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$2.50Scrub Sheoak is a medium open or dense shrub with fine foliage, 50cm-2m high x 1-2m wide. Planting info: Does best in moist soil. Tolerates bad drainage. Full sun. Dense screen plant for poorly drained positions. Bird habitat.
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$2.50Sea Celery grows between 30cm and 50cm spreading out up to 50cm in diameter. Loves sun and in partial shade. Planting info: Well drained, moist soil. Good in pots.
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$2.50Sea Parsley is a peppery tasting plant that grows up to about 25-30cm high spreading out to 1m wide. Sea Parsley can handle hot conditions right through to cold weather. Planting info: Pick a spot in full sun to part shade with well-drained soil.
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$2.50Chocolate Lily Tufted foliage to 30cm x 30cm with tall stems of chocolate scented mauve flowers in spring to summer. Chocolate Lily dies down late summer to edible tubers. Planting info: Likes full sun to part shade and moist to well drained soils. Drier in summer.
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$2.50Silver Banksia is a evergreen tall shrub or small tree. Attractive foliage, cones of yellow flowers in autumn and winter. Planting info: Most soils, tolerates wetness, dryness, lime, salt soils, frost and light snow. Coastal.
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$2.50This native Bulbine Lily grows 15cm with the flower spike bearing numerous star shaped yellow flowers to 30 cm. Planting info: Will grow in all Australian climates. Suits rockery, borders or pot plant.
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Tall Sedge is a robust dense sedge, 50cm – 1.2m high x 50cm – 1m wide. Planting info: Most soils, tolerating periods of inundation. Useful for stabilising eroded stream banks and landslips. Full sun.
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Windmill Grass is an open or compact tufted grass 15-45cm high forming a dense low crown. Bluish green narrow rough leaves to 15cm long. Flower heads look like windmill blades. Planting info: Well-drained sandy soil in full sun. Rocky plains and poor soils.
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Swamp Billy Buttons are a tufted perennial herb. Yellow globular heads on stalks, 15-40cm long, appear in spring. Planting info: Moist to boggy soils in full sun. Great in a wetland or near a dam edge.
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Flax Lily is 1.2m high. Clusters of nodding star-shaped, bright blue flowers in spring and summer are followed by deep blue berries. Good for basket weaving. Planting info: Well-drained soil, in full sun or part shade. Frost resistant. Very hardy.
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Bog Gum tree, 5-8m high. Smooth bark, yellow, white or grey, often shedding in ribbons. Yellow flowers over summer. Screen and shelter belts. Planting info: Suitable for wet soil. Boggy, marsh conditions. Fast growing, coastal conditions an inland tree.
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Yellow Box is a graceful medium to tall tree, 30-35cm high. Blue-green foliage with white or cream flowers in spring and summer. Planting info: Well-drained soil tolerating dryness. Good shade, shelter, fodder and honey tree. Ornamental.
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Knobby club-rush is a dense tufted native rush with stiff stems. Rounded brown flower knobs in summer. Height 60cm x width 1m. Planting info: Suit damp or moist sandy soil. Extremely hardy. Coastal and 2nd line planting. Drought tolerant, frost, saline soils and salt spray.
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Shore Rush is a perennial herb to 1.2m, forming a large clumps, stems arising from creeping rhizome. Occurs in saline habitats. Inflorescence bronze flowers November-December. Planting info:
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Tall Rush, a tufted, rhizomatous perennial rush, 1-2m high x 60cm-1.5m wide. Planting info: Damp, well-drained soil in part sun in sheltered situations. Useful for erosion control. Ideal plant for rockery, bush garden or by the pond.
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Muntries are a hardy, low growing shrub, to 50cm high x 1-5m spread. Dense fluffy white flowers in spring are followed by edible berries which have an apple-like flavour. Planting info: Well-drained soil, suiting both coastal and inland areas. Full sun or part shade. Drought tolerant. Prune to manage spread.
