
Many Australian plants and flowers native to different regions of Australia are increasingly popular with both landscapers and home gardeners.
These native Australian plants include wildflowers, bush tucker plants, and screening trees and are readily available online.
Their popularity is due to their diverse range of foliage and flowers and the drought-tolerant nature of Australian native plants.
In recent years, significant progress has been made in developing new hybrid species and grafted specimens of native Australian plants. These improved varieties result in better-shaped plants and more vibrant and colourful displays. Grafted forms, in particular, enable many native flowering plants to thrive consistently in different soil and climate conditions.
Below, we have compiled a list of Australian Plants suitable for both home gardens and landscaping purposes, along with some common names. You can also find links to detailed information on individual species and online nurseries specialising in Australian native plants.
Australian Native Plants Alphabetical List A to Z
- Acacia
- Acacia aphylla
- Acacia applanata
- Acacia argyrophylla
- Acacia baileyana
- Acacia binervia
- Acacia boormanii
- Acacia caerulescens
- Acacia cardiophylla
- Acacia cardiophylla
- Acacia cognata
- Acacia cognata fettuccine
- Acacia cultriformis
- Acacia floribunda
- Acacia glaucoptera
- Acacia Honey Bun
- Acacia kempeana
- Acacia lasiocarpa
- Acacia leprosa
- Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze'
- Acacia linifolia
- Acacia Longifolia
- Acacia pravissima
- Acacia pycnantha
- Acacia spectabilis
- Acacia trees for sale
- Acacia verniciflua
- Acacia willdenowiana
- Acacia williamsonii
- Acmena smithii 'Allyn Magic'
- Acmena smithii 'Forest Flame'
- Acmena smithii var. Minor
- Acronychia acidula
- Actinodium cunninghanii
- Actinotus helianthi
- Adenanthos cuneatus
- Adenanthos sericeus
- Adiantum aethiopicum
- Agathis microstachya
- Ajuga australis - The Austral Bugle
- Allocasuarina
- Allocasuarina littoralis
- Allocasuarina luehmannii
- Allocasuarina torulosa
- Alyogyne hakeifolia
- Alyogyne huegelii
- Anigozanthos
- Apium annuum
- Araucaria cunninghamianii
- Arthropodium strictum
- Astartea Plants and Species
- Atriplex nummularia
- Australian Native Aquatic Plants
- Australian Native Citrus Trees
- Australian Native Flowers
- Australian Native Grasses
- Australian Native Lilies
- Australian Native Plants for Sale
- Australian Native Plants online list for Garden and Landscape
- Australian Native Rushes
- Australian Native Sedges
- Australian Native Seeds
- Austromyrtus tenuifolia
- Babingtonia
- Baeckea
- Baeckea virgata
- Baloskion tetraphyllum
- Banksia 'Coastal Cushion'
- Banksia 'Yellow Wing'
- Banksia arctotidis
- Banksia blechnifolia
- Banksia drummondii
- Banksia ericifolia
- Banksia ericifolia 'Little Eric'
- Banksia formosa
- Banksia integrifolia
- Banksia Menziesii
- Banksia Nivea
- Banksia occidentalis
- Banksia serrata
- Banksia spinulosa
- Banksia Varieties
- Bauera
- Beaufortia
- Billardiera
- Blandfordia grandiflora
- Blechnum Nudum
- Boronia
- Boronia 'Jack Maguire's Red'
- Boronia 'Purple Jared'
- Boronia heterophylla
- Boronia megastigma
- Boronia megastigma lutea
- Boronia molloyae
- Boronia muelleri
- Brachychiton
- Brachychiton acerifolius
- Brachychiton bella donna
- Brachychiton bidwillii
- Brachychiton Clarabelle
- Brachychiton populneus
- Brachychiton Rupestris
- Brachyscome formosa
- Brachyscome multifida
- Bracteantha bracteata
- Buckinghamia celsissima
- Bush Tucker Plants
- Caladenia latifolia
- Caladenia Orchids
- Caladenia phaeoclavia
- Callistemon
- Callistemon 'Western Glory'
- Callistemon viminalis
- Callistemon viminalis ‘Dawson River Weeper’
- Callitris
- Calostemma
- Calothamnus quadrifidus
- Calytrix species
- Carpobrotus glaucescens
- Carpobrotus rossii - Karkalla or Native Pigface
- Castanospermum australe
- Casuarina
- Casuarina glauca prostrate
- Cephalotus follicularis
- Ceratopetalum gummiferum
- Chamelaucium - The Geraldton Wax Flower
