Tree / shrub pack

This plant pack has been created to include shrubs and trees to add some height to your garden. Perfect to add colour and biodiversity to your garden, this pack may only be suitable if you have a larger garden area.



Key features:
Australian Native
Full sun
Flowers in Summer, Autumn and Winter
Insect and pollinator friendly
Bird attracting
H: 2 – 8 m
W: 3 – 5 m

The Firewood Banksia grows into a large shrub or small tree with bright orange flowers, which are a great cut flower.

Attracts nectar eating birds to the garden.

Water Corporation Waterwise Plant Details can be found here.


Key features:
WA Native
Full sun / part shade
Flowers in spring and summer
Insect and pollinator friendly
Bird attracting
Mammal and lizard habitat
Good for erosion control
H: 1 – 3 m
W: 2 – 4 m

This plant makes a great hedge or a bird-attracting general garden shrub – nectar feeders such as honey eaters love the flowers that grow directly from the branches.

Trim lightly to keep it flowering and compact. Tolerant of a wide range of soils.

Water Corporation Waterwise Plant Details can be found here.

Images: Courtesy of Gardening with Angus and M Fagg





Key features:
WA Native
Sunny / part shade
Flowers in spring and winter
Insect and pollinator friendly
Bird attracting
H: 1 – 2 m
W: 1 m

The fire bush is an open, upright shrub that grows to around 2 metres tall.

Tolerating nearly all types of soil, this shrub is a hardy edition to your garden.

Images: Courtesy of Friends of Queens Park Bushland and Gillbysydney, iNaturalist



Key features:
WA Native
Sunny / part shade
Flowers all year
Insect and pollinator friendly
Bird attracting
Good for erosion control
H: 10 – 30 cm
W: 1.5 – 2 m

This groundcover shrub flowers year-round with yellow-gold flowers.

Loved by birds and other nectar feeders, the grey/green foliage stands out amongst others.

Once established it is very drought hardy, and can be used on banks and retaining walls.

Images: Courtesy of Gardening with Angus and Heather Miles, Australian Plants Society


Key features:
WA Native
Full sun/ part shade
Flowers in spring and summer
Insect and pollinator friendly
Bird attracting
Mammal and lizard habitat
H: 1 – 3 m
W: 1 – 2 m

This melaleuca is a small to medium shrub that has a wonderful display of white flowers in summer.

Naturally occurring in WA, it is adaptable to most soil conditions and is drought tolerant once established.

Images: Courtesy of Brian Walters, Australia Native Plants Society and Geographe Community Landcare Nursery