Some drought tolerant native plants at the ANBG

Plants less than 1 metre | Plants to 2 metres | Plants over 3 metres

Many of the listed species have been growing in areas (like the front carpark and entrance) where irrigation has not been supplied from between 12 months and 5 years. They appear to be growing fairly well. We have listed species as well as cultivars.

Plants less than 1 metre

Acacia ‘Gold Lace’
Acacia flexifolia
Atriplex semibaccata
Brachycome ‘ Break o Day’
Brachycome ‘Roulette’
Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Chrysocephalum semipapposum
Correa ‘Dusky Bells’
Correa ‘ Marion’s Marvel’
Dianella revoluta
Gastrolobium sericeum
Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘ Julie-Ann’
Lomandra longifolia
Myoporum ‘ Monaro Marvel’
Olearia astroloba
Olearia iodochroa
Stypandra glauca
Local grasses

Plants to 2 metres

Acacia buxifolia
Acacia genistifolia
Acacia papyrocarpa
Acacia siculiformis
Allocasuarina distyla
Atriplex nummularia
Atriplex rhagodioides
Callistemon brachyandrus
Callistemon linearis
Callistemon sieberi
Cassinia longifolia
Cassinia quinquefaria
Dodonaea viscosa
Grevillea ‘Canterbury Gold’
Grevillea ‘Golden Sparkle’
Grevillea ‘Raspberry Red’
Grevillea wilkinsonii
Leptospermum ‘Lemon Frost’
Philotheca ‘Poorinda’

Plants over 3 metres

Acacia covenyi
Acacia pendula
Melaleuca elliptica
Melaleuca hamulosa