Small trees and shrubs

Much branched shrub, occasionally prostrate. Golden yellow pea flowers with a red throat in spring. Requires well-drained soil and part shade. Bee attracting.

Medium shrub to small tree. Masses of small, creamy white delicately perfumed flowers in autumn/winter. Fast growing and appreciates moist, well-drained soils with shade.

Dense perennial shrub with silvery-grey, edible leaves and triangular berries. Salt tolerant suiting coastal conditions.

Variable shrub or small tree with cylindrical cream/yellow flower spikes. Hardy, bird and bee attracting plant, resistant to wildlife browsing and useful in shelter belts.

Distinctive large shrub or tree; leaves with serrated edges and cylindrical flower spikes to 20cm. Bee and bird attracting and resistant to wildlife browsing. Requires good drainage.

Shrub or small tree. Clusters of bright yellow daisy-like flowers amongst the long leaves. Grows best in shady sites but can tolerate some dryness.

Large Shrub or small tree. Inconspicuous yellow flowers; distinctive magenta fruit in spring. Leaves have a turpentine odour when crushed.

Erect, multi-branched woody shrub to 1.2m tall. Narrow leaves with pink/white flowers in leaf axils. Usually found in exposed, rocky riparian areas.

Scrambling shrub with triangular leaves. Abundance of yellow pea flowers, brown in the centre in spring. Prefers a little shade in well drained moist soil.

Shrub or small tree with prolific cream-white scented flowers in summer. Heart shaped papery seed capsule. Very useful plant for erosion control, shelter belts, and as wildlife habitat. Attracts birds, butterflies and bees. Source of nectar for honey production.

Attractive compact small erect tree suitable as a specimen, mixed with other shrubs or as a Christmas tree in a pot. Likes dry sandy soils. Threatened species.

Tall shrub or small tree. Clusters of cones form on short branches. Often forms an elegant dense tree in suburban gardens. Prefers well-drained soil and some sun.

Erect shrub to 3m. Large clusters of small white or pink daisy-like flowers in spring. Bird attracting. Useful for providing quick low-level shelter in windbreaks. Adaptable, shade and frost tolerant.

Erect shrub. Thick, glossy and tough leaves with a pointed tip. Greenish flowers in small heads followed by a reddish/chocolate brown berry. The fruit are eaten by birds and mammals. The foliage provides refuge for small birds. Fire retardant. Requires a well-drained moist sheltered position with some sun.

Erect much-branched thorny shrub with orange/red translucent, shining fruit. Provides food and nest sites for small birds. Grows in moist soil.

Compact, hardy coastal shrub with grey/green foliage and white star-shaped flowers late summer to early spring. Bird attracting. A good low wind break or hedge. Prefers well-drained soil.

Slender shrub with shiny leaves and cream/green tubular flowers in autumn/winter/spring. Excellent for providing food and shelter for birds. Adaptable to a variety of conditions.

Small shrub, upright or sometimes prostrate, with bird attracting tubular flowers from green to shades of pink/red in autumn/winter/spring. Tolerates a range of conditions.

Low spreading shrub withsmall heart shaped hairy leaves. Yellow-green flowers with burgundy anthers.

Erect shrub with sticky leaves that have a turpentine odour when crushed. Attractive pink flower buds opening to white/deep pink petals. Tolerates dry sandy to moist well-drained soil. Part to full sun. Benefits from mulch layer.

Hardy open shrub with leathery leaves and numerous gold and brown pea flowers in spring. Bird and insect attracting. Useful for providing quick low-level shelter in windbreaks. Tolerates dryness and part shade.

Rigid much branched shrub. Pale to golden yellow pea flower in spring. Similar to introduced gorse, but flower is smaller.

Shrub with slender arching branches. Bright yellow pea flowers with red markings in short terminal heads in late spring/summer. Requires good drainage, preferably a sandy soil, mulching and part shade.

Small, erect, much-branched shrub with fine narrow leaves. Showy displays of reddish-brown, 3-winged seed capsules. Adaptable but needs good drainage.

Dense upright shrub or small tree with clusters of red, usually 3 winged capsules. Good screen or shelter plant. Pollinator attracting. Excellent for providing food and shelter for birds.

Small erect shrub with red, pink or white tubular flowers up the stem in autumn/winter/spring. Bird and bee attracting. Needs well-drained soil in part-shade to full sun.

Shrub with few branches. White tubular flowers at the ends of branches in winter/spring. Requires well drained soil and part sun.

Erect or spreading shrub with bright yellow flowers throughout the year but most prolific in spring. Adaptable to most soil types.

Small to medium open shrub. Bright yellow pea flowers with a red throat in terminal clusters in spring. Tolerates a variety of conditions.

