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Tall Shrubs and Small Trees

 Height and width  Growing conditions    Flower colour  Foliage   Season
metres
pr = Prostrate
F = Full sun
P = Part sun
N = No sun
T = Tolerant of most conditions
D = Dry
M = Moist
Wd = well drained
B = Black
Bl = Blue

Gr = Green
Or = Orange
Pk = Pink
Pu = Purple
Re = Red
Wh = White
Ye = Yellow
S = soft
W = weeping
P = prickly
A = aromatic
D = decorative
Sp = Spring
Su = Summer
Au = Autumn
Wi = Winter
All year

Name
Height x width
(metres)
Growing conditions Flowers

Foliage
Season
Acacia boormanii 3 - 5 x 2 - 5 T Ye ball S D Au-Wi-Sp
Acacia cognata 4 - 10 x 4 - 6 T M Ye ball S W D Au-Wi-Sp
Acacia lasiocalyx 3 - 5 x 4 - 6 T Ye rod S Au-Wi-Sp
Acacia merinthophora (Zig-zag Wattle) 3 - 4 x 3 - 4 F T Ye rod S D Au-Wi
Acacia pravissima (Ovens Wattle) 4 - 8 x 4 - 8 T Ye ball S Wi-Sp
Acacia verticillata (Prickly Moses) 3 - 6 x 3 - 5 N M Ye rod P Wi-Sp-Su
Banksia ericifolia x spinulosa 'Giant Candles' 2 - 5 x 2 - 3 T Or-Re S Au-Wi-Sp
Callistemon 'Endeavour' 4 x 4 T Re S Sp sporadic
Eucalyptus caesia ssp magna 'Silver Princess' 4 - 15 x 3 - 8 F T Wd Pk-Re S W D A Wi-Sp
Eucalyptus forrestiana 3 - 7 x 3 - 5 F T Ye capsule Re S A Su-Au
Eucalyptus kruseana 2 - 6 x 3 - 6 F T Ye-Gr S D A Au-Wi
Grevillea 'Long John' 3 - 5 x 4 - 6 T Re S Wi-Sp-Su
Hakea bucculenta 2.5 - 7 x 2 - 6 F D Wd Re S Wi-Sp
Hakea francisiana 2.5 - 8 x 3 - 10 F D Wd Pk S Wi-Sp
Hakea laurina 3 - 8 x 3 - 10 F T Wd Ye-Re S Au-Wi
Hakea multilineata 3 - 5 x 3 - 7 F T Wd Pk S Wi-Sp
Melaleuca elliptica 2 - 5 x 2 - 5 F T Re S Sp-Su
Olearia argophylla 3 - 10 x 2 - 6 N M Wh S Sp-Su
Pomaderris aspera 4 - 12 x 2 - 5 N M T Gr S Sp

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Updated 13/04/09


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