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Large Trees for Gardens (8-15 meters)

 River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) - Rainbow lorikeets, noisy miners, yellow-faced honeyeaters, white-plumed honeyeaters, grey-headed flying foxes, sugar gliders, common brushtail possums, kookaburras, magpies.

Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) - Koalas (occasionally), rainbow lorikeets, scaly-breasted lorikeets, noisy miners, yellow-faced honeyeaters, grey-headed flying foxes, sugar gliders, feathertail gliders.

Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) - Rainbow lorikeets, little lorikeets, noisy miners, yellow-faced honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters, grey-headed flying foxes, native stingless bees.

Medium Trees for Gardens (4-8 meters)

 Coastal Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) - New Holland honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters, brown honeyeaters, little wattlebirds, rainbow lorikeets, native stingless bees, native carpenter bees.

Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) - Red wattlebirds, little wattlebirds, New Holland honeyeaters, yellow-faced honeyeaters, native stingless bees, native butterflies, king parrots, crimson rosellas (seeds).

Swamp Paperbark (Melaleuca ericifolia) - New Holland honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters, brown honeyeaters, native stingless bees, native carpenter bees, small insectivorous birds.

Coast Tea-tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) - New Holland honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters, eastern spinebills, native stingless bees, native butterflies, small skinks.

Large Shrubs for Gardens (2-4 meters)

 Bottlebrush (Callistemon species) - New Holland honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters, brown honeyeaters, rainbow lorikeets, eastern spinebills, native stingless bees, native blue-banded bees.

Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) - Native butterflies (especially common brown and meadow argus caterpillars), native stingless bees, small honeyeaters, beneficial native wasps, small skinks.

Coast Pomaderris (Pomaderris paniculosa) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, beneficial native wasps, hover flies.

Coastal Daisybush (Olearia axillaris) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, beneficial native wasps, small native beetles.


Medium Shrubs for Gardens (1-2 meters)


Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare) - Silvereyes, red-browed finches, small honeyeaters, native butterflies, native stingless bees, small skinks.

Common Correa (Correa reflexa) - New Holland honeyeaters, eastern spinebills, brown honeyeaters, native stingless bees, blue-banded bees, small skinks.

Coast Beard-heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) - Small honeyeaters, native stingless bees, native butterflies, silvereyes, small native beetles.

Seaberry Saltbush (Rhagodia candolleana) - Silvereyes, red-browed finches, small honeyeaters, native stingless bees, small skinks.

Small Shrubs for Gardens (0.5-1 meter)

 Cushion Bush (Leucophyta brownii) - Native stingless bees, small native butterflies, hover flies, beneficial native wasps.

Common Everlasting (Chrysocephalum apiculatum) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, hover flies, small native beetles.

Bidgee-widgee (Acaena novae-zelandiae) - Small native bees, beneficial native wasps, small skinks, ground-dwelling insects.

Creeping Saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata) - Silvereyes, red-browed finches, native stingless bees, small native beetles, small skinks..

Ground Covers and Low Plants for Gardens

 Pigface (Carpobrotus rossii) - Native stingless bees, native carpenter bees, silvereyes, red-browed finches, small native beetles, small skinks.

Running Postman (Kennedia prostrata) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, blue-banded bees, small honeyeaters.

Native Violet (Viola hederacea) - Native stingless bees, small native butterflies (caterpillars), small skinks, ground-dwelling insects.

Creeping Boobialla (Myoporum parvifolium) - Native stingless bees, silvereyes, small honeyeaters, beneficial native wasps, small skinks.

Bower Spinach (Tetragonia implexicoma) - Native stingless bees, small native beetles, beneficial native wasps, small skinks.

Grasses for Gardens

 Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) - Red-browed finches, zebra finches, double-barred finches, superb fairy-wrens, brown thornbills, striped legless lizards, small skinks.

Wallaby Grasses (Rytidosperma/Danthonia species) - Red-browed finches, zebra finches, superb fairy-wrens, brown thornbills, white-browed scrubwrens, small skinks.

Tussock Rush (Juncus ingens) - Red-browed finches, superb fairy-wrens, small native water birds, native insects, small frogs.

Weeping Grass (Microlaena stipoides) - Red-browed finches, superb fairy-wrens, brown thornbills, small skinks, native insects.

Coast Tussock-grass (Poa poiformis) - Red-browed finches, zebra finches, superb fairy-wrens, small coastal birds, small skinks.

Climbers for Gardens

Common Apple-berry (Billardiera scandens) - Silvereyes, red-browed finches, satin bowerbirds (berries), native stingless bees, native butterflies.

Austral Sarsaparilla (Hardenbergia violacea) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, New Holland honeyeaters, eastern spinebills, small finches (seeds).

Bower Vine (Pandorea pandorana) - New Holland honeyeaters, brown honeyeaters, native stingless bees, native carpenter bees.

Specialized Garden Plants for Wildlife

 Spiny Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, beneficial native wasps, native beetles.

Common Everlasting (Chrysocephalum apiculatum) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, hover flies, small native beetles.

Yam Daisy (Microseris walteri) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, small honeyeaters, red-browed finches (seeds), small native beetles.

Blue Devil (Eryngium ovinum) - Native stingless bees, native butterflies, beneficial native wasps, hover flies, small native beetles.

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