INLAND PLANTS – EP Friendly

Atriplex Nummularia (Old Man Saltbush)

  • Height: 1.5–3m | Width: 2–4m
  • Flowers: Insignificant, cream/yellow
  • Wildlife: Good bird habitat and food source
  • Notes: Excellent stock fodder, salt and drought tolerant, great for erosion control

Casuarina pauper (Black Oak)

  • Height: 8–15m | Width: 4–6m
  • Flowers: Insignificant
  • Wildlife: Excellent — seeds attract Glossy Black Cockatoos
  • Notes: Hardy windbreak tree, drought and frost tolerant, iconic EP species

Eucalyptus Petiolaris (EP Blue Gum)

  • Height: 8–15m | Width: 5–8m
  • Flowers: Cream/white, summer
  • Wildlife: Excellent — birds and bees
  • Notes: True EP local, fast-growing windbreak tree, handles alkaline and clay soils

Eucalyptus cladocalyx (Sugar Gum)

  • Height: 15–30m | Width: 8–15m
  • Flowers: Cream/white, summer–autumn
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and bees
  • Notes: Tall reliable windbreak, very drought hardy once established, widely used across EP farms

Eucalyptus cladocalyx nana (Dwarf Sugar Gum)

  • Height: 5–10m | Width: 4–6m
  • Flowers: Cream/white, summer–autumn
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Smaller form of Sugar Gum, great for smaller properties or garden use

Eucalyptus camaldulensis (EP Red Gum)

  • Height: 10–20m | Width: 8–15m
  • Flowers: White/cream, summer
  • Wildlife: Excellent — birds, bees, koala food source
  • Notes: Iconic large shade and shelter tree, suits creek lines and clay flats

Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp arida (Yaninee Red Gum)

  • Height: 8–15m | Width: 6–10m
  • Flowers: White/cream, summer
  • Wildlife: Excellent — birds and bees
  • Notes: Local EP provenance, more drought-adapted form of Red Gum, great for drier inland areas

Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp camaldulensis (Mount Wedge Red Gum)

  • Height: 10–18m | Width: 8–12m
  • Flowers: White/cream, summer
  • Wildlife: Excellent — birds and bees
  • Notes: Locally-sourced provenance, reliable performer on heavy soils

Eucalyptus Woodwardii (Lemon Flowered)

  • Height: 6–10m | Width: 4–6m
  • Flowers: Bright lemon yellow, autumn–winter
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters and bees
  • Notes: Stunning ornamental gum, one of the showiest flowering eucalypts, drought hardy

Eucalyptus Gracilis (White Mallee)

  • Height: 3–8m | Width: 3–5m
  • Flowers: White/cream
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Multi-stemmed mallee, very drought hardy, good for inland revegetation

Eucalyptus Oleosa (Red Mallee)

  • Height: 3–8m | Width: 3–6m
  • Flowers: White/cream
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Common inland mallee, very hardy, good windbreak understorey plant

Eucalyptus Leptopylla (Narrow-leaved Red Mallee)

  • Height: 3–6m | Width: 2–4m
  • Flowers: White/cream
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Fine-leaved mallee, excellent for drier inland conditions

Eucalyptus eremophila (Tall Sand Mallee)

  • Height: 4–8m | Width: 3–5m
  • Flowers: White/yellow
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Tall upright mallee, great for sandy inland soils

Eucalyptus Torquata (Coral Gum)

  • Height: 4–8m | Width: 3–5m
  • Flowers: Coral/red-pink, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters love it
  • Notes: Gorgeous ornamental flowering gum, one of the most eye-catching in the range

Eucalyptus Torwood

  • Height: 6–10m | Width: 4–6m
  • Flowers: Yellow, spring–summer
  • Wildlife: Birds and bees
  • Notes: Hybrid eucalypt, fast growing, reliable inland performer

Eucalyptus kruseana (Bookleaf Mallee)

  • Height: 2–4m | Width: 2–3m
  • Flowers: Yellow, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and bees
  • Notes: Unique rounded leaves arranged like pages of a book, great ornamental feature mallee

Eucalyptus Lansdowneana (Crimson Mallee)

  • Height: 4–7m | Width: 3–4m
  • Flowers: Deep crimson/red, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Spectacular flowering mallee, long flowering period, suits inland gardens and revegetation

Eucalyptus Erythronema (Red Flowered Mallee)

  • Height: 3–6m | Width: 2–4m
  • Flowers: Red or yellow, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Long flowering, very ornamental, suits dry alkaline inland soils

Eucalyptus Caesia (Silver Princess)

  • Height: 5–8m | Width: 3–5m (weeping form)
  • Flowers: Deep pink/red with silver buds, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters and rosellas
  • Notes: Stunning weeping ornamental gum, silver powdery stems and large showy flowers

Hakea Francisiana (Grassleaf Hakea)

  • Height: 2–4m | Width: 1.5–3m
  • Flowers: Deep pink/red bottlebrush-like, spring
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Striking inland hakea, drought and frost hardy, great feature shrub

Acacia Itaphylla (Gawler Ranges Wattle)

  • Height: 2–5m | Width: 2–4m
  • Flowers: Yellow, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and insects
  • Notes: Dense screening wattle, very drought tolerant, from the Gawler Ranges provenance

