Verge plants pack

This plant pack has been created with your verge in mind. Perfect to add colour and biodiversity to your verge, this pack contains plants that are compliant with the City's verge guidelines.

For inspiration about how your verge could look, why not visit the Water Corporation website and look at some of the verge planting demonstrations.





Key features:

WA Native

Full sun / Part shade

Flowers in Spring and summer

Insect and pollinator friendly

Bird attracting

Mammal and lizard habitat

H: 50 cm

W: 1-2 m


This is one of the hardiest Kangaroo Paw species.

The iconic flowers appear in spring and summer. Prune away dead flowers and foliage as soon as possible to keep the plant thriving.

The Tall Kangaroo Paw is very tolerant of a wide range of soil types including clay soils.

Water Corporation Waterwise Plant Details can be found here.

Images: Courtesy of Gardening with Angus, M Fagg and Francis J Nge, iNaturalist





Key features:
WA Native

Full sun / Part shade

Flowers in autumn and summer

Insect and pollinator friendly

H: 50 cm -1 m

W: 50 cm – 1 m


Grows to be a small shrub with pink or purple flowers.

Can be used for cut flowers and is perfect for the verge.

Prefers well drained, sandy soils.

Water Corporation Waterwise Plant Details can be found here.

Images: Courtesy of Gardening with Angus and Russell Cumming, iNaturalist





Key features:
WA Native

Full sun / Part shade

Flowers in spring and winter

Insect and pollinator friendly

Good for erosion control

H: 50 cm

W: 50 cm


Clumping, grassy perennial has heads of yellow buds that form yellow or white flowers.

This groundcover is versatile and can be used as a border plant, in a flower garden and is great in pots.

Water Corporation Waterwise Plant Details can be found here.






Key features:
WA Native

Flowers in spring and summer

Insect and pollinator friendly

Bird attracting

H: 1 – 2 m

This upright shrub produces yellow, orange and brown flowers during the spring and summer.

Happy in most soil types, it is commonly found in winter-wet soils in the South West.

Images: Courtesy of Keith Morris, iNaturalist








Key features:

WA Native

Full sun / part shade

Flowers in summer

Insect and pollinator friendly

Bird attracting

H: 50cm – 1m

W: 1 m – 1.5m


This shrub produces needle like leaves and masses of white start shaped flowers throughout summer.

Prefers a sunny position with moist, sandy soil but can tolerate most soil types and short periods of drought.

Images: Courtesy of Keith Morris and Friends of Queens Park Bushland