Plants for Wimmera Sandy Soil

The list of plants below is compiled from plants that members are successfully growing in sandy neutral to acidic soil of the Wimmera.

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 2.0 3.0 Golden Yellow Winter
Acacia cardiophylla 2.0 3.0 Golden Yellow Spring
Acacia iteaphylla 4.0 4.0 Pale Yellow Autumn
Acacia longifolia 6.0 4.0 Yellow Spring
Acacia saligna 10.0 5.0 Yellow Spring
Acacia pycnantha 10.0 8.0 White Late Spring
Alogyne hueglii 1.0 2.0 White, Yellow, Mauve or Purple Spring
Banksia attenuata 4.0 4.5 Bright Light Yellow Winter
Banksia baueri 2.0 2.0 Grey-mauve or Orange-brown Summer
Banksia coccinea 3.0 3.0 Scarlet and Grey Spring
Banksia menziesii 2.0 1.0 Pink-red Autumn to Winter
Banksia prionotes 8.0 3.5 Orange and White Winter
Chamelaucium uncinatum 2.0 3.0 Dull red, purple, mauve or pink Spring
Correa "Marian's Marvel" 2.0 3.0 Pink to Red-pink Winter
Correa mannii 2.0 3.0 Pink Winter
Correa pulchella 0.5 0.5 Orange Winter
Correa reflexa 1.0 2.0 Cream, Green, Pink, Red and Red with Cream Tips Winter
Crowea exalata 1.0 1.0 Pink Spring to Autumn
Dryandra polycephala 2.0 1.5 Yellow Winter to Spring
Dryandra quercifolia 2.0 1.5 Yellow to Greenish Yellow Winter
Eremophila maculata 2.0 2.0 Red, Yellow or Orange Spring
Eremophila nivea 2.0 1.0 Lilac Spring
Eucalyptus caesia 6.0 5.0 Pink to Red-pink Spring
Eucalyptus forrestiana 4.0 3.0 Yellow Winter
Hakea "Burrendong Beauty" 1.0 2.0 Pinkish-red Winter
Hakea francisiana 8.0 4.0 Red Winter to Spring
Hakea laurina 4.0 4.0 Red and Cream Autumn to Winter
Hakea sericea 2.0 1.0 White and Pink Winter
Hypocalymma augustifolium 1.0 1.5 Pink and White Spring
Isopogon cuneataus 2.0 1.8 Rose Pink to Purplish Pink Winter to Spring
Kunzea ericifolia 0.5 2.0 Pale Yellow Spring to Summer
Lambertia formosa 2.0 1.5 Red to Orange Red Spring to Summer
Lasiopetalum macrophyllum 1.0 1.5 Pink and Brown Spring
Leucophyta brownii 1.0 1.5 Cream Summer
Melaleuca wilsonii 1.0 2.0 Pale to Deep Pink Spring
Verticordia plunosa 1.0 1.0 Pink Spring
Templetonia retusa 1.2 1.2 Red Winter to Spring

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