Plants for Wimmera Clay Soil

The list of plants below is compiled from plants which members are successfully growing in heavy alkaline clay soil of Horsham and district.

They all require low to moderate water and should tolerate frost. Over watering can result in poor root systems and weak plants.

Size, colour and flowering times will vary from area to area and are a guide only. Some species have a variety of colours. 

Most Australian Native species benefit from pruning.

Genus Species
Height (m)
Width (m)
Flower Colour Approximate Flowering Time
Acacia acinacea
1.5
3.0
Golden Yellow Spring
Acacia ashbyae
2.5
3.0
Yellow Spring
Acacia fimbriata
5.0
3.0
Yellow Spring
Acacia glandulicarpa
1.0
2.0
Gold Winter to Spring
Acacia pycnantha
4.0
3.0
Gold Winter to Spring
Banksia caleyi
3.0
4.0
Scarlet Winter to Summer
Banksia ericifolia
3.0
1.5
Gold Autumn to Winter
Banksia repens
0.3
3.0
Yellow Brown Spring to Summer
Brachyscombe dentata
0.3
0.3
White Spring to Summer
Callistemon rugulosus
3.0
3.0
Red / Gold Tips Spring to Summer
Correa alba
1.5
0.8
White Summer to Autumn
Correa "Marian's Marvel"
2.0
3.0
Pink & Lime Green Autumn to Spring
Correa pulchella
1.5
1.0
Apricot Autumn to Winter
Dianella revoluta
0.3
1.0
Blue Spring
Dodonea microzyga
0.5
0.8
Red Spring
Eremophila bignoniflora x polyclada
3.0
3.0
Mauve & White Summer
Eremophila dicroantha
2.0
2.0
Blue Spring
Eremophila drummondii
1.5
1.5
Blue Winter to Spring
Eremophila oppositifolia
2.0
1.5
White to Pink Winter to Spring
Eremophila purpurescens
1.5
1.5
Deep Pink Spring
Eremophila youngii
2.0
0.8
Pink to Red Winter to Spring
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
10.0
4.0
White to Cream or Pink to Red Winter
Eutaxia microphyllla
0.5
1.5
Yellow / Orange Spring
Grevillea lanigera
0.2
0.5
Red Autumn to Spring
Grevillea pinaster
1.5
1.5
Red Winter to Spring
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
1.5
2.0
Red and Cream Winter to Spring
Hakea francisiana
4.0
4.0
Pink Winter to Spring
Hakea laurina
4.0
4.0
Red and Cream Autumn to Winter
Lasiopetalum behrii
1.5
2.5
Cream to Pink Winter to Spring
Maireana sedifolia
1.5
1.0
Grey foliage Winter to Spring
Melaleuca decussata
4.0
3.0
Pink to Purplish Spring to Summer
Melaleuca megacephala
3.0
4.0
Yellow Winter to Spring
Melaleuca wilsonii
1.5
2.5
Maroon Winter to Spring
Minuria leptophylla
0.2
0.2
White Most of the year
Olearia pimeleoides
1.5
1.5
White Winter to Spring
Pandorea pandorana
Climber

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Cream Winter to Spring
Pimealea ferruginea
1.0
1.5
Pink to Purple Winter to Spring
Pycnosorus globosa
1.0
0.5
Gold Spring
Senna artemisioides
1.5
1.0
Yellow All Year
Westringia glabra
2.0
1.5
Lilac Summer
Westringia "Wyabby Gem"
2.0
2.0
Mauve Winter to Spring
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata
0.8
0.8
White Spring

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