Scarp Soils Species List
Start of Flowering time
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
All Year
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
HEIGHT
FLOWER COLOUR FLOWER TIME
OTHER INFO
TREES (Up TO 15M)
Candle Banksia
Banksia attenuata
5-8m
Yellow
Sep-Oct
Bull Banksia
Banksia grandis
10m
Yellow
Sep-Dec
Holly-leaved Banksia
Banksia ilicifolia
10m
Pink & cream
Mar-Jan
Firewood Banksia
Banksia menziesii
10m
Pink & red
Feb-Aug
Coral Gum
Eucalyptus torquata
4-11m
Pink, red
Aug-Dec
Rottnest Teatree
Melaleuca lanceolata
5m
White
Aug-Jan
Woody Pear
Xylomelum occidentale
7m
Creamy white
Dec-Feb
SHRUBS (3 TO 5M)
Coojong
Acacia saligna
5m
Yellow
Aug-Oct
Common Woolly Bush
Adenanthos cygnorum
2-4m
Red
Sep-Feb
Red Pokers
Hakea bucculenta
4.5m
Red
Aug-Sep
Kunzea baxteri
4m
Red
Sep-Nov
Zamia Palm
Macrozamia riedlei
3m
Red cones
Sep-Oct
River Pea
Oxylobium lineare
3m
Red, yellow
Sep-Jan
SHRUBS (1 TO 3M)
Acacia dentifera
3m
Golden
Aug-Nov
Prickly Moses
Acacia pulchella
1.5m
Yellow
Jun-Oct
Woolly Bush
Adenanthos sericeus
2-3m
Red-orange
All Year
Basket Flower
Adenanthos obovatus
2m
Red, scarlet, orange
May-Dec
Native Hibiscus
Alyogyne huegelii
2m
Purple
Jul-Jan
One-sided Bottlebrush
Calothamnus quadrifidus°
1-2m
Red
Aug-Dec
Silky-leaved
Blood Flower
Calothamnus sanguineus
1.5m
Deep red
Mar-Oct
Terete-leaved Dampiera
Dampiera teres
0.2-0.6m
Blue
Aug-Nov
Orange-flowered Eremaea
Eremaea pauciflora
1.5-2m
Orange
Sep-Dec
Red Rod
Eremophila calorhabdos
1-3m
Red-pink
Aug-May
Silky Eremophila
Eremophila nivea
1-2m
Violet
Aug-Nov
Obtuse Leaved Grevillea
Grevillea obtusifolia°
0.5-2m
Red
Sep-Oct
Honey Bush
Hakea lissocarpha
3m
White-yellow, pink
Jun-Sep
Candle Hakea
Hakea ruscifolia
3m
White
Dec-Jun
Melaleuca conothamnoides
0.3-1.5m
Pink-purple
Apr-Jun Sep-Nov
Spiked Scholtzia
Scholtzia involucrata
1.5m
White,
pale pink
Dec-Mar
Morrison Featherflower
Verticordia nitens
0.5-1.5m
Golden yellow
Oct-Feb
Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea preissii
3m
White
Nov-Jan
SHRUBS (LESS THAN 1M)
Narrow-winged Wattle
Acacia stenoptera
0.3-1m
Cream-yellow
May-Sep
Grass wattle
Acacia willdenowiana
0.5m
Yellow
Jun-Oct
Coast Jugflower
Adenanthos cuneatus
1m
Red
Aug-Nov
Camphor Myrtle
Baeckea camphorosmae
1m
White-pink
May-Feb
Couch Honeypot
Banksia lindleyana
low
Gold
May-Sep
Beaufortia elegans
1m
Purple-pink
Nov-Feb
Common Brown Pea
Bossiaea eriocarpa
0.6m
Brown and yellow
Jul-Oct
Pink
Summer Calytrix
Calytrix fraseri
0.6-1m
Pink, purple
All Year
Common Dampiera
Dampiera linearis
0.5m
Indigo
Jul-Nov
Hairy Yellow Pea
Gompholobium tomentosum
0.3-1m
Yellow
Aug-Dec
Yanchep Bell
Guichenotia macrantha
1m
Purple
Aug-Jan
Stalked Guinea Flower
Hibbertia racemosa
0.3m
Yellow
Jul-Nov
Orange Stars
Hibbertia stellaris
1m
Orange-yellow
Aug-Dec
Devil's Pins
Hovea pungens
1m
Purple
Jun-Nov
Common Hovea
Hovea trisperma
0.7m
Purple
Jun-Sep
White Myrtle
Hypocalymma angustifolium
1m
White-cream
Jul-Oct
Swan River Myrtle
Hypocalymma robustum
1m
Pale deep pink
Jul-Oct
Rose Cone Flower
Isopogon formosus
1m
Pink
Aug-Oct
Waldjumi
Jacksonia sericea
0.6m
Orange
Dec-Feb
Rough Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca scabra
1m
Pink-purple
Sep-Dec
Melaleuca trichophylla
0.7m
Pink-purple
Nov-Jan
Petrophile macrostachya
1m
Yellow
Aug-Nov
Pepper and Salt
Philotheca spicata
0.6m
Lilac
Jun-Oct
Thomasia purpurea
1m
Mauve
Aug-Dec
Bushy Featherflower
Verticordia densiflora
1m
Pink, white
Nov-Jan
pERENIAL HERBS
Catspaw
Anigozanthos humilis
0.5m
Orange
Aug-Oct
Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos manglesii
1m
Red & green
Sep-Nov
Green Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos viridis
1m
Green
Sep-Nov
Tall Speargrass
Austrostipa flavescens
0.5m
Silver
Sep-Oct
Spiny Cottonheads
Conostylis aculeata
0.3m
Yellow
Sep-Nov
Grey Cottonheads
Conostylis candicans
0.5m
Yellow
Aug-Sep
Blueberry Lily
Dianella revoluta
1m
Purple
Sep-Jan
Morning Iris
Orthrosanthus laxus
0.4-0.6m
Blue
Aug-Oct
Purple Flag
Patersonia occidentalis
0.5-0.8m
Purple
Sep-Oct
CLIMBERS & GROUNdCOvERS
Prostrate Banksia
Banksia blechnifolia
0.7m
Goldy red
Sep-Nov
Eremophila "Kalbarri Carpet"
0.4m
Yellow
All Year
Grevillea crithmifolia
0.5m
Cream
Aug-Nov
Native Wisteria
Hardenbergia comptoniana°
Climber
Purple
Sep-Nov
Snakebush
Hemiandra pungens°
Low
Mauve
All Year
Running Postman
Kennedia prostrata
Low
Red
Aug-Nov
°
Comes in different forms - a shrub might have a groundcover form or different flower colours
Bird attracting
Western Australian plant (not just local)
Butterfly attracting
Star performer
Growing
local plants
A gardening guide for
residents of the
City of Swan
SCARP SOILS
Fuchsia Grevillea
Grevillea bipinnitifi da
0.3 – 1m
March to November
REFERENCES
For more information refer to
www.swan.wa.gov.au
A New Image for WA Plants - George Lullfitz
Grow With Us - Wildflower Society of WA
Growing Locals - Robert Powell
All photos by Grant MacKinnon
SCARp SOILS SPECIES EXAMPLES
Climbing Bluebell
Billardiera heterophylla
Climber
October to February
Rose Conebush
Isopogon dubius
1.2m
July to
October
Orange-fl owered
Eremaea
Eremaea paucifl ora
1.5m – 2m
September to December
Bull Banksia
Banksia grandis
10m
September to December