Some Great Plants for your School Ground Habitat Patch Projects

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1 1 Goodenia ovata HOP GOODENIA Low shrub to 1.5m. Flowers most of the year. Survives extremes, dry to water logged soils. Useful beneath trees. Pruning maintains shape. Attracts butterflies. Eutaxia diffusa EUTAXIA Dense rounded shrub to 1m x 1m. Prefers a dry well drained soil. Resents root disturbance. Produces masses of yellow and orange pea type flowers in spring. Full sun to part shade. Attracts native bees. Linum marginale NATIVE FLAX Perennial herb forming slender clumps to 60cm high. Bright blue flowers in spring and summer. Very adaptable. Cut back hard in Autumn to encourage growth. Self seeds readily. Seeds bird attracting. Correa glabra ROCK CORREA Shrub up to 1.5m high x 2m wide. Fast growing, dense shrub with nectar rich tubular flowers in February to September. Adaptable to most situations. Attracts honeyeaters.

2 2 Olearia myrsinoides SILKY DAISY BUSH Small open spreading shrub to 1m x1m. Prefers dry well drained soils. Grows beneath Eucalypts. Prefers semi shade. Flowers occur in spring and are butterfly attracting. Lomandra nana DWARF MATT RUSH Tufted grass like perennial to 40cm x 40cm. Slow growing requiring moist, well drained clays or sand,s tolerating dry shady situations once established. Small yellow flower spikes in spring. Poa morrissi VELVET TUSSOCK GRASS Soft dense, blue/green tussock forming perennial grass to 40cm x 40cm with velvety foliage. Prefers moist, well drained soil. Full sun to part shade. Ideal for rockeries or borders. Dicanthium sericeum SILKY BLUE GRASS Erect tussock forming grass to 80cm high. Highly decorative bluey grey foliage. Prefers drier soils in well drained position. Suited to clay soils. Responds well to summer watering. Full sun.

3 3 Poa labillardieri COMMON TUSSOCK GRASS Large dense tussock grass to 1m x 1m. Fast growing and adaptable to most soils and positions. Can be used in rockeries, besides ponds or among established plants. Butterfly attracting Dodonaea viscose WEDGE LEAF HOP BUSH Medium shrub 2-3mx2-3m. Bearing attractive red capsules in Spring. Grows best in full sun with well drained dry soils. Good screening or habitat plant. Hymenanthra dentata TREE VIOLET Large shrub. Berries bird attracting. Carpobrotus modestus INLAND NOON FLOWER Robust, succulent groundcover to 10cm high and spreading. Forms very dense mats. Bright pink flowers in spring and early summer. Fruit is edible. Dry soils, tolerating hot exposed position.

4 4 Enchylaena tomentose RUBY SALT BUSH Prostrate plant to 1m wide x 30cm high. Ideal rockery plant or for very dry exposed sites. Requires good drainage. Edible red berries in late summer Full sun-part shade. Drought tolerant. Einadia nutans NODDING SALT BUSH Perennial groundcover to 40cm high unless climbing to 1m. Numerous small red edible berries in spring and summer. Prefers full sun in a dry well drained soil. Acaena nova zelandiae BIDGEE WIDGEE Prostrate plant to 1m wide, forming a dense mat. Excellent for smothering areas and cascading over embankments. Flowers form red globular balls. Tolerates most soils, prefers some moisture. Disphyma crassifolium ROUNDED NOON FLOWER Prostrate perennial groundcover spreading to 1.5m. Daisy like pink flowers in summer. Salt tolerant, drought resistant suited to most soils.

5 5 Chrysocephalum apiculatum COMMON EVERLASTING DAISY Attractive long flowering daisy. Adaptable, full sun to semi shade. Flowers October to February. Drought tolerant. Great for rockeries. Bracteantha viscose STICKY EVERLASTING DAISY Very showy daisy, 1 metre high X 60 cm wide. Dry site with adequate drainage. Drought resistant. Large paper daisy flowers Spring to Autumn.