Plant Finder

An ornamental medium sized tree with pendulous branches, large shiny leaves and spectacular displays of large showy white, pink or red flowers. Ideal for home gardens, street and parkscapes.

A stunning small to medium tree with fibrous yellow-orange bark and a profusion of orange-red flowers in the dry season. Bird attracting. Suitable for planting in deep soil on larger properties.

A delicate shrub with green foliage and prominent protruding scarlet flowers. Great for mass woodland plantings. Bird attracting.

A stunning, spreading shrub with grey green foliage and prolific yellow-orange flowers. Great for mass woodland plantings and feature plantings. Bird attracting.

A tough groundcover or small shrub with grey-green leaves and purple flowers.

Coastal creeper with large purple flowers. It colonises sand dunes and sends down deep tap roots. The plant has a sprawling habit and forms large mats above the high tide line. The plant has a range of medicinal properties and is salt tolerant.

A stunning low, neat, compact Acacia shrub with delicate foliage and bright yellow flowers. Great for mass woodland plantings.

Native to Indonesia this ornamental tree to 25m has spectacular drifts of apple blossom like flowers. It is also a good shade tree in summer. It flowers around Christmas time and the timber is well regarded for flooring.

A small tree to 8m high the highly scented iconic flowers and glossy green leaves have made this tree popular worldwide. The tree is moderately drought tolerant in tropical and subtropical areas, being able to withstand an extended dry season.

An ornamental foliage shrub to 1m well suited for a massed display or an individual specimen. The foliage is a rich red purple evergreen with showy strap like flowers 2cm long. It performs best in moist well drained soils and will need mulch and irrigation through hot dry periods.

A very small shrub to 0.5m has a compact form and fine textured foliage and numerous small purple, lavender or white flowers for most of the year. It requires a sunny position with good drainage.

Queensland native gardenia shrub to 1.5m suitable for hedging and as individual specimens with white tubular flowers. This is an understorey monsoon forest plant to open woodlands and suitable for shaded positions. Prostrate forms are reported to make excellent groundcovers.

A dwarf form of Pandanus that generally grows to only about 0.5 m and has straplike leafy form. It has long, narrow grass-like leaves edged with clear yellow and is effectively a groundcover. the leaf edges are sharp and it should not be planted where there is likely to be traffic. One report suggest that it is a valuable riparian plant capable of absorbing heavy metals and nutrients. This is not a drought tolerant plant.

This is a Central American succulent to 1.5m with long succulent leaves with an eye catching variegated green striped form. The foliage is not spiky or sharp and so is safe near paths. It is best grown in full sun to light shade, in a well draining soil, it is reportedly drought hardy and mildly frost tolerant.

A groundcover with purple foliage the spreading habit cascades over pots and walls. ‘Purple Heart’ is a tender perennial with purple stems and violet-purple leaves that produces pink flowers in summer. This plant is mainly grown for its foliage, best color is achieved in bright sunlight and a dry, cramped root zone. It is excellent as a groundcover or in containers or hanging baskets.

An african succulent to 2m enjoying hot tropical climates and generating twisted bulbous trunk forms and spectacular pink flowers. Ideal growing conditions include full sun and rich, well-drained soil. Adeniums can be toxic if consumed. Please be aware of planting them in areas where children and pets can access them. Avoid sap contact with the skin and eyes and always wash hands after handling these plants

A handsome tall evergreen conifer. Dark deeply fissured bark and dark green leaves. A good termite resistant species for windbreak and screening in rural properties, park and streetscapes.

Warm season creeping grass particularly suitable for hot, humid conditions. Commercial variety 'Emerald Grass' is a cultivar crossed with Zoysia Japonica. Zoysia is recommended as a drought tolerant, weed and disease resistant, slow growing and relatively sustainable lawn. It will require dethatching and is native to the northern regions of Australia.

Correa ‘Adorabell’ is a small rounded shrub growing to approximately one metre high. It has glossy dark green leaves.The bright pink flowers occur in early autumn and continue into winter. ‘Adorabell’ is frost hardy and drought tolerant once established. Useful for small dense hedges, with winter flowering an added bonus. Correas are an important food source for nectar eating birds.

Grevillea ‘Amethyst’ is a fine leafed grevillea, with sweet little violet flowers through the warmer months. Very attractive to native bees. A good addition to a bird attracting garden.