Tasmania's only native grevillea, either prostrate or a low shrub, with small, white, claw-like, scented flowers in spring/summer. Hardy, adaptable to a variety of conditions but best in well-drained soil with full sun.

Open, prickly shrub with cream/pink spider like flowers in winter/spring. Bird attracting. Hardy and adaptable, requiring full sun.

Upright shrub to small tree with sharply pointed leaves with yellow claw-like flowers in spring. Bird attracting and resistant to wildlife browsing.

Open shrub or small tree with pointed leaves. Profuse white/cream flowers in spring/summer. Bird attracting and resistant to wildlife browsing.

Erect, shrub to small tree with thick, sharply pointed leaves. Cream spider-like flowers in autumn. Bird attracting.

Small rigid woody shrub. Prolific creamy-white spider-like flowers in spring. Small woody seed capsules. Prefers moist well-drained position in full sun.

Hardy bushy shrub with tiny, yellow, claw-like flowers crowded along upper branchlets. Flowers spring and summer. Bird attracting and resistant to wildlife browsing.

Small to medium spreading shrub with sharply pointed leaves. Creamy-white flowers along stems in summer. Bird attracting and resistant to wildlife browsing.

Medium erect shrub. Deep mauve pea flowers in late winter/spring. Upper surface of leaves shiny, lower surface hairy.

Attractive small open shrub with arching branches and spikes of small pink-lilac, occasionally white, pea flowers in late winter/spring. Attracts insects.

Shrub with long arching branches with a profusion of white fluffy bottlebrush-like honey scented flowers in spring. Suits well-drained soil. Tolerant of dry conditions. Useful for windbreaks and hedging. Bird and insect attracting.

Perennial shrub with reddish-brown hairy new growth. Suits well-drained sandy areas in sun or part-shade. Salt tolerant.

Medium shrub or small tree with profuse white flowers with red centre in spring/summer. Hardy in moist areas. Good wind break and screen plant. Bird attracting.

Large spreading shrub with solitary terminal white flowers, prolific in autumn. Useful for soil erosion control and low-level planting in windbreaks. Bird attracting.

Tall shrub or small tree with spreading branches. Profuse white/pale pink flowers in spring. Its fast, dense growth makes it useful as a windbreak or hedge. Prefers moist, sandy soil and a sunny position. Bird attracting.

Hardy, erect, dense tall shrub with numerous creamy-white, solitary flowers on side branches. Useful for soil erosion control and low-level planting in windbreaks. Bird and bee attracting.

Rigid shrub, erect and much- branched. Leaves shiny. Flowers large and showy, white with green centres, sometimes with frilled petals, late spring/early summer. Bird attracting. Hardy and suited to wet areas.

Small shrub with reddish young branches. Profuse white solitary terminal flowers in summer. Requires moist well-drained soil.

Hardy medium to tall shrub with conspicuous white perfumed flowers. Prefers full sun. Bird and bee attracting.

Compact shrub with wiry interlacing branches forming silvery grey mounds. Many tiny white/yellow flower heads in terminal clusters. Suited to coastal planting in well-drained soil.

Erect to spreading shrub. Very sweet-scented, large, creamy-white flowers in heavy heads in summer. Needs moist well-drained soil. Bird attracting.

Small to medium shrub with pleasantly scented white or cream flowers in loose terminal spikes in summer. Guitar shaped woody fruit. Needs moist well-drained soil.

Rounded, spreading shrub with white, or rarely pink, bottle-brush type flowers. Fast growing, hardy and an excellent windbreak. Bird attracting.

Tall shrub or small tree with papery bark and terminal cream/white flower spikes in spring. Recommended for wet areas and as a second-line windbreak in coastal conditions. Bee and bird attracting.

Shrub with slender arched branches and small mauve bottlebrush flowers in spring and summer. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. Bird attracting.

Medium erect dense shrub with reddish, hairy new foliage. Lemon yellow, highly perfumed bottlebrush flowers in spring/summer. Useful in shelter belts. Bee and bird attracting.

Much-branched shrub with spreading crown. Profusion of highly perfumed small pale yellow terminal bottlebrush flowers in spring. Suitable for hedging and screening. Bird attracting.

Hardy, small to medium erect shrub with mauve terminal spherical flower clusters in spring and summer. Bird attracting. Best in a moist and sunny position.

Erect shrub with small, sweetly scented, terminal, bottlebrush-like pale yellow flowers. Suits coastal and riparian planting. Suitable for hedging and screening. Bird attracting.

Erect small to medium compact shrub. Greenish-yellow flower spikes in spring. Bird and bee attracting. Provides protection and food for wildlife, erosion control and effective in windbreaks.

Coastal shrub or small tree with small white flowers spotted with purple followed by a dark purple fruit (salty-sweet and edible). Suitable as a hedge or screening plant, especially in well-drained or sandy soil.

