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.

Discover the Sand Wattle Myrtle (Melaleuca thymoides), known for its creamy yellow brush flowers and resilient nature. Growing from 1-2 metres it will fit into most gardens. Flourishing in the Perth hills area, this low shrub is a testament to both beauty and endurance, with its lance-shaped aromatic leaves and distinctive branches bringing a unique charm to landscapes.

It thrives in diverse conditions, from sandy soils to wet depressions, making it a versatile addition to eco-conscious landscapes. By integrating the Sand Wattle Myrtle into your garden, you're aiding local wildlife and contributing to conservation efforts.

As it flourishes, your outdoor area becomes a haven for birds and insects, enriching your connection with nature.

The Sandhill Honey Myrtle, or Melaleuca adnata, is an embodiment of resilience and natural beauty, integral to the Australian environment. Flowers bloom in stunning shades from creamy-white to yellowish, drawing in bees and birds, creating a vibrant ecosystem. This plant is a master of adaptation, thriving in various landscapes, serving as a natural barrier against wind and erosion with its diverse growth from a lush shrub to a small tree.

This species is crucial for soil stability and wildlife sanctuary, enhancing your space's ecological value.

10 Perth local native plants

This selection includes 10 native species that mature between 2 and 8 metres, ideal for creating privacy screens, 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
• Species native to the Perth & surrounds region
• Plants suited to sandy 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 radula (graceful honeymyrtle), Melaleuca cuticularis (swamp paperbark), Melaleuca hamulosa, Melaleuca nesophila, Melaleuca viminea (mohan), Acacia acuminata (raspberry jam), Acacia saligna (golden wreath wattle), Acacia lasiocalyx (silver wattle), Casuarina obesa (swamp sheoak), Allocasuarina huegeliana (rock sheoak), Eucalyptus orbifolia (round leaved mallee), Eucalyptus drummondii (drummonds gum), Eucalyptus erythrocorys (Illyarrie), Callistemon phoeniceus (lesser bottlebrush), Calothamnus quadrifidus (onesided bottlebrush)

Hakea petiolaris, or sea-urchin hakea, is a commonly seen hakea in the Perth hills bushland. It is a distinctive small tree (6m) with board leaves, open branches, woody seed pods and large pink/purple sea urchin-like flowers. Flowers mainly in winter to spring attracting pollinators to your garden.

Great addition to you native garden, adding height and texture, while enhancing local biodiversity.

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.

Acacia lasiocalyx, commonly known as the silver wattle is an open often weeping large shrub, growing into an attractive tree of 5 meters. It has long thin leaf-like foliage showing its weeping character. It has a large amount of flowers from late winter into spring with yellow wattle flowers.

The Silver wattle would work well in a screen habitat corridor, providing shelter and resources for birds and insects.

Small leaf bluebush also known as Maireana brevifolia, is a charming, low-growing bushy shrub. Known for it's delicate trailing habit and fine, fleshy leaves. It has star-shaped flowers in Spring. It's compact size and rounded nature make it ideal for rockeries, informal hedges, screening.

Loves growing in our Perth soils, can grow in any difficult spot. Small leaf bluebush adds diversity and provides resources for our local birds and insects.

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.

Casuarina obesa, or Swamp She-oak, is renowned for its resilience, thrives in various soil types and water conditions, it features slender, drooping branchlets that resemble pine needles, while it's true leaves are reduced to tiny scales arranged in rings along the stems. Typically grows from 2 - 8 metres.

Ideal for erosion control and windbreaks, its adaptability to both drought and flooding makes it a reliable choice for challenging environments. It develops a dense, graceful habit that provides excellent habitat and shelter for wildlife.

Its rough, fissured bark and scale-like leaves provide a striking visual appeal, while its small, woody cones add a touch of nature's charm.

Add a splash of colour to your garden with the Tall Labichea (Labichea lanceolata). This upright, open shrub boasts yellow flowers with red or orange markings, creating a vibrant display in late winter to early spring. Its slender, arching branches and bright green, lanceolate leaves enhance any landscape with lush, striking spiky foliage.

The Tall Labichea excels in erosion control, thanks to its strong root system and adaptable growth habit. Perfect for a variety of soil textures, from sandy to loamy, this plant thrives in well-drained soils and likes full sun. Its robust nature makes it a valuable addition to bush gardens, slopes, and restoration projects.

Acacia hemiteles, commonly know as the Tan wattle is a 2 metre tall multi-branched shrub with lovely long green grey leaves. With lots of brown flower buds in late winter which open into yellow balls, followed by curly seed pods. The local birds and insects love this shrub! Fast growing and perfect for diversity on your property.

Melaleuca cardiophylla, also known as Tangling Melaleuca, is a charming and resilient WA native shrub that brings year-round interest to any garden. With its slightly prickly, heart shaped foliage and profusion of creamy white flowers in spring and summer, it creates a visual display while attracting birds, bees and beneficial insects.

Naturally suited to sandy and gravely soils, this hardy species thrives in full sun and tolerates drought, coastal conditions, and light frosts. It is a dense, spreading shrub growing to 2m.

Perfect for native gardens, screening, hedging and habitat for local fauna.

Hakea varia, varied-leaved Hakea, is a striking dense shrub known for it's naturally varied foliage, it develops dense, prickly branches covered in leave that can range from needle-like to broader lobed forms. It grows 1-3 metres and because of it's prickly character it makes great habitat for birds and insects.

During winter and spring, clusters of small cream flowers appear along the stems, attracting birds and bees.

It has a wide natural distribution from Geraldton to Esperance, likes sand, clay, loam and gravelly soils, and also winter wet situations. Shade tolerant.

A perennial (grows back for several years) native grass reaching 60cm tall. Lovely long leaves and purple seed heads flowering often. Native grasses are an important part of the food chain for native animals and insects, they provide direct food, shelter, life cycle support and host plants.

If one grass sets seed, more grasses will grow every year.

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.