Bush Foods

Bush Foods Collection One

1. Coprosma quadrifida 'Native Currant' - Masses of red juicy berries

• Edible part: Fruit.

2. Tasmannia lanceolata 'Tasmanian Pepper' - spicy black berries

• Edible parts: Fruit and leaves.

3. Ozothamnus obcordatus 'Native Thyme' - native seasoning

• Edible part: Leaves.

4. Salicornia quinqueflora 'Sea Asparagus' - succulent greens with a hint of the sea

• Edible parts: Young stems.

Bush Foods Collection Two

1. Billardiera scandens 'Apple Dumplings' - sweet yellow berries

• Edible part: Fruit.

2. Dianella tasmanica 'Blue Flax Lily'. - Sprays of beautiful dark blue berries

• Edible part: Fruit.

3. Arthropodium strictum 'Chocolate Lily' - Chocolate scented flowers (not edible but an olfactory delight)

• Edible part: Tuber.

4. Lomandra longifolia 'Sagg' - an underrated plant with subtle beauty

• Edible part: Young leaves, flowers and seeds.

Bush Foods Collection Three

1. Acacia sophorae 'Coastal Wattle' - spice up your daily bread or cake

• Edible part: Seeds.

2. Suaeda australis 'Seablite' - mineral packed greens

• Edible parts: Tips and leaves.

3 . Kunzea ambigua 'Sweet White Kunzea' - fragrant, soothing pick-me-up

• Edible part: Leaves.

4. Carpobrotus rossii 'Native Pigface' - sweet, juicy treat

• Edible parts: Fruit and Leaves.
• Bush food recipes included with the detailed growing and germination notes.

Bush Foods Collection Four

Burchardia umbellata 'Milk Maids'

• Edible part: Tubers

Gaultheria hispida 'Snow Berry'

• Edible part: Berries

Kennedia prostrata 'Running Postman'

• Edible part: Nectar

Wahlenbergia multicaulis 'Bushy Bluebell'

• Edible part: Flowers

Other Collections

Australian Eucalypts Collection

Add colour, butterflies and birds to your garden.

Create your own natural native habitat with minimum water usage.

1. Corymbia ficifolia 'West Australian Red Flowering Gum'

• A dense, rounded small tree 5.0 -7.0m
• Fast growth rate in any soil with fair drainage
• Good for screen, windbreak and specimen planting
• Masses or red (pink/orange) flowers in summer
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Highly ornamental

2. Eucalyptus forrestiana 'Fuschia Gum'

• A weeping small tree 4.0- 6.0m.
• Fast growing in any soil with good drainage
• Masses of red and yellow flowers in winter to late summer
• Ornamental pendulous gum nuts
• Bird attracting
• Highly ornamental

3. Eucalyptus lansdowneana 'Lilac Mallee Box'

• A weeping small tree 4.0- 5.0m.
• Fast growing in any soil with good drainage
• Masses of lilac flowers in summer
• Bird attracting
• Highly ornamental

4. Eucalyptus lehmannii 'Bushy Yate'

• A dense, small bushy tree 2.5-4.0m.
• Fast growing in any soil with fair drainage
• Masses of yellow flowers in spring to autumn
• Ornate buds, flowers and nuts
• Bird attracting
• Highly ornamental

Australian Coastal Collection

These plants are a colourful addition to a coastal garden. They will grow just as happily in any garden. Save water and drought proof your natural space with a hint of the seaside.

1. Dianella brevicaulis 'Shortstem Flax Lily'

• Tuft - forming Lily to 0.8m.
• Blue flowers followed by vibrant purple berries
• Will grow in most soils including sand
• Drought tolerant - water saver

2. Leucophyta brownii 'Cushion Bush'

• Rigid ground covering bush to 1.0m
• Very attractive silvery white foliage
• Yellow button flowers
• Will grow in any soils including sand
• Drought tolerant - water saver

3. Disphyma crassifolium 'Round Pigface'

• Prostrate ground covering succulent
• Stunning magenta daisy -like flowers in spring and summer
• Will grow in most soils including sand
• Salt tolerant
• Drought tolerant -water saver

4. Dodonaea viscosa 'Native Hop Bush'

• Shrub to small tree 2.0 - 6.0m.
• Masses of ornamental, papery red fruit in summer
• Will grow in most soils including sand
• Drought tolerant - water saver