Conical tall shrub or small tree. Flowers with white petals and prominent stamens in axillery clusters in spring/summer. Bee attracting. Hardy and useful as a screen or hedge plant.

Small to medium shrub with young growth yellow. Conspicuous and profuse white, short-stalked daisy like flowers in rounded heads in spring/summer. Suits well-drained soils and sunny or semi-shaded sites.

Tall shrub or small tree with a spreading crown - the tallest of the daisy bushes. Large heads of white daisy-like flowers in spring. Bird and bee attracting.

Low spreading much-branched shrub with branches covered with dense fine white hairs. Leaves are tiny, fleshy and stalkless. Daisy flowers are pink/white and profuse in summer and autumn. Bird attracting.

Tall shrub with leaves 6-15cm long. Numerous white daisies in loose clusters in spring. Bird and insect attracting.

Erect shrub with glossy green ovate leaves. Daisy like bright white flowers with a yellow centre in spring/summer. Needs moisture and part shade.

Small upright shrub with small grey-green, toothed, aromatic leaves. Daisy flowers, usually white, in dense terminal clusters in spring/summer. Needs a well-drained sunny spot. Bird attracting.

Small to medium shrub with tiny narrow leaves. Numerous small, white, occasionally blue, flowers in the leaf axils in spring/summer. Bird attracting.

Much-branched shrub. Young shoots/leaves often sticky. Numerous white daisy flowers with yellow centres are in terminal clusters in summer. Prefers well-drained moisture retaining soil and a semi-shaded site. Bird attracting.

Hardy erect shrub with bright orange-yellow pea flowers in loose clusters in spring. Bird attracting. Seed pods have silky hairs. Requires well drained soil.

Spreading, much-branched shrub with perfumed golden yellow pea flowers in dense terminal clusters in spring. Seed pods have silky hairs. Nitrogen nodules in the roots - good for revegetation.

Shrub or small tree; open, woody and aromatic. Small white daisy flowers in large clusters at ends of main and lateral branches that remain for long periods in summer. Adaptable to a wide range of soils and positions.

Dwarf to small shrub with small heart shaped leaves. Golden yellow flower heads in dense almost flat clusters in spring. Full to part sun and well drained soil.

Small shrub with tiny leaves closely pressed to hairy white stems. Small cream flowers with brown bracts in terminal heads in spring. Needs well drained moist soil in full sun.

Attractive, rare, slender shrub. Cream flowers with prominent yellow stamens in terminal clusters in spring/summer. Thrives in a well-drained part shade spot or in a pot.

Slender shrub with dark green glossy leaves. White/pink heads of flowers at ends of main branches in spring. Bird and butterfly attracting. Needs a well drained site; part/full sun.

Hardy slender spreading shrub with sharply pointed triangular leaves on wiry stems. Large kidney-shaped yellow and red pea flowers in spring/summer. Suits well-drained part-shade position.

Tall shrub to small tree. Numerous small cream flowers in terminal pyramid shaped clusters in spring. Good for stabilising banks of streams and screen planting. Bird and bee attracting. Low flammability.

Hardy shrub or small tree with profuse yellow flowers in terminal clusters in spring. Tolerates full/part sun. Prefers moist well-drained soil.

Large shrub to small tree with aromatic foliage. Flowers prolifically in summer - white or pale lilac, spotted with deep purple. Bird and bee attracting. Needs full sun and excellent drainage.

Aromatic shrub. Lilac/purple flowers in showy sprays in spring. Bird attracting. Require full sun and excellent drainage.

Slender shrub. Masses of yellow pea flowers with a red-brown petal at the base clustered at ends of branches in spring. Requires well-drained soil and part-shade.

Erect, much-branched, prickly shrub. Orange-yellow petalled pea flowers in spring/summer. Will form thickets. Bird attracting.

Erect branched shrub with tapered leaves, with the base of the leaves sheathing branches. White flowers like rice grains in large dense terminal spikes in winter/spring. Needs well-drained soil/part shade.

Erect perennial herb, branched from the base. Sweetly scented white flowers in terminal spikes in spring/summer. Butterfly attracting.

Large shrub or small tree with red stems. Glossy leaves. Small yellow flowers with male and female on different plants in spring/summer. Tolerates shade. Black berries used as a culinary spice.

Upright shrub or small tree. Showy terminal scarlet/red flower heads up to 8cm across with 15-20 small flowers. Bird attracting. Best results at higher altitude in well-drained cool moist sites.

Hardy, rounded, much-branched shrub. Pale lilac flowers near ends of branches in spring. Needs well-drained soil and part-shade.

Hardy much-branched shrub with highly aromatic greyish foliage. Small white/pink flowers in clusters on short stalks in spring/summer. Needs well-drained sunny position.