| Acacia acinacea
synonym: Racosperma acinaceum | gold dust wattle | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Well Drained | 0.5-2.5 m x 2-4 m |
| Acacia dealbata
3 synonyms: Acacia decurrens var. dealbata, Mimosa dealbata, Racosperma dealbatum | blue wattle, muryan, silver wattle | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist | 6-30 m x 5-10 m |
| Acacia genistifolia
2 synonyms: Phyllodoce genistifolia, Racosperma genistifolium | early wattle, spreading wattle | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Prickly Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist | 3 m x 3 m |
| Acacia myrtifolia
2 synonyms: Mimosa myrtifolia, Racosperma myrtifolium | myrtle wattle | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (bulk) Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Sandy, Clay, Well Drained | 1-3 m x 1-2 m |
| Acacia pycnantha
synonym: Racosperma pycnanthum | golden wattle | Tree (up to 6 m), Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist, Well Drained
Roasted seeds and gum can be eaten. Bark used as a sedative for rheumatism.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 3-10 m x 2-5 m |
| Acacia stricta
3 synonyms: Mimosa stricta, Phyllodoce stricta, Racosperma strictum | hop wattle, straight wattle | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (bulk), Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Sandy, Moist | 2-5 m x 2-4 m |
| Acacia verticillata
4 synonyms: Acacia verticillata var. angusta, Mimosa verticillata, Phyllodoce verticillata, Racosperma verticillatum | prickly-leaved wattle, prickly mimosa, prickly moses, star-leaved wattle, whorl-leaved acacia | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Hedging, Prickly Partial Shade Sandy, Clay, Moist, Wet | 2-5 m x 3-5 m |
| Arthropodium strictum
synonym: Dichopogon strictus | chocolate lily | Lily, Grass Like / Strappy, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Nature Strip, Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Well Drained
Tubers can be eaten raw or roasted but the chocolate scented flowers are not edible. The tubers are juicy and slightly bitter in taste.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 0.2-1.2 m x 20-80 cm |
| Banksia cunninghamii
synonym: Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii | hairpin banksia | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home) Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 2-4 m x 2-5 m |
| Bulbine bulbosa
5 synonyms: Anthericum bulbosum, Blephanthera depressa, Bulbine australis, Bulbinopsis bulbosa, Phalangium bulbosum | bulbine lily, golden lily, leek lily, native leek, native onion, wild onion, yellow onion weed | Lily, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained
Tubers can be roasted and eaten, they are sweet tasting and contain calcium and iron.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 20-60 cm x 30 cm |
| Bursaria spinosa
synonym: Bursaria spinosa var. normalis | blackthorn, boxthorn, kurwan (d'harawal), sweet bursaria, tupy | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Prickly Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Well Drained | 6 m x 3 m |
| Chrysocephalum semipapposum
3 synonyms: Argyrocome semipapposa, Gnaphalium semipapposum, Helichrysum semipapposum | clustered everlasting | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk), Nature Strip Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist | 50 cm x 1 m |
| Correa reflexa | common correa | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk) Full Sun, Partial Shade Well Drained | 2 m x 1-2 m |
| Eucalyptus cephalocarpa
synonym: Eucalyptus cinerea var. multiflora | mealy stringybark, silver-leaf stringybark, silver stringybark | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Sandy, Clay, Moist, Wet | 8-20 m x 5-15 m |
| Eucalyptus globoidea | white stringybark | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 30 m x 20 m |
| Eucalyptus goniocalyx
synonym: Eucalyptus aff. goniocalyx | bundy, bundy box, long-leaf box, long-leaved box, olive-barked box | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Infertile, Dry, Well Drained | 8-20 m x 6-15 m |
| Eucalyptus macrorhyncha | red stringybark | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Infertile, Well Drained | 10-35 m x 10-20 m |
| Eucalyptus melliodora | honey-scented gum, honey box, yellow box, yellow ironbark, yellow ironbox | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (bulk) Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Well Drained | 10-30 m x 8-25 m |
| Eucalyptus obliqua | brown top, brown top stringbark, messmate, messmate stringybark, stringybark, tasmanian oak | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 20-70 m x 10-35 m |
| Eucalyptus ovata
synonym: Eucalyptus gunnii var. ovata | black gum, swamp gum | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Infertile, Moist, Poorly Drained | 30 m x 20 m |