- Chamelaucium floriferum
- Chorizema
- Chorizema cordatum
- Chorizema varium
- Chrsyocephalum apiculatum
- Chrysocephalum semipapposum
- Clematis aristata
- Conospermum stoechadis
- Conospermum triplinervium
- Conostylis aculeata
- Conostylis bealiana
- Conostylis candicans
- Conostylis juncea - Dwarf Cotton heads
- Conostylis setigera 'Lemon lights'
- Coronidium elatum
- Correa 'Lemon Twist'
- Correa alba
- Correa Plants
- Correa pulchella
- Correa reflexa
- Corymbia aparrerinja
- Corymbia ficifolia
- Corymbia Mini Orange
- Craspedia variabilis
- Crinum pedunculatum
- Crowea
- Crowea saligna
- Cyathea cooperi
- Damperia stricta
- Dampiera
- Dampiera linearis
- Dampiera rosmarinifolia
- Dampieria purpurea
- Darwinia citriodora
- Darwinia lejostyla
- Darwinia macrostegia
- Darwinia meeboldii
- Darwinia taxifolia subsp. macrolaena
- Daviesia
- Daviesia horrida
- Dendrobium gracilicaule
- Dendrobium tetragonum
- Dianella
- Dicksonia antarctica
- Diospyros
- Diplarrena
- Diploglottis australis
- Diplolaena
- Diplolaena angustifolia
- Diplolaena grandiflora
- Dipodium rosem
- Diuris amplissima
- Diuris behrii
- Diuris conspicillata
- Diuris longifolia
- Diuris Orchids - The Donkey Orchids
- Diuris orientis
- Diuris sulphurea
- Dodonaea
- Doodia aspera
- Doodia media
- Doryanthes excelsa
- Doryanthes palmeri
- Dracophyllum secundum
- Dryandra Species
- Dwarf Flowering Gums
- Elaeocarpus angustifolius
- Elaeocarpus eumundi
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus
- Elythranthera Orchids
- Enchylaena tomentosa - Ruby Saltbush
- Epacris
- Epacris impressa
- Epacris reclinata
- Eremophila
- Eremophila bignonifolia x polyclada
- Eremophila calorhabdos x splendens
- Eremophila drummondii x nivea
- Eremophila glabra
- Eremophila hygrophana
- Eremophila maculata
- Eremophila nivea
- Eremophila platycalyx
- Eriostemon australasius
- Eryngium ovinum
- Eucalyptus albida
- Eucalyptus bridgesiana
- Eucalyptus caesia
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis
- Eucalyptus cephalocarpa
- Eucalyptus cinerea
- Eucalyptus gregsoniana
- Eucalyptus gunnii (Cider Gum)
- Eucalyptus kruseana
- Eucalyptus lacrimans
- Eucalyptus lehmannii
- Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp leucoxylon
- Eucalyptus macrocarpa
- Eucalyptus Moon Lagoon
- Eucalyptus nicholi
- Eucalyptus obliqua
- Eucalyptus perriniana
- Eucalyptus petiolaris
- Eucalyptus preissiana
- Eucalyptus pulverulenta
- Eucalyptus regnans
- Eucalyptus viminalis
- Eupomatia laurina
- Eutaxia obovata - The Egg and Bacon Plant
- Gahnia sieberiana
- Gastrodia sesamoides
- Geleznowia verrucosa
- Glochidion ferdinandi
- Glossodia Major
- Glycosmis trifoliata
- Goodenia
- Grass trees
- Grevillea 'Pink Midget'
- Grevillea 'Poorinda Rondeau'
- Grevillea 'Simply Sarah'
- Grevillea ‘Bush Lemons’
- Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’
- Grevillea baileyana
- Grevillea baueri
- Grevillea baueri Asperula
- Grevillea bauerlenni
- Grevillea bipinnatifida
- Grevillea bronwenae
- Grevillea caleyi
- Grevillea chrysophaea
- Grevillea dimorpha
- Grevillea drummondii
- Grevillea fililoba
- Grevillea flexuosa
- Grevillea hookeriana 'Red Hooks'
- Grevillea insignis
- Grevillea Ivory Whip
- Grevillea lanigera
- Grevillea lanigera 'Mt Tamboritha'
- Grevillea lanigera ‘Kangarutha Form’
- Grevillea lanigera lutea
- Grevillea laurifolia
- Grevillea lavandulacea
- Grevillea longistyla
- Grevillea maccutcheonii
- Grevillea magnifica
- Grevillea nudiflora
- Grevillea peaches and cream
- Grevillea pimeleoides
- Grevillea preissii
- Grevillea rhyolitica
- Grevillea robusta
- Grevillea rosmarinifolia
- Grevillea Scarlet King
- Grevillea Species
- Grevillea speciosa
- Grevillea tetragonoloba
- Grevillea thelemanniana
- Grevillea treueriana
- Grevillea whiteana
- Grevillea wilsonii
- Grevillea x 'Robyn gordon'
- Grevillea x Honey Gem
- Grevillea x loopy lou
- Guichenotia macrantha
- Hakea
- Hakea bucculenta
- Hakea Burrendong Beauty
- Hakea corymbosa
- Hakea decurrens
- Hardenbergia comptoniana - Native Wisteria