Fern Collection

A stunning collection of some of Tasmania's most beautiful ferns

1 . Dicksonia antarctica 'Manfern, Soft Tree Fern

• Magnificent Tasmanian iconic fern
• Large 'trunk' forming fern with soft foliage to 3m +
• Tolerant of very cold conditions
• Part to full shade
• Highly ornamental

2. Cyathea australis 'Rough Tree Fern'

• Long lived tree fern
• Grows 2.0 -3.0m
• Large glossy dark green fronds to 2.0m
• Extremely hardy
• Full sun to part shade
• Highly ornamental

3. Blechnum nudum 'Fishbone Water Fern'

• Very hardy ground fern to 1.0m
• Tolerant of wet or poorly drained soils
• Clustered fronds 25-60cm long
• Dark and glossy foliage
• Shade tolerant

4. Todea barbara 'King Fern'

• Very hardy ground fern
• Fronds to 1.0m
• Dark green and glossy foliage
• Part sun to part shade
• Good tub specimen
• Highly ornamental

Wildflower Collection

Create a magical native flower garden utilising these Tasmanian beauties.

1. Wahlenbergia multicaulis 'Bushy Bluebell'

• Many stemmed perennial to 0.6m
• Masses of striking blue, cup-shaped flowers in spring and summer
• Easy to grow
• Will grow in most soils except very wet
• Full sun
• Cut back after flowering
• Easy care native

2. Arthropodium milleflorum 'Vanilla Lily'

• Beautiful perennial with stunning pale lilac star-shaped flowers in spring and summer
• Bush food - tubers can be eaten raw or roasted
• Will grow in most soils except very wet
• Full sun
• Cut back after flowering
• Easy care native

3. Craspedia glauca 'Billy Buttons'

• Herbaceous perennial to 0.5m
• Stunning single yellow button flower heads in spring
• Will grow in most soils except very wet
• Full sun
• Easy care native

4. Viola betonicifolia 'Showy Violet'

• Rare and unusual perennial herb
• Large pink to violet flowers in spring
• Will grow in most soils except very wet
• Full sun to part shade
• Easy care native

Ground Covers and Climbers Collection

These species will add great contrast in foliage and colour to your garden.

Clematis aristata 'Travellers Joy'

• A beautiful climber with white star flowers in spring
• Decorative seed heads
• Good for flower arrangements
• Will grow in all soils
• Easy care

Dichondra repens 'Kidney Plant'

• Spreading prostrate ground cover with kidney shaped leaves
• Ideal for rockeries and lawns.
• Good for those places where nothing else will grow
• Easy to germinate
• Will grow in any soils
• Full sun or part shade
• Easy care

Billardiera longiflora 'Purple Appleberry'

• Attractive climber with green/pale yellow flowers in spring and summer
• Glossy dark leaves
• Large vibrant purple berries
• Will grow in any soils
• Shade tolerant
• Easy care

Scaevola aemula 'Fairy Fan Flower'

• A rare mat forming wildflower
• Glossy dark green leaves to 5cm
• Masses of blue flowers in spring and summer
• Easy to grow
• Will grow in most soils
• Shade tolerant
• Winter dormant
• Easy care

Bird Attracting Natives - Collection One

1. Calothamnus quadrifidus 'One Sided Bottlebrush'

• Shrub 1.0 - 1.5m
• Use for shelter, screen, hedge or specimen
• Any soils with good drainage
• Best in full sun
• Drought tolerant
• Wind firm
• Moderately frost hardy
• Flowering spring to autumn
• Bird attracting
• Prune as required.

