Vigorous low glossy & tropical border edging/feature plant with stunning white flowers (larger than H.littoralis) with brighter green, longer & broader leaves without tapered tip. Evergreen ornamental specimen which grows best in full sun to part shade in rich well drained soils, potted or aquatically. Hardy once established & tolerates coastal areas. Excellent low maintenance choice for understory plantings. Best planted en masse. 0.7M
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Beautiful understory shrub which will tolerate part shade. Dense foliage and profuse showy white flowers with a strong, sweet perfume that lingers in the early morning and evening. Seeds eaten raw but can make tongue dry in excess. Feature garden beds, borders and screening. 2-5M
Read MoreJacksonia dilatata→
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Widespread distinctive & pretty small to medium shrub with grey green foliage and beautiful bright yellow pea flowers throughout the dry season. Excellent source of nectar for bees. Commonly forming thickets on sandy soil or sandstone and on beach dunes. Hardy accent, border or mixed planting for urban & rural properties. 3-4M
Read MoreLeea novoguineensis→
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Hardy, vigorous, very fast growing and colourful large garden shrub. Excellent screening and hedging specimen for fence lines. Attractive dark green foliage and showy masses of red to black fruits. Well-known pioneer species, formerly Leea indica. 1-4M
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Small, very pretty and hardy shrub with attractive dark green foliage and showy masses of red flowers. Bright red or black edible fruit. Excellent fast growing & prunable garden feature plant & bird attractant. Also useful for screening and hedging. 1-3M
Read MoreLithomyrtus retusa→
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Delicate and highly decorative small shrub with attractive mauve flowers and black drupes when ripe. Hardy, ornate and unique feature filler. Best planted in multiples. 1.5-3M
Read MoreLivistona benthamii →
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Attractive and stately tall single stemmed palm with handsome round drooping crown and large spiky fan-shaped leaves. Straight rigid trunk often with old leaf bases. Requires rich organic soil, tolerates seasonal flooding, moist humid conditions and understory planting. A stunning feature tree for tropical gardens, providing excellent screening when young and suitable for potting. Cabbage occasionally eaten. 12-15M
Read MoreLivistona humilis→
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Endemic, smaller and most prominent of our Top End sand palms, widespread throughout Eucalyptus woodland and open forest. Featuring beautiful blooms of cream-yellow flowers, fan shaped & divided leaves with purple-black fruit. A tough statement feature planting for all Top End gardens. Drought & fire resistant with wide indigenous medicinal uses. 2-5M
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Attractive slender and single stemmed palm with fine decorative fan-shaped leaves & edible sweet fleshy black fruit. Iconic & highly recognisable Top End species found in Eucalyptus woodland and sandstone country on sandy or rocky sites. Excellent feature tree for tropical gardens & rockeries. 5-8M
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Small tufted shrubby Australian native grass with slender strappy leaves. Popular evergreen maintenance free ornamental, border edging & bank stabilization planting, often in moister conditions. Pleasantly scented yellow to cream flowers with fleshy leaf bases said to be edible, tasting like raw peas. Important butterfly host plant. Hardy once established. 0.8-1M
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Lomandra Verday PBR (Lomandra)
Compact, hardy & strong fine leaf Australian native longifolia grass. Small bursts of cream to yellow slightly fragrant flowers. Popular maintenance free, evergreen and versatile low groundcover/shrub often mass planted as border edging, roadsides and in streetscapes. Requires little water or care once established and can tolerate shade to full sun. 0.7M
Read MoreMeiogyne cylindrocarpa→
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Small pretty native ornamental tree/shrub with layered branching & elongated cylindrical orange-red fruit. Favoured sweet tasting edible bush tucker. Slow growing, tolerates low light. Suitable for potting. Host plant for the pale green triangle Butterfly, Graphium eurypylus. 2-8M
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Attractive hardy & slender ornamental paperbark for garden beds and screening. Dense narrow spiked horn-like white to pink flowers all year round. Endemic to the NT in West Arnhem Land and Kakadu sandstone escarpment country, plateau shrubland, slopes and rocky/sandy outcrops. Excellent urban planting in full sun with sandy well-drained soils. 1-3M
Read MoreMelastoma malabathricum→
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Colourful ornamental shrub with decorative large pink-purple fragrant flowers throughout the year. Delicious sweet edible fruit eaten raw, turning the tongue blue. Requires ample moisture, tolerates part shade, suitable for potting. Excellent colourful & edible filler for urban gardens. 1-2M
Read MoreMicromelum minutum →
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Handsome shrub with regular blooms of heavily scented showy white flowers and prolific orange/red fruits. Attractive screening and infilling bush for urban gardens, landscaping & revegetation. Host plant for the endemic Canopus swallowtail butterfly. 3-8M
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Low dense and pretty tropical bunching palm with long, flat, fibrous leaves. Evergreen ground cover/shrub. Grows thick and strong in both shade and sun. Vigorously spreads across garden beds for weed control & infilling. 1M
Read MoreMorinda citrifolia→
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Attractive, shapely and widespread shrub to small tree. Dense dark green glossy foliage & sweetly scented white flowers. Multiple green fruit has a pungent odour when ripening to yellow/white. Fruit & juice widely regarded for rich Vitamin C content and medicinal properties. Flowers and fruits year round. Fast growing and lush, hardy screening or hedging specimen for urban gardens & coastal areas. 3-8M
Read MoreMurraya paniculata →
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Evergreen, densely foliated screening and hedging shrub with small rich green leaves, white flowers and red fruit. Can be lifted as a feature shrub/tree or pruned for hedging. Very common streetscape, urban and rural planting across the Top End. Can reach 5M, or be kept pruned to 1-2M.
Read MoreOsbeckia australiana→
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Small perennial shrub with gorgeous mauve flowers. Young fruit edible. Useful for landscape plantings, filling specimen, or as a feature shrub. Bast planted in multiples for maximum impact in urban or rural garden beds. Requires ample moisture. 1-2M
Read MorePandanus basedowii →
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Impressive small clumping pandanus with stunning architectural form. Seeds are extracted from fruit, roasted and eaten. Attractive yellow globular fruits. Hardy feature plant for feature landscape gardens, rockeries, filling and screening. 3-5M
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