Backhousia, Plant Profile and Landscaping Uses
Backhousia are a small group of trees often referred to as ‘Myrtles’ , as a genus it provides some excellent garden trees and some widely used street trees. All are found along the east coast of Australia most from Queensland to New south Wales.
They have proved to be an adaptable group of plants ranging from around 4m to 10 m in height depending on the species. They make good hedging plants for an informal look and are also useful as small street trees and background plants in the garden border.
Some species such as B. citriodora are also used for the strongly scented leaves which are dried and crushed for use in a range of food products. B. bancroftii is perhaps the largest growing reaching around 10m in height. B.myrtifolia is lower growing.
Other Backhousia species are used as screening plants, small feature trees and in landscaping projects where hardy adaptable trees are required.
All have bushy foliage and all produce masses of creamy white flowers in spring.
Species widely used include :
•Backhousia anisata
•Backhousia citriodora
•Backhousia myrtifolia
List of Evergreen Trees
Best Evergreen Trees
- Angophera
- Backhousia citriodora
- Arbutus andrachnoides
- Arbutus canariensis
- Arbutus glandulusa
- Arbutus unedo
- Brachychiton
- Calodendron capense
- Conifers
- Cornus capitata
- Cupaniopsis (Tuckeroo)
- Drimyis
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus
- Eucalyptus
- Ficus macrophlla
- Ficus hillii
- Fraxinus grifithii (Evergreen Ash)
- Gordonia axillaris
- Gordonia yunnanense “Silk Screen”
- Hoheria
- Ilex Kingiana
- Lomatia ferruginea
- Laurus Nobilis
- Laurelia sempervirens
- Lophostemon confertus
- Magnolia delavayi
- Magnolia grandiflora
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Greenback’
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Teddy Bear’
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’
- Magnolia grandiflora ‘St Marys’
- Michelia
- Nothofagus antarctica (evergreen beech)
- Nothofagus cunninhamii
- Nothofagus moorie
- Sophora tetraptera
- Tristaniopsis Laurina
- Thuga
- Trochodendron aralioides
- Waterhousia floribunda
- Viteex Lucens
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