20 Drought Tolerant Australian Native Plants
Darren Rowse at ProBlogger, the writer of a Blog that I periodically check, has asked folk to make a list of whatever suits their own blog and pass on a link. Some of these activities don’t suit my blog at all but lists are a different matter. I am constantly making lists of plants and seeds and cuttings so, because we have had so little rain this winter, a list of some of my favourite drought tolerant (after establishment) plants seems appropriate. Photos can be seen here.
20 Drought Tolerant Australian Native Plants
Alyogyne huegelii -large shrub
Billardiera (was Sollya) heterophylla Fine leafed form, dark blue flowers -twiner
Callistemon phoeniceus -large shrub
Callistemon viminalis -large shrub
Calothamnus homolophyllus -small shrub
Correa ‘Pink Mist’ -small shrub
Correa reflexa ‘Sellicks Beach’ -small shrub
Eremophila glabra prostrate, red flowered, grey leaf form -ground cover
Eremophila hillii various flower colours -small shrub
Eremophila subteretifolia -ground cover
Goodenia varia -ground cover
Grevillea lavandulacea (Monarto Form)-small shrub
Grevillea ‘Winpara Gem’-medium shrub
Grevillea thelemanniana hybrid -medium shrub
Melaleuca hueglii -large shrub
Melaleuca incana variety ‘Nana’ -small shrub
Melaleuca glaberrimma -small to medium shrub
Nematolepis phebaleoides -small shrub
Olearia picridifolia -small shrub
Scholtzia oligandra -small shrub
Senna sturtii -small to medium shrub
I did have the photos linked to each species named, until I realised that for the programme being used, I needed to save all the photos to another category called Drought Tolerant Native Plants. That is the next job.
Nice job! Found your list through Problogger and while the Mallee is a bit far out of the way for a shopping trip (from Melbourne) I will certainly be using your site to plan changes to the garden. Not a lot of rain around here these days.
No rain here either, Vincent. The subsoil has no moisture at all. I am planning to ‘raid’ some nurseries in the Melbourne area later in the year.
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this is a good site but i think it needs more wellknown plants. It has been very helpful as i have been designing a native garden that doesn’t have much water usage. thanks a load -Bella
When I look at that list, they are well known plants in South Australia. I will need to do a list of other plants around the nation.