- Hardenbergia Edna Walling ‘Snow White’
- Hardenbergia violacea - The Happy Wanderer
- Helmholtzia glaberrima
- Hibbertia
- Hibbertia scandens
- Hibbertia serrata
- Hibiscus Heterophyllus
- Homalanthus populifolius
- Homoranthus papillatus
- Hovea longifolia
- Hoya australis
- Hymenosporum flavum
- Hypocalymma
- Hypocalymma angustifolium
- Hypocalymma xanthopetalum
- Lambertia
- Lechenaultia biloba
- Lechenaultia formosa
- Leionema ‘Green Screen’
- Leionema lamprophyllum
- Lepidozamia
- Lepidozamia hopei
- Leptospermum
- Leptospermum 'Outrageous'
- Leptospermum flavescens ‘Cardwell Pink’
- Leptospermum Pink Cascade
- Leptospermum scoparium
- Leucophyta brownii
- Lomandra affinis cylindrica
- Lomandra confertifolia
- Lomandra glauca 'Blue Ridge'
- Lomandra longifolia
- Lomandra species
- Lomatia ilicifolia
- Lophostemon confertus Variegatus
- Low Growing Grevillea
- Lyperanthus suaveolens
- Lysiosepalum involucratum
- Lythrum salicaria
- Macropidia fuliginosa
- Macrozamia
- Macrozamia moorei
- Maireana oppositifolia
- Marianthus bicolor
- Melaleuca
- Melaleuca alternifolia
- Melaleuca diosmifolia
- Melaleuca ericifolia
- Melaleuca fulgens
- Melastoma affine
- Mentha australis
- Microlaena stipoides
- Micromyrtus ciliata
- Micromyrtus sessilis
- Microseris walteri
- Mirbelia oxylobioides
- Myoporum parvifolium
- Myrmecodia Anthouse Plant
- Pandorea jasminoides
- Pandorea jasminoides 'Southern Belle'
- Pandorea jasminoides alba
- Pandorea pandorana 'Ruby Belle'
- Pandorea pandorana Snowbells
- Pandorea Varieties
- Patersonia occidentalis
- Persoonia chamaepitys
- Persoonia pinifolia
- Petalostigma
- Petalostylis cassioides
- Phebalium
- Phebalium woombye
- Philotheca buxifolia
- Philotheca myoporoides
- Pimelea
- Pimelea ferruginea
- Pimelea nivea
- Pittosporum phillyreoides
- Plectranthus
- Plectranthus argentatus
- Poa Grass
- Poa labillardieri
- Poa sieberiana
- Podocarpus elatus
- Pomaderris aurea
- Prostanthera
- Prostanthera aspalathoides
- Prostanthera lasianthos
- Prostanthera magnifica
- Pruning Grevilleas
- Pruning Native Plants
- Pterostylis baptistii
- Pterostylis Orchids
- Ptilotus exaltatus
- Ptilotus manglesii
- Ptilotus species
- Pultenaea
- Pultenaea pedunculata
- Scaevola aemula
- Scaevola crassifolia
- Scleranthus biflorus
- Senna artemisioides
- Shady Lady Waratah
- Small Gum trees or Eucalypts
- Solanum laciniatum
- Spyridium
- Spyridium parvifolium
- Spyridium scortechinii
- Standard and Weeping Grevilleas
- Stenocarpus salignus
- Stringybark Trees
- Sturt's Desert Pea - Swainsona formosa
- Stylidium armeria
- Stylidium graminifolium
- Syncarpia glomulifera
- Syzygium luehmannii
By grafting native plant varieties with good flowering characteristics onto hardier and more adaptable rootstock plants like Qualup Bells Pimelea (Pimelea physodes) and Diplolaena angustifolia (pictured on the right), it’s now possible to successfully grow native plants from Western Australia in a wider range of climates, including areas like the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne.

Eucalyptus species are at the forefront as standout specimen trees, often used as architectural focal points in landscaping. Landscape architects are increasingly looking to trees such as the Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) for its distinctive tall grey spotted trunk and the Lemon Scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora) as eye-catching feature trees. Grasses and strap-leafed plants like Dianella are also highly versatile for landscaping projects.
Great flowering plants for the home garden are another feature of many species, including; Pimelea, Phebalium, Lechenaultia, Verticordia, Rhodanthe, Darwinias, Chorizemas and Alyogyne huegelii. They are all worth exploring along with Grevilleas, Banksias, Boronias and Callistemons.
Of course, the drought-tolerant nature is an important factor, but the beauty of the flowers on many native species is reason enough to take a new look at our Australian native plants.