, bees, and butterflies, turning gardens into lively ecosystems.

Hypocalymma angustifolium, or white myrtle is a multi-stemmed, fine leaved dense shrub growing up to 1.5 metres. It should be positioned in a part shade location protected from sun and wind.

It has prolific white or pink flowers along it's stems from June to October, attracting birds and bees.

It naturally found from Geraldton across the south west corner to Albany, in sandy, clayey, peaty soils, and can be in a winter wet area.

Transform a garden corner into a vibrant display with the Melaleuca radula also known as Graceful Honey Myrtle. This small shrub (1-2m) has evergreen leaves and brush-like flowers that span from pink or purple. 

The plant attracts bees, butterflies, and birds with its nectar-rich flowers, enriching local wildlife. It’s found in all bushland around the Perth area and north to Geraldton.

Thriving in various soil types and requiring little water once settled, the Graceful Honey Myrtle flourishes in both full sun and partial shade. Its drought tolerance and adaptability to different soils make it a low-maintenance yet stunning garden addition, ensuring year-round allure.

Acacia meisneri, commonly known as the Blue Wattle. This eye-catching plant features vibrant yellow flowers and distinctive bluish-green foliage. Blooming in late winter to early spring, it's timed perfectly to attract pollinators and brighten your garden.

The Blue Wattle thrives in a variety of soil types, from sandy to loamy. It adapts easily, fast growing either as a small, charming tree or a dense, multi-stemmed shrub.

Acacia meisneri improves environmental health and beautifies spaces. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, its drought resistance also makes it suitable for landscaping, promoting a sustainable, water-efficient garden. Whether used as a natural screen or a decorative hedge, the Blue Wattle serves a dual purpose, enhancing both garden aesthetics and ecosystem health.

Eucalyptus websteriana, commonly known as Webster's mallee, is a small tree growing to around 4 metres. It features a graceful, canopy of rounded heart shaped leaves and 'minni richi' bark, a peeling bark that reveals new bark underneath. In spring it produces clusters of yellow flowers that attract bees, birds and other pollinators to your garden.

Eucalyptus websteriana is hardy so can handle dry conditions and poor soils, and the perfect tree for small spaces.

Acacia microbotrya, also known as Manna wattle, is a fast growing ever green large shrub or small tree (up to 7m), graceful weeping foliage, honey-scented yellow flowers in winter to spring. Perfect for screening, wind break, erosion control and adding a native plant with heaps of benefits.

It has a deep-rooting system helping to stabilise soil, also as a nitrogen-fixing species it enriches the soil by converting nitrogen into a usable form, improving fertility for surrounding plants.

It also provides vital habitat and food sources for native birds, insects and other wildlife, promoting biodiversity.

Melaleuca stereophloia is an attractive large shrub growing up to 4 metres. With fine leaves and lovely yellow cream bottle brush like flowers, it provides habitat and nectar for honey eaters and thornbills who love the flowers in late winter and spring.

Being a large multi-branched shrub its perfect to include in a habitat corridor, benefiting birds and insects while providing screening and privacy.

Calothamnus quadrifidus, commonly known as one-sided bottlebrush, has distinctive red clustered flowers on one side of it's stems, narrow prickly leaves and grows up to 3m. It is popular in native gardens for its ability to attract birds and pollinators and providing protective habitat for Quenda's and birds. It is also drought tolerant, has a long flowering season and long living.

It's perfect for screening, wind breaks and creating a habitat corridor by adding diversity.

Eucalyptus erthroneama, commonly known as red-flowered mallee, is a small multi-branched tree growing from 2-6m, perfect in all Perth gardens.

Everything about this mallee is attractive, it has smooth, dark pink to red bark that is shed to reveal whitish trunk, and has lance-shaped adult leaves, pendulous flower buds and lots of red flowers and conical fruit.

Melaleuca cuticularis, also known as the saltwater paperbark, is a hardy and attractive small tree (7 metres) ideal for wet or saline environments, but also thrives in sandy clay, loamy clay and clay soils. It grows along our coast line from Perth around to Esperance.

With its distinctive white papery bark, lush green foliage and creamy white bottlebrush flowers, it adds beauty and function to landscapes.

Saltwater Paperbark is perfect for eco-friendly gardening, requiring little water and minimal care. Adaptable to both sunny and shaded areas, it helps maintain ecological balance by fostering local ecosystems. This versatile shrub offers both aesthetic appeal and functional benefits, making it a superb choice for sustainable landscapes.

Melaleuca nesophila commonly known as Showy honey-myrtle because of it's long flowering time with beautifully pink to purple pom-pom flowers. Attractive ever-green aromatic foliage growing up to 4 metres.

A native that ticks all the boxes in terms of providing resources for birds and insects, while adding beauty into your garden. The showy honey-myrtle is also used for screening.

Eucalyptus wandoo is a long-lived and iconic WA tree renowned for its smooth, pale grey to white bark and strong, durable hardwood. Reaching heights of 3 to 25 metres, it typically grows in the SW wheatbelt and woodland regions, where it plays a crucial ecological role by providing habitat and food for birds such as the black cockatoos. 

It has glossy green leaves and creamy white flowers, which appear in summer, providing a life line to bees through our hot summers.

Kunzea glabrescens, also known as spearwood, is a stunning and hardy medium shrub (2-4m) that makes a striking addition to your garden. With its fine, aromatic foliage and soft yellow bottlebrush like flowers that bloom in spring, it attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies.

Naturally found in the Perth and surrounding areas, it thrives in well drained soils and adapts well to coastal or inland conditions.

Ideal for native landscaping, screening, erosion control, Kunzea glabrescens offers low-maintenance beauty and ecological benefits.

Eucalyptus drummondii, or Drummond's gum, is a compact and elegant mallee making it an excellent choice for Perth gardens. Usually growing to 3-7m, it can be grown in a small garden or several planted to fill a sunny spot.

It features smooth, mottled bark and attractive, blue-grey foliage, complemented by creamy/white flowers that start blooming in spring. This species is well suited to Perth's sandy soils and climate, thriving in full sun and drought tolerant once established.

Compact and attractive, Eucalyptus drummondii is ideal for native gardens, habitat planting or as a feature tree.

Melaleuca viminea, also known as Mohan, is a graceful, weeping shrub or small tree (upto 10m) ideal for native gardens and landscape design. It's fine arching foliage, papery bark and creamy white bottlebrush flowers create a soft appearance, blooming in spring and summer.

Highly adaptable and fast growing. Its low maintenance needs, and is excellent for screening, and its ability to attract birds and other pollinators make it a standout choice for your property.