Planting
Some detailed information about the habitat requirements of local native plants can be found in our book Focus on Flora.
This page contains information about water loving plants
and plants for attractingbutterflies.
Water Loving Plants
Information about placement of water loving plants including sedges and rushes
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Butterfly Plants
Plants that we sell that will be loved by butterflies.
These local native plants are all important butterfly plants and are relied on for both caterpillar food and nectar for butterflies.
A useful reference is Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden: What to Grow and Conserve in the Adelaide Region by Hunt, Grund, Keane and Forrest.
| Ground Dwellers |
|---|
| Lotus australis - Austral Trefoil |
| Atriplex semibacatta - Berry Saltbush |
| Helichrysum scorpioides - Button Everlasting |
| Einadia nutans - Climbing Saltbush |
| Chrysocephalum apiculatum - Common Everlasting |
| Myoporum parvifolium - Creeping Boobialla |
| Scaevola albida - Fan Flowers |
| Vittadinia spp - New Holland Daisies |
| Pimelea sp - Rice Flowers |
| Kennedia prostrata - Running Postman |
| Cullen australasicum - Scurf Pea |
| Microseris lanceolata - Yam Daisy |
| Goodenia albiflora - White Goodenia |
| Craspedia variabilis-Billy Buttons |
| Helichrysum (Coronidium) scorpioides- Button everlasting |
| Shrubs |
|---|
| Calocephalus citreus - Lemon Beauty Heads |
| Daviesia sp - Bitter Pea |
| Pultenaea spp - Bush-peas |
| Bursaria spinosa - Christmas bush |
| Atriplex cinerea - Grey Saltbush |
| Templetonia retusa - Cockies Tongue (from Yorke Pen) |
| Senna artemisioides - Desert Senna |
| Rhagodia parabolica - Mealy Saltbush |
| Calytrix tetragona - Fringe Myrtle |
| Acacia acinacea - Gold-dust Wattle |
| Goodenia pinnatifida - Cut-leaf Goodenia |
| Hardenbergia violacea - Native Lilac |
| Acacia continua - Thorn Wattle |
| Pultenaea largiflorens - Twiggy Bush-pea |
| Acacia euthycarpa - Wallowa |
| Leptospermum spp. - Tea trees |
| Xanthorrhoea spp. - Yakkas |
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| Trees |
|---|
| Melaleuca lanceolata- Dryland Tea-tree |
| Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood |
| Eucalyptus spp. - Gum trees |
| Acacia retinodes - Wirilda |
| Acacia pycnantha - Golden Wattle |
| Grasses |
|---|
| Poa labillardiera - Common Tussock Grass |
| Themeda triandra - Kangaroo Grass |
| Microlaena stipoides - Weeping Rice Grass |
| Rytidosperma spp. (was Danthonia) - Wallaby Grass |
| Austrostipa spp. - Spear Grasses |
| Sedges |
|---|
| Lomandra multiflora dura - Hard Mat-rush |
| Cyperus vaginata - Stiff Flat-sedge |
Last Modified June 25th, 2021