Native plant collections

Starting points for common garden jobs. Each one is a plant search you can narrow down further.

• Plants for birds

  Nectar, seed and shelter for honeyeaters, finches, wrens and parrots.

• Plants for bees and butterflies

  Flowers for native bees, other pollinating insects and butterflies.

• Shelter for small wildlife

  Dense, tangled and tussocky plants where lizards, frogs and small birds can hide.

• Bush foods

  Natives with edible fruit, seeds, leaves or flowers.

• Natives for shade

  Plants that grow under trees and on the shady side of the house.

• Natives for pots and balconies

  Compact plants that are happy in a container.

• Screens and hedges

  Shrubs and small trees for privacy, hedging and windbreaks.

• Natives for small gardens

  Plants that stay under 2 metres, for courtyards, narrow beds and front gardens.

• Lawn alternatives

  Low, spreading natives to replace grass that's hard to keep alive.

• Tough plants for dry gardens

  Very drought tolerant natives, once established.

• Coastal gardens

  Plants that cope with salt spray and wind.

• Frost-hardy natives

  Plants that cope with hard frosts, for cold gardens and the tablelands.

• Fragrant natives

  Flowers worth planting by a path, window or door.