between C. exalata and C. saligna. It is 
a hardy, ornamental shrub 1 m high and 
1 m across with pale pink star-shaped 
flowers. 
Darwinia citriodora: low bushy shrub to 
0.6 m high and 1 m across with small blue- 
green, lemon-scented leaves and heads of 
small red and yellow flowers borne at the 
end of the branchlets in spring and 
summer. 
Dianella tasmanica (flax lily): plant with 
flax-like leaves and bright blue flowers 
with prominent yellow anthers in 
November followed by bright blue berries 
in January. It will grow hard against the 
base of trees. 
Epacris longiflora (native fuchsia): erect 
to straggling shrub to 1 m high with small 
crowded pointed leaves and red tubular 
flowers tipped with white. The flowers 
appear intermittently throughout the year. 
Eriostemon myoporoides (long-leaf wax- 
flower): variable, neat rounded shrub 1- 
2 m high with smooth, usually oblong 
aromatic leaves. Bears a profusion of star- 
like flowers in spring which are white 
tinged with pink. Very hardy. 
Geitonoplesium cymosum (scrambling 
lily): twining plant with slender leaves and 
clusters of small greenish-white flowers in 
spring and summer followed by attractive 
blue-black berries. 
Grevillea diminuta: neat spreading shrub 
to 1 m high and 1 m across with pendu¬ 
lous clusters of rusty red flowers in spring. 
Isopogon anethifolius (drumsticks): 
upright shrub to 2 m high with divided 
fern-like leaves and globular heads of 
yellow flowers in spring and early summer. 
Lomatia tinctoria: upright shrub 1 m high 
and 0.6 m across with divided leaves and 
sprays of cream flowers in summer. 
Melaleuca erubescens (rosy paper-bark): 
shrub to 2 m high with mauve bottlebrush 
flowers in summer. 
M. spicigera : rounded shrub to 1.5 m high 
with blue-green leaves and clusters of 
pinkish-mauve to white flowers in spring. 
Prostanthera incana (velvet mint bush): 
spreading shrub 1-2 m high with aromatic 
foliage and terminal spikes of mauve or 
white flowers in spring. 
Grevillea diminuta 
P. melissifolia : strongly aromatic shrub to 
1.5-2 m high and 2-3 m across with oval 
leaves and lilac flowers. 
Zieria cytisoides : compact rounded shrub 
to 1.5 m high with aromatic grey-green 
foliage and pinkish-white flowers in 
spring. 
Plants for dry shady areas 
Acacia beckleri : erect shrub to 2 m high 
with leaves to 120 mm long and fragrant, 
large globular golden yellow flower heads 
in winter. 
Acacia drummondii (Drummond’s wattle): 
attractive neat rounded shrub to 2 m high 
with tiny dark green leaves and creamy- 
yellow cylindrical flower spikes in spring. 
AHocasuarina torulosa (rose she oak): 
small tree to 15 m high with fine drooping 
branches, often colouring purple or red 
in winter. Bark is rough and corky. A good 
specimen plant. 
Baeckea ramosissima (rosy heath myrtle): 
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