Acacia Calamifolia (Wallowa / Reed Leaf Wattle)

  • Height: 1.5–4m | Width: 1.5–3m
  • Flowers: Pale yellow, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and insects
  • Notes: Fine reed-like foliage, good for inland revegetation and shelter

Acacia Coriacea (Wirewood / Desert Oak)

  • Height: 3–7m | Width: 2–4m
  • Flowers: Yellow, spring
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and insects
  • Notes: Tough inland acacia, excellent for hot dry conditions

Gossypiun Sturtianum (Sturts Desert Rose)

  • Height: 1–2m | Width: 1–2m
  • Flowers: Mauve/purple hibiscus-like with dark centre, spring–summer
  • Wildlife: Good — bees
  • Notes: Beautiful ornamental shrub for inland gardens, Australia’s floral emblem of the NT

Eremophila Maculata — Red, Orange, Pink, Peaches & Cream, Aurea

  • Height: 0.5–2m | Width: 0.5–2m (varies by variety)
  • Flowers: Red, orange, pink, or yellow tubular, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters love the tubular flowers
  • Notes: Tough drought-hardy shrubs, long flowering period, superb garden plants

Eremophila Calorhabdos (Emu Bush)

  • Height: 1–2m | Width: 0.5–1.5m
  • Flowers: Pink/mauve tubular, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Slender upright shrub, very tough inland performer

Eremophila Alternifolia Wild Berry

  • Height: 1–3m | Width: 1–2m
  • Flowers: Pink/lilac tubular, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters; berries also attract birds
  • Notes: Produces decorative berries as well as flowers, very tough

Eremophila Brevifolia (Spotted Eremophila)

  • Height: 0.5–1.5m | Width: 0.5–1.5m
  • Flowers: White/lilac spotted tubular, winter–spring
  • Wildlife: Good — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Compact shrub, interesting spotted flowers, suits dry inland gardens

Eremophila Glabra (Local Form)

  • Height: 0.5–2m | Width: 1–2m
  • Flowers: Red/orange tubular, most of the year
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Spreading low form, locally sourced provenance, great groundcover option

Eremophila Denticulata x calohabdos

  • Height: 1–2m | Width: 1–1.5m
  • Flowers: Pink/purple tubular, extended season
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Hybrid with excellent vigour and long flowering period

Eremophila (Purple)

  • Height: 1–2m | Width: 1–1.5m
  • Flowers: Purple tubular, extended season
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Reliable compact flowering shrub for inland gardens

Eremophila Silver — Purple & Pink Panther

  • Height: 1–1.5m | Width: 1–1.5m
  • Flowers: Purple or pink tubular, extended season
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters
  • Notes: Silver-leafed varieties with stunning foliage contrast, very ornamental

Calothamnos pinifolius (One-sided Bottlebrush)

  • Height: 1–3m | Width: 1–2m
  • Flowers: Red, spring–summer
  • Wildlife: Excellent — honeyeaters and bees
  • Notes: Unusual one-sided flower arrangement, pine-like foliage, very drought hardy

Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong)

  • Height: 10–18m | Width: 6–10m
  • Flowers: White/cream with red markings, summer
  • Wildlife: Good — birds and bees
  • Notes: Excellent stock fodder tree, drought hardy, beautiful feature shade tree

Cymbopogon ambiguus (Native Lemongrass)

  • Height: 0.5–1m | Width: 0.5–1m
  • Flowers: Insignificant
  • Wildlife: Good — habitat grass for small reptiles and insects
  • Notes: Aromatic lemongrass, great for erosion control and groundcover in dry areas

Hesperaloe Parviflora (Red Yucca)

  • Height: 0.6–1m (foliage) | Flower spikes to 1.5m | Width: 0.6–1m
  • Flowers: Coral/red tubular on tall spikes, spring–summer
  • Wildlife: Good — attracts honeyeaters and bees
  • Notes: Dramatic succulent-like feature plant, extremely drought tolerant

Alyogyne Hakeifolia — Melissa Anne, Purple, Yellow-Red Centre

  • Height: 1–2.5m | Width: 1–2m
  • Flowers: Large hibiscus-like — mauve, purple, or yellow with red centre, spring–summer
  • Wildlife: Good — bees
  • Notes: Beautiful native hibiscus relative, very tough and drought hardy

Tecoma stans (Yellow Bells)

  • Height: 2–5m | Width: 1.5–3m
  • Flowers: Bright yellow trumpet, summer–autumn
  • Wildlife: Good — bees and birds
  • Notes: Striking tropical-looking feature shrub, very drought tolerant once established

Caesalpinia gilliesii

  • Height: 2–4m | Width: 1.5–2.5m
  • Flowers: Yellow with red stamens, summer
  • Wildlife: Good — bees
  • Notes: Dramatic ornamental shrub, very heat and drought tolerant, great for dry inland gardens

Gossypium herbaceum (Levant Cotton)

  • Height: 1–2m | Width: 1–1.5m
  • Flowers: Yellow with purple centre, summer
  • Wildlife: Good — bees
  • Notes: Ornamental cotton relative, interesting seed pods, suits hot dry inland conditions

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