| Eucalyptus radiata | black peppermint, forth river peppermint, grey peppermint, narrow-leafed peppermint, new south wales messmate | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist, Well Drained | 10-30 m x 6-20 m |
| Eucalyptus viminalis
3 synonyms: Eucalyptus angustifolia, Eucalyptus gunnii, Eucalyptus viminalis var. rhynchocorys | manna gum, ribbon gum, white gum | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun Moist
Sugary sap can be eaten, and flowers soaked in water make a sweet drink.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 10-50 m x 8-15 m |
| Eucalyptus yarraensis | yarra gum | Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Clay, Moist, Wet, Poorly Drained | 10-20 m x 5-10 m |
| Goodenia ovata
synonym: Goodenoughia ovata | hop goodenia | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk), Cottage Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist | 1-2.5 m x 1-3 m |
| Hakea decurrens ssp. physocarpa | bushy needlewood | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Prickly Full Sun, Partial Shade Dry, Moist | 2-5 m x 1-3 m |
| Hardenbergia violacea
synonym: Glycine violacea | false sarsaparilla, native sarsaparilla, purple coral pea, sarsparilla vine | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Climber / Scrambler / Creeper, Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk), Nature Strip, Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Sandy, Clay, Infertile, Dry, Moist, Well Drained
To make a tea, the leaves need to be initially boiled, then dried.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 2-6 m x 2-3 m |
| Kunzea leptospermoides | burgan, yarra burgan | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 2-5 m x 2-4 m |
| Leptospermum continentale
synonym: Leptospermum juniperinum | prickly tea-tree | Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Prickly Full Sun, Partial Shade Sandy, Clay, Moist, Wet, Well Drained | 1.2 m x 1.2 |
| Leptospermum lanigerum
2 synonyms: Leptospermum australe, Philadelphus laniger | Woolly Teatree | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Tree (up to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Hedging Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Wet, Poorly Drained | 2-6 m x 1-3 m |
| Leptospermum scoparium
synonym: Leptospermum aff. continentale | black tea-tree, broom tea-tree, manuka, mānuka myrtle, new zealand teatree, prickly tea-tree | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting, Hedging, Prickly Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist | 1-4 m x 1-2 m |
| Melaleuca ericifolia
2 synonyms: Cajuputi ericifolia, Myrtoleucodendron ericifolium | Swamp Paperbark | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Large Tree (over 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist | 2-9 m x 3 m |
| Melicytus dentatus
4 synonyms: Hymenanthera banksii, Hymenanthera dentata, Hymenanthera sp. aff. dentata, Melicytus sp. aff. dentatus | tree violet | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting Partial Shade Fertile, Moist, Well Drained | 2-4 m x 1-2.5 m |
| Myoporum petiolatum
synonym: Myoporum sp. 1 | sticky boobialla | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Hedging, May not be Indigenous to Whitehorse Full Sun Dry, Well Drained | 0.5-2 m x 1.5-2 m |
| Pandorea pandorana
synonym: Pandorea pandorana subsp. pandorana | wonga vine | Climber / Scrambler / Creeper, Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Wet, Well Drained | climbs to 6 m |
| Pelargonium australe
2 synonyms: Geraniospermum australe, Geranium australe | austral stork's-bill, native storksbill, wild geranium | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk), Nature Strip, Cottage Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 30-60 cm x 0.3-1 m |
| Prostanthera lasianthos | coranderrk, victorian christmas-bush | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained
Aromatic leaves can be used to make tea or flavour food.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 2-6 m x 2-5 m |
| Solanum aviculare | kangaroo apple, pam plum | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade Moist, Well Drained
Has berries which are poisonous while green, but edible once orange.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 1-4 m x 1-4 m |
| Stylidium armeria
synonym: Stylidium graminifolium var graminifolium | thrift-leaved trigger-plant | Grass Like / Strappy, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Cottage Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained | 20-60 cm x 20-30 cm |
| Wahlenbergia capillaris
2 synonyms: Campanula capillaris, Wahlenbergia communis | tufted bluebell | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bee Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use Full Sun, Partial Shade Moist, Well Drained
Petals are edible.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! | 15-50 cm x 15 cm |