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Plants for a bird-friendly garden:

WILDFLOWERS
CLIMBERS & TWINERS
SHRUBS
GROUNDCOVERS
TREES
SEDGES AND RUSHES
GRASSES

To make your garden an attractive place for birds you need plants that will provide food and shelter. Plants provide a range of food sources for different species of birds eg. nectar-rich plants attract honey-eaters and lorikeets, insect-attracting plants will feed willie wagtails and thornbills, whilst seed-bearing plants will lure parrots. Prickly plants provide a protective habitat from predators for small birds. Birds will also appreciate water in an area safe from cats.

WILDFLOWERS

Chrysocephalum apiculatum	Common Everlasting
Dianella spp.	Flax-Lily
Patersonia spp.	Purple-flag
Stylidium graminifolium	Grass Trigger-plant
Wahlenbergia spp.	Bluebell
Xerochrysum viscosum	Sticky Everlasting

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CLIMBERS & TWINERS

Billardiera scandens	Apple Berry
Hardenbergia violacea	Purple Coral Pea

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SHRUBS

Acacia paradoxa	Hedge Wattle
Acacia ulicifolia	Juniper Wattle
Acacia verticillata	Prickly Moses
Allocasuarina paradoxa	Dwarf Sheoke
Alyxia buxifolia	Sea Box
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet Bursaria
Correa reflexa	Native Fuchsia
Dillwynia glaberrima	Smooth Parrot Pea
Epacris impressa	Common Heath
Hakea spp.	Hakea
Hibbertia spp.	Guinea-flower
Kunzea ericoides	Burgan
Leptospermum spp.	Tea-tree
Leucophyta brownii	Cushion Bush
Myoporum spp.	Boobialla
Olearia spp.	Daisy-bush
Pimelea spp.	Rice-flower
Rubus parvifolius	Native Raspberry

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GROUNDCOVERS

Acrotriche serrulata	Honey Pots
Atriplex semibaccata	Creeping Saltbush
Bossiaea prostrata	Creeping Bossiaea
Einadia nutans	Nodding Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa	Ruby Saltbush
Kennedia prostrata	Running Postman
Myoporum parvifolium	Creeping Boobialla
Veronica gracilis	Slender Speedwell

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TREES

Acacia spp.	Wattle
Allocasuarina spp.	Sheoke
Allocasuarina verticillata	Drooping Sheoke
Banksia spp.	Banksia
Eucalyptus spp.	Gum Tree
Viminarea juncea	Golden Spray

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SEDGES AND RUSHES

Gahnia spp.	Saw-sedge
Juncus spp.	Rush
Lepidosperma spp.	Sword-sedge
Lomandra spp.	Mat-rush

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GRASSES

Austrodanthonia spp.	Wallaby Grass
Austrostipa spp.	Spear-grass
Poa spp.	Tussock Grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass

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