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 |
- |
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 |