10 Perth local native plants

This mix includes 10 native WA species that grow between 1 and 3 metres tall. It’s ideal for creating habitat, shelter and food for birds and insects, also rewilding your garden. The selection supports local birds, bees, and other pollinators.

What’s included:

• 10 plants, grown in biodegradable coir pots (ready to be planted)
• Most species are native to the Perth hills & surrounds
• Plants are suited to local soils and dry summers
• Selected for habitat value, resilience, and varied flowering seasons

Why native plants?
Local natives need less water once established, less fertiliser, and help restore ecological balance. They’re a low-maintenance way to build biodiversity into your space.

What varieties are included?
Melaleuca radula (graceful honey myrtle), Melaleuca lateritia (robin redbreast), Melaleuca diosmifolia (green honey myrtle), Kunzea baxteri (crimson kunzea), Kunzea recurva (purple kunzea), Acacia celastrifolia (grey myrtle wattle), Acacia brumalis, Acacia trigonophylla, Acacia hemiteles, Calothamnus gilesii, Calothamnus rupestris (mouse ears), Atriplex semibaccata (creeping saltbush), Eremaea pauciflora (orange eremaea), Hypocalymma angustifolium (white myrtle), Enchylaena tomentosa (barrier saltbush)

A lovely compact mallee growing up to 5 metres, it has many branches, smooth grey bark and glossy green lance shaped leaves. In late summer it flowers with attractive yellow flowers and then square shaped, pendulous red buds with wings on four corners.

It's usual area is near Esperance but has been planted as street trees as well as ornamental feature trees.

Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem' is a hardy, fast-growing shrub that is a ground cover, 1 metre high but has a spread of 3 metres. It prefers a sunny position but can tolerate shade also.

'Gin Gin Gem' has a long flowering time, from Winter through to Spring, with lots of small red spider-like flowers, which are highly attractive to nectar feeding birds.

Discover the Glowing Wattle (Acacia celastrifolia), it has golden prolific flowers in late winter into spring, large round leaves and is found in all bush land and gardens in the Perth area. 

Flourishing in sandy to gravelly soil types, its dense foliage and deep roots not only create a lush landscape but also support a sustainable environment.

The Glowing Wattle plays a crucial role beyond aesthetics. It serves as a good screening plant, enhances soil quality through nitrogen-fixation, and serves as a haven for wildlife. 

Melaleuca lateriflora, or commonly known as Gorada, is an erect, bushy shrub growing up to 4 metres, making it perfect for screening and creating habitat for wildlife.

It has many white flowers in heads up to 9cm, along its stems from September to January.

It has rough bark, oval shaped leaves and grows in sandy and clayey soils.

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.

Melaleuca elliptica , also known as Granite Bottlebrush, is a neat hardy shrub that grows to 4m with showy bright red flower brushes starting in winter, and lasting for many months.

It has papery bark and ever green egg shaped foliage and is a great addition to your native garden. Its red flowers attract birds and pollinators, bringing life and colour into your space.

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.

Melaleuca diomisifolia, also known as green honey-myrtle, is a dense, evergreen shrub mainly found in our south-west.

It is notable for its vibrant lime-green bottlebrush flowers, which bloom mainly in spring and attract a variety of pollinators, including bees and birds.

This melaleuca grows up to 2 metres tall and features small, aromatic leaves arranged in a spiral pattern along it's stems.

Its hardiness and unique colouration contribute to its appeal for ornamental gardens as well as native landscaping.

A coastal saltbush that can handle the salty sea air and sandy soils. It has large grey silvery foliage and grows to 1 metre high and wide.

It grows along the WA coast line from Carnarvon down around to Esperance, stabilising sand dunes along the way.

Hakea prostrata, or harsh hakea is a low-lying shrub with prickly, oblong leaves found from Geraldton to Esperance, including the Perth area. Found on hill-sides, shallow soil on granite outcrops and stabilising sand dunes.

It flowers through winter and spring with grouped, sweet scented white flowers. It produces hard seed pods which are food for black cockatoos.

Hakea lissocarpha, or honey bush has prickly foliage and masses of sweetly scented flowers. It forms a dense, rounded habit that provides excellent habitat and shelter for birds and other wildlife.

It grows from 1-3 metres and flowers prolifically from winter through spring, with clusters of white flowers growing along the stems, often attracting pollinators with it's rich nectar.

Well adapted to a variety of soils, well-draining and dry conditions, also drought tolerant once established. It's common to find from Geraldton down to Esperance.

