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Native Trees
Slender, open and delicate shrub/small ornamental tree, with fine needle-like leaves and regular bursts of pale yellow flowers blooming throughout. Hardy feature wattle for urban and rural garden beds. 2-5M
Large, hardy & very fast growing tree with dense foliage, creamy yellow and sweet scented flowers. Useful for shade, windbreaks, revegetation and rural property plantings. 10-20M
Attractive and neat well formed erect shrub to small tree for woodland garden plantings, with reddish bark and yellow flowers. Widely distributed across the Top End in sandy soils and open forests. Wide indigenous uses including edible gum & seeds, soap, adhesive & pain relief. 2.5-5M
Spectacular and hardy medium sized ornamental wattle in both flower and foliage. Attractive big elephant ear shaped green-grey leaves with showy bright yellow globular flowers. Iconic fast growing Top End wattle. Useful for filling, screening & centrepiece plantings. 4-7M
Hardy, shapely and fast growing small to medium wattle with prolific blooms of showy pale yellow cylindrical flowers. Suitable for in filling, screening/shade and revegetation. 4-10M
Graceful and shapely medium sized wattle with broad, rounded and shady evergreen canopy. Yellow flowers in dense, cylindrical spikes. Tolerates coastal forests, sandy soil, swampy habitats and freshwater streams. Wide indigenous uses including edible sap/gum. 7-10M
Delicate slender wattle, endemic to the Top End. Pendulous and distinctive fine foliage, with pale yellow globular flowers. Useful for gardens, rockeries or in-filling. 3-6M
Very hardy wattle with erect form & bluey-grey foliage. Profusion of bright yellow cylindrical spikes throughout the year. Useful cattle fodder & tough landscape/revegetation species. 4-6M
Small & elegant fast growing wattle with pretty rounded bright yellow globular flowers. Useful for garden beds, rockeries, in filling and revegetation. 1-3M
Medium sized fast growing & hardy ornamental shade tree. Featuring bright red bead seeds, useful for making soap & jewellery. Dense shade for rural properties & revegetation projects. 3-10M
Native Shrubs
Attractive trailing shrub. Watermelon pink to white/cream hibiscus-like flowers last one day, but prolific during wet season. Re-shoots from underground tuber with first rains. Tubers, leaves and shoots edible raw or cooked. Wide medicinal uses. Food plant for the Spotted Bollworm moth and Cotton Leaf roller. 1-1.5M
Slender, open and delicate shrub/small ornamental tree, with fine needle-like leaves and regular bursts of pale yellow flowers blooming throughout. Hardy feature wattle for urban and rural garden beds. 2-5M
Attractive and neat well formed erect shrub to small tree for woodland garden plantings, with reddish bark and yellow flowers. Widely distributed across the Top End in sandy soils and open forests. Wide indigenous uses including edible gum & seeds, soap, adhesive & pain relief. 2.5-5M
Hardy and extremely showy ornamental understory shrub for gardens and rockeries. Small elephant ear shaped leaves. Long cylinder deep yellow to golden flowers. 2-3M
Erect, hardy and pretty multi branched wattle, with profuse bursts of bright yellow flowers. Useful screening and landscape shrub for waterwise gardens. 1-4M
Delicate, pretty and neat small shrub with pale yellow pod flowers. Compact garden bed ornamental. Foliage used as herb flavouring for cooking meat. Flowers for long periods. 1-3M
Extremely hardy and fast spreading shrub. Very common Acacia species across Darwin with yellow rod shaped flowers and twisted seed pods. Seeds ground to make flour, damper or flat bread or as soap wash. Very useful revegetation species. 3-4M
Near threatened beautiful and distinctive weeping wattle from restricted area of VRD region with fine delicate leaves and pretty yellow flowers along branchlets. Drooping form provides hardy and handsome small shrub feature planting for rockeries and woodland gardens. 3-5M
Hardy, shapely and fast growing small to medium wattle with prolific blooms of showy pale yellow cylindrical flowers. Suitable for in filling, screening/shade and revegetation. 4-10M
Hardy, slender and elegant medium sized shrub covered with beautiful cream/yellow globule pod flowers throughout the year. Sap can be eaten like a bush toffee. Useful for feature planting, filling and screening. 3-8M
Native Groundcovers
Attractive trailing shrub. Watermelon pink to white/cream hibiscus-like flowers last one day, but prolific during wet season. Re-shoots from underground tuber with first rains. Tubers, leaves and shoots edible raw or cooked. Wide medicinal uses. Food plant for the Spotted Bollworm moth and Cotton Leaf roller. 1-1.5M
Slender, open and delicate shrub/small ornamental tree, with fine needle-like leaves and regular bursts of pale yellow flowers blooming throughout. Hardy feature wattle for urban and rural garden beds. 2-5M
Large, hardy & very fast growing tree with dense foliage, creamy yellow and sweet scented flowers. Useful for shade, windbreaks, revegetation and rural property plantings. 10-20M
Attractive and neat well formed erect shrub to small tree for woodland garden plantings, with reddish bark and yellow flowers. Widely distributed across the Top End in sandy soils and open forests. Wide indigenous uses including edible gum & seeds, soap, adhesive & pain relief. 2.5-5M
Hardy and extremely showy ornamental understory shrub for gardens and rockeries. Small elephant ear shaped leaves. Long cylinder deep yellow to golden flowers. 2-3M
Spectacular and hardy medium sized ornamental wattle in both flower and foliage. Attractive big elephant ear shaped green-grey leaves with showy bright yellow globular flowers. Iconic fast growing Top End wattle. Useful for filling, screening & centrepiece plantings. 4-7M
Erect, hardy and pretty multi branched wattle, with profuse bursts of bright yellow flowers. Useful screening and landscape shrub for waterwise gardens. 1-4M
Delicate, pretty and neat small shrub with pale yellow pod flowers. Compact garden bed ornamental. Foliage used as herb flavouring for cooking meat. Flowers for long periods. 1-3M
Very distinct low, flat & spreading groundcover from Central NT, usually with a flat-topped or domed canopy. Smooth foliage, yellow cylindrical flowers and sticky seed pods with a citronella/lemon grass scent. Stunning, incredibly hardy small feature wattle for rocky, stoney, gravelly or sandy soil types & garden beds. 0.2-1.5M
Extremely hardy and fast spreading shrub. Very common Acacia species across Darwin with yellow rod shaped flowers and twisted seed pods. Seeds ground to make flour, damper or flat bread or as soap wash. Very useful revegetation species. 3-4M