Hardy and attractive, densely tufted perennial grass. Endemic to the Top End. Found near lagoons, floodplains & watercourses. Very useful in grass species mix for Finch habitat, as favoured seed. Best planted in multiples. 1-2M
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Colourful ornamental small shrub with bursts of showy white tubular fragrant flowers and colourful dark purple fruits in star shaped cup. Excellent filler for garden beds and screening. Butterfly attractant. 1-3M
Read MoreClerodendrum floribundum→
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Colouful ornamental medium sized shrub, with green-red leaves. Attractive dark purple fruit with white showy perfumed flowers. Excellent filler for garden beds and screening. Butterfly attractant. 2-4M
Read MoreCochlospermum fraseri→
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Deciduous small ornamental shrub/tree with showy large yellow edible flowers which taste like butter and are used in Asian salads. Unique fruits filled with dense white fibre. Stunning roadside colour when in bloom across the Top End. 3-7M
Read MoreCordia subcordata →
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Splendid spreading NT Native coastal tree with clusters of large trumpet shaped bright orange flowers. Heart shaped glossy leaves. Useful as a very fast growing & colourful flowering small screening/filler tree for urban gardens. 5-10M
Read MoreCorymbia bella→
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Superb, stately, drought tolerant shade tree with gnarled branches through the canopy. Bird attractant, highly perfumed cream flowers, termite resistant. One of the Top End's most widely recognised big feature white gums. 8-15M
Read MoreCorymbia bleeseri →
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Large pretty & common bloodwood found across the north & Kimberley. Tall straight trunk, broad very glossy canopy of dense foliage and mottled rusty red/yellow brown bark. White clusters of flowers an important source of nectar for native bees. A handsome stable tree for rural properties and park scapes. 12-18M
Read MoreCorymbia chartacea→
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Small pretty bloodwood from Kakadu and Arnhem Land with long weeping foliage, tessellated brown to reddish bark, smooth leaves and white or pink flowers. Endemic to the Top End. 6-8M
Read MoreCorymbia disjuncta→
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Widespread Top End ghost gum with blackish grey trunk base abruptly turning smooth white. Stunning cream flowers on bare branches below new season leaf growth. Deciduous in late dry. 10-12M
Read MoreCorymbia foelscheana→
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Small Top End bloodwood with large spreading shade canopy and incredibly showy clusters of large cream flowers. Colourful red-brown bark on lower trunk transitioning to smooth white upper branches. Widely found across open woodland on sandy to gravely soils and open plains. Forms a lignotuber. Partly deciduous in dry season. 7-10M
Read MoreCorymbia grandifolia→
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Grand spreading ghost gum with majestic canopy of large glossy foliage & creamy white flowers. Smooth white bark shedding in thin flakes to pale grey. Deciduous in the dry season. 12-15M
Read MoreCorymbia polycarpa→
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Stately large tree of open forest & woodland, often on moist soils. Handsome & stable for parks, gardens and rural properties. Large clusters of cream flowers with nectar favoured by native bees. 10-15M
Read MoreCorymbia polysciada→
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Widespread ghost gum featuring impressive and distinctive bright red/maroon flush of new foliage mid dry season. Distinctly tessellated stocking of rough bark on lower trunk with smooth white bark above. 10-15M
Read MoreCorymbia ptychocarpa→
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Very attractive medium sized tree, large shiny leaves. Huge impressive bursts of pink flower buds and decorative large woody fruits. Seeds and chaff are shaken from the pods and eaten raw. One of the Top End's most distinctive and popular bloodwoods for its showy and profuse flowering. 8-12M
Read MoreCorymbia setosa→
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Colourful ornamental small tree/mallee with brilliant blooms of showy pink/red or white flowers. Brown to yellow brown bark. Very hardy and adaptable. 4-8M
Read MoreCorymbia terminalis→
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Large, tough, handsome and adaptable evergreen bloodwood from arid and semi-arid NT. Profuse white flowers produce nectar as food source for animals including honeyeaters, insects and possums. An eye-catching specimen on roadsides for its impressive form. 15-18M
Read MoreCrotalaria cunninghamii →
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Small upright, hardy shrub with velvety grey/green foliage. Rattle-pod seeds and stunning clusters of remarkable chartreuse-green flowers, with vivid purplish-brown 'veins', resembling little hummingbirds. Suitable for sunny garden borders, erosion control, coastal/sand habitats in well drained soils. 1-3M
Read MoreCrotalaria verrucosa →
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Gorgeous erect single stalked perennial shrub with brilliant blue-violet pea shaped flowers. Excellent hardy & colourful specimen for gardens, rockeries and pots. Known as 'the butterfly plant' as it can often be seen covered by dozens at a time. 1M
Read MoreCroton habrophyllus→
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A small deciduous tree, endemic to Australia and found in coastal & riparian vine thickets throughout Darwin. Very important food source for the vulnerable Atlas Moth. An excellent lush & shapely small understory forest planting for suburban and rural gardens, provided ample moisture. 4-6M
Read MoreCupaniopsis anacardioides→
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Hardy, handsome rounded tree with lovely greenish to white flowers. Brilliant yellow fruit with bright red seeds. Excellent medium sized evergreen specimen which produces an impressive neatly formed canopy of dense shade. 5-8M
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