Banksia nivea, or Honeypot Dryandra, is a rounded, many branched shrub reaching 1 metre dome. It has long leaves with triangular lobes along the mid vein, a classic Banksia look, but the most striking part of this Banksia is its flowers. They are described as heads of cream-coloured and orange or red flowers, with many forming on every shrub. 

Flowering starts between Autumn and Spring, and are highly attractive to nectar feeding birds. Prefers full sun but can tolerate part-shade. 

Found from Geraldton down to Esperance.

Commonly known as Hummock Honey Myrtle, Melaleuca eleuterostachya is a medium shrub growing to 3 metres with arching branches, fibrous bark, narrow leaves and white brush-like flowers which occur through-out the year.

Build a better root zone for water, nutrients and soil life.

Hydrophil™ is a concentrated soil amendment designed to improve the physical and chemical structure of the root zone — particularly in poor, sandy soils.

Its blend of biochar, spongolite and kaolin clay introduces porous carbon and fine mineral surfaces into soils that naturally have very little capacity to hold onto water or nutrients.

Together, these ingredients help create a more functional root-zone environment: one that can hold moisture, retain plant nutrients and provide habitat for beneficial microbial life.

Rather than acting primarily as a fertiliser, Hydrophil helps improve the soil environment in which roots, microbes, water and nutrients interact.

Building the root-zone matrix

Very sandy soils have large pore spaces and relatively little surface area to hold water and dissolved nutrients. Water moves through them quickly, and nutrients can readily be lost from the active root zone.

Hydrophil adds materials with very different physical properties.

Kaolin clay contributes extremely fine mineral particles and additional nutrient-holding surfaces.

Biochar provides a highly porous carbon structure capable of holding water and nutrients while creating protected microsites that can be colonised by soil organisms.

Spongolite adds further porous mineral structure, increasing the diversity of surfaces and pore spaces within the amended soil.

Together they create what we think of as a root-zone matrix — a more complex physical environment capable of supporting the processes healthy soil depends upon.

What Hydrophil helps do

• Hold water within the active root zone

• Help dry and water-repellent soils wet more effectively

• Increase the soil's capacity to retain nutrient ions

• Add mineral and carbon surfaces involved in cation exchange and nutrient availability

• Provide porous habitat and microsites for beneficial soil microorganisms

• Improve the structure and complexity of very sandy soils

• Reduce the tendency for water and nutrients to simply pass through the root zone

Hydrophil doesn't replace compost, fertiliser or living soil biology. Instead, it helps establish the structural environment those things can work within.

What's in Hydrophil?

Biochar · Spongolite · Kaolin clay · Wetting agent

The ingredients have been selected to perform complementary roles within the soil — water holding, nutrient retention, mineral exchange, porosity and microbial habitat.

How to use

Hydrophil is a concentrated root-zone amendment designed to be mixed through the soil around a new planting.

For a forestry tube or similar small native plant, mix approximately 1 level tablespoon (15 mL) thoroughly through the soil being returned around the roots.

For a typical 140 mm pot, use approximately 3 level tablespoons.

Mix Hydrophil evenly through the backfill rather than placing it in a concentrated layer beneath or directly against the root ball.

A 1 L pack provides approximately 65 forestry-tube plantings, or around 20–30 larger 140 mm plantings, depending on the amount used.

Rewild below ground

Planting is only half the story.

Healthy ecosystems depend on what happens beneath the surface — where roots, minerals, carbon, water, nutrients, fungi, bacteria and countless other organisms interact.

Hydrophil helps rebuild some of that below-ground structure, turning simple sandy soil into a more complex and hospitable root environment.

1 L concentrated root-zone amendment

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.

Acacia aphylla is a widely branched shrub, with no leaves (phyllodes) which gives it a complex and interesting appearance. Growing up to 2 metres and creating excellent habitat with it's multi-branched, prickly habit.

It flowers in winter and becomes covered in yellow ball flowers, supporting local pollinators.

It is threatened in the wild where it naturally grows around the Perth hills area.

Callistemon phoeniceus, also known as the lesser bottlebrush, is a vibrant and adaptable medium shrub growing up to 4 metres. Its best known for its brilliant red bottlebrush flower spikes that bloom in spring and early summer, attracting nectar-feeding birds and pollinators.

The foliage is narrow and aromatic with new growth tinged red. Great for screening, habitat and adding diversity to your garden.  Hardy, showy and low-maintenance!

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.