Birds
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
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Chrysocephalum apiculatum |
Common Everlasting |
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Dianella spp. |
Flax-Lily |
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Patersonia spp. |
Purple-flag |
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Stylidium graminifolium |
Grass Trigger-plant |
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Wahlenbergia spp. |
Bluebell |
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Xerochrysum viscosum |
Sticky Everlasting |
CLIMBERS & TWINERS
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Billardiera scandens |
Apple Berry |
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Hardenbergia violacea |
Purple Coral Pea |
SHRUBS
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Acacia paradoxa |
Hedge Wattle |
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Acacia ulicifolia |
Juniper Wattle |
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Acacia verticillata |
Prickly Moses |
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Allocasuarina paradoxa |
Dwarf Sheoke |
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Alyxia buxifolia |
Sea Box |
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Bursaria spinosa |
Sweet Bursaria |
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Correa reflexa |
Native Fuchsia |
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Dillwynia glaberrima |
Smooth Parrot Pea |
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Epacris impressa |
Common Heath |
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Hakea spp. |
Hakea |
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Hibbertia spp. |
Guinea-flower |
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Kunzea ericoides |
Burgan |
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Leptospermum spp. |
Tea-tree |
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Leucophyta brownii |
Cushion Bush |
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Myoporum spp. |
Boobialla |
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Olearia spp. |
Daisy-bush |
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Pimelea spp. |
Rice-flower |
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Rubus parvifolius |
Native Raspberry |
GROUNDCOVERS
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Acrotriche serrulata |
Honey Pots |
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Atriplex semibaccata |
Creeping Saltbush |
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Bossiaea prostrata |
Creeping Bossiaea |
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Einadia nutans |
Nodding Saltbush |
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Enchylaena tomentosa |
Ruby Saltbush |
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Kennedia prostrata |
Running Postman |
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Myoporum parvifolium |
Creeping Boobialla |
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Veronica gracilis |
Slender Speedwell |
TREES
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Acacia spp. |
Wattle |
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Allocasuarina spp. |
Sheoke |
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Allocasuarina verticillata |
Drooping Sheoke |
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Banksia spp. |
Banksia |
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Eucalyptus spp. |
Gum Tree |
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Viminarea juncea |
Golden Spray |
SEDGES AND RUSHES
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Gahnia spp. |
Saw-sedge |
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Juncus spp. |
Rush |
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Lepidosperma spp. |
Sword-sedge |
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Lomandra spp. |
Mat-rush |
GRASSES
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Austrodanthonia spp. |
Wallaby Grass |
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Austrostipa spp. |
Spear-grass |
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Poa spp. |
Tussock Grass |
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Themeda triandra |
Kangaroo Grass |