2. Melaleuca squamea 'Pink Paperbark'

• Neat rounded shrub 1.5 - 2.0m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for shelter, screen, hedge or specimen
• Full sun to part shade
• Very drought tolerant
• Any soils - wet or dry
• Good for septic overflow systems
• Very drought tolerant
• Frost hardy
• Bird and butterfly attracting

3. Kunzea baxteri 'Scarlet Kunzea'

• Compact rounded shrub 1.5 - 1.8m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for shrubberies, garden or specimen
• Full sun to part shade
• Moderately frost hardy
• Very drought tolerant
• Very wind firm
• Flowering spring and summer
• Any soils with fair drainage
• Bird attracting

4. Hakea laurina 'Pincushion Hakea'

• Dense rounded shrub 3.0 - 3.5m
• Growth rate medium to fast
• Use for screen, windbreak or specimen
• Full sun to part shade
• Any soil with fair drainage
• Very drought resistant
• Moderately frost hardy
• Flowers in winter
• Bird attracting
• Tip prune only

Bird Attracting Natives - Collection Two

1. Melaleuca diosmifolia 'Lime Green Bottlebrush'

• Neat rounded shrub 2.5 - 3.0m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for shelter, screen, hedge or specimen
• Any soils - wet or dry
• Good for septic overflow systems
• Full sun to part shade
• Moderately frost hardy
• Very drought tolerant
• Lime green flowers in spring and summer
• Clips well as a hedge
• Bird and butterfly attracting

2. Melaleuca decussata 'Mauve Paperbark'

• Dense rounded shrub 1.5 - 1.8m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for shelter, screen, hedge or specimen
• Any soils - wet or dry
• Good for septic overflow systems
• Very frost hardy
• Very drought tolerant
• Flowers in spring and summer
• Clips well as a hedge
• Bird and butterfly attracting

3. Callistemon citrinus 'Crimson Bottlebrush'

• Dense rounded shrub 2.5 - 3.0m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for screen, windbreak or specimen
• Any soils - wet or dry
• Good for septic overflow systems
• Full sun to partial shade
• Moderately frost hardy
• Very drought resistant
• Flowers in spring and summer
• Can be clipped as a hedge
• Bird attracting

4. Melaleuca linarifolia 'Snow in Summer'

• Very dense rounded shrub - small tree 4.0 -8.0m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for screen, windbreak, hedge, specimen or avenues
• Any soils - will cope with wet feet
• Good for septic overflow systems
• Full sun
• Moderately frost hardy
• Very drought resistant
• Masses of white flowers in spring
• Source of tea tree oil
• Bird attracting

Waratah Collection

1. Telopea truncata 'Tasmanian Waratah'

• Shrub 1.5 - 2.0m
• Use in shrubberies
• Frost and snow hardy
• Full sun to part shade
• Requires some summer water
• Masses of large red flowers in spring to early summer
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Fantastic cut flower

2. Telopea speciosissima 'NSW Waratah'

• Shrub 1.5 - 5.0m
• Use in shrubberies or specimen planting
• Full sun to part shade
• Requires some summer water
• Full sun to part shade
• Large red flowers early summer
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Fantastic cut flower

3. Telopea oreades 'Gippsland Waratah'

• Shrub 1.5 - 5.0m
• Use in shrubberies or specimen planting
• Full sun to part shade
• Requires some summer water
• Large red spider flowers in spring to early summer
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Fantastic cut flower

4. Agastachys odorata 'White Waratah'

• Upright shrub to 2.0m
• Full sun to part shade
• Requires some summer water
• Use in ferneries, specimen planting
• Strongly scented cream flowers in late spring to early summer
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Fantastic cut flower

Australian Scented Plant Collection

1. Prostanthera lasianthos 'Mountain Lilac'

• Shrub 3.0 +
• Frost hardy
• Upper branches dark red
• Lilac or white flowers with purple markings in summer
• Highly perfumed
• Ornamental
• Butterfly attracting

2. Melaleuca pustulata 'Sweet Scented Paperbark'

• Compact shrub to 2.5m
• Full sun to part shade
• Frost hardy
• Drought tolerant once established
• Masses of creamy yellow flowers in spring and summer
• Highly perfumed
• Ornamental
• Bird and butterfly attracting

3. Hymenosporum flavum 'Native Frangipani'

• Small tree 5.0m+
• Growth rate fast
• Full sun to part shade
• Moderately frost tolerant
• Drought resistant once established
• Masses of yellow flowers in summer
• Highly perfumed
• Bird attracting
• Will take coastal exposure

4. Asterotrichion discolour 'Native Hemp'

• Shrub to 3.0m
• Growth rate fast
• Use for screen and specimen planting
• Full sun to part shade
• Cream flowers in winter
• Highly perfumed
• Bird and butterfly attracting
• Will tolerate very wet or very dry conditions