Coastal
Plants in coastal gardens have to cope with extreme conditions - sandy, low nutrient soils, constant salt-laden winds and intense sunlight. Indigenous coastal plants have various adaptations for these harsh conditions: small tough leaves, silvery foliage, succulence, and compact growth forms. Choosing from these coastal plants, your garden can be both beautiful and happy.
FRONT LINE PLANTS: These plants thrive
on sun, salt and wind - they can
grow close to the sea, on dunes and cliffs.
WILDFLOWERS
SHRUBS
GROUNDCOVERS
TREES
SEDGES AND RUSHES
GRASSES
AQUATIC & SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTS
2ND LINE PLANTS: These plants need some
protection from winds, in a natural situation
these species grow in the swale of the dunes
- back a little from the sea.
WILDFLOWERS
CLIMBERS & TWINERS
SHRUBS
GROUNDCOVERS
TREES
SEDGES AND RUSHES
GRASSES
AQUATIC & SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTS
WILDFLOWERS
|
Actites megalocarpa |
Dune Thistle |
|
Brachysome parvula |
Coast Daisy |
|
Dianella brevicaulis |
Black Anther Flax-Lily |
SHRUBS
|
Acacia longifolia var. sophorae |
Coastal Wattle |
|
Alyxia buxifolia |
Sea Box |
|
Atriplex cinerea |
Coast Saltbush |
|
Correa alba |
White Correa |
|
Leptospermum laevigatum |
Coast Tea-tree |
|
Leucophyta brownii |
Cushion Bush |
|
Leucopogon parvifolius |
Coast Beard Heath |
|
Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
Tangled Lignum |
|
Myoporum insulare |
Boobialla |
|
Olearia axillaris |
Coast Daisy-bush |
|
Ozothamnus turbinatus |
Coast Everlasting |
|
Rhagodia candolleana |
Seaberry Saltbush |
GROUNDCOVERS
|
Acaena novae-zelandiae |
Bidgee Widgee |
|
Acaena ovina |
Australian Sheep's Burr |
|
Apium prostratum |
Sea Celery |
|
Carprobrotus rossii |
Karkalla |
|
Disphyma crassifolium |
Rounded Noon-flower |
|
Einadia nutans |
Nodding Saltbush |
|
Enchylaena tomentosa |
Ruby Saltbush |
|
Tetragonia implexicoma |
Bower Spinach |
TREES
|
Allocasuarina verticillata |
Drooping Sheoke |
|
Banksia integrifolia |
Coast Banksia |
|
Banksia marginata |
Silver Banksia |
SEDGES AND RUSHES
|
Carex pumila |
Strand Sedge |
|
Ficinia nodosa |
Knobby Club-rush |
|
Juncus krausii |
Sea Rush |
GRASSES
|
Austrostipa stipoides |
Prickly Spear-grass |
|
Distichlis distichophylla |
Australian Salt-grass |
|
Poa poiformis |
Coast Tussock Grass |
|
Sporobolus virginicus |
Sand Couch |
|
Zoysia macrantha |
Prickly Couch |
AQUATIC & SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTS
|
Frankenia pauciflora |
Southern Sea Heath |
|
Halosarcia pergranulata |
Shrubby Glasswort |
|
Samolus repens |
Creeping Brookweed |
|
Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
Beaded Glasswort |
|
Suaeda australis |
Austral Sea-blite |
2ND LINE PLANTS: These plants need some protection from winds, in a natural situation these species grow in the swale of the dunes - back a little from the sea.
WILDFLOWERS
|
Dianella revoluta |
Black Anther Flax Lily |
|
Pelargonium australe |
Austral Stork's-bill |
|
Scutellaria humilis |
Dwarf Skull Cap |
|
Senecio pinnatifolius |
Variable Groundsel |
|
Trachymene composita |
Wild Parsnip |
CLIMBERS & TWINERS
|
Billardiera scandens |
Apple Berry |
|
Hardenbergia violacea |
Purple Coral Pea |
SHRUBS
|
Acacia suaveolens |
Sweet Wattle |
|
Acacia verticillata |
Prickly Moses |
|
Atriplex paludosa |
Marsh Saltbush |
|
Bossiaea cinerea |
Showy Bossiaea |
|
Bursaria spinosa |
Sweet Bursaria |
|
Correa reflexa |
Native Fuchsia |
|
Hakea nodosa |
Yellow Hakea |
|
Hakea sericea |
Silky Hakea |
|
Indigofera australis |
Austral Indigo |
|
Lasiopetalum baueri |
Slender Velvet Bush |
|
Melaleuca ericifolia |
Swamp Paperbark |
|
Melaleuca squarrosa |
Scented Paperbark |
|
Myoporum viscosum |
Sticky Boobialla |
|
Olearia ramulosa |
Twiggy Daisy-bush |
|
Pomaderris paniculosa ssp. paralia |
Pomaderris |
|
Solanum laciniatum |
Large Kangaroo Apple |
GROUND COVERS
|
Atriplex semibaccata |
Creeping Saltbush |
|
Dichondra repens |
Kidney Weed |
|
Goodenia ovata |
Hop Goodenia (prostrate) |
|
Kennedia prostrata |
Running Postman |
|
Tetragonia tetragonoides |
Warrigal Greens |
TREES
|
Allocasuarina littoralis |
Black Sheoke |
|
Eucalyptus pauciflora |
Snow Gum |
|
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. pryoriana |
Coast Manna Gum |
|
Viminarea juncea |
Golden Spray |
SEDGES AND RUSHES
|
Lomandra longifolia |
Spiny-headed Mat-rush |
GRASSES
|
Austrodanthonia caespitosa |
Common Wallaby Grass |
|
Austrostipa flavescens |
Coast Spear-grass |
AQUATIC & SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTS
|
Selliera radicans |
Swampweed |
|
Triglochin striatum |
Streaked Arrowgrass |
