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Blueberry Ash in blossom October 2006
Elaeocarpus reticulatis (Blueberry Ash) Photographer: Marghanita da Cruz, 28 October 2006

Banksia Marginata - Photo Marghanita

Local Provenance Plant Species for Sydney's Inner West

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, forestry and farming eliminated the Turpentine-Ironbark Forests of the Inner West. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery collects seeds and cuttings from the closest remaining bushland, to propagate and reintroduce species that would have been endemic (indigenous or local provenance) to the area.

These plants have demonstrated how well they have adapted to the extreme wet and dry weater in Sydney between 1998 and 2008. As you walk around Annandale's public spaces you may now notice: Acacia Pods | Seed Pods | Purple, Mauve, Pink Flowers | White and Cream Flowers | Green Flowers | Fungi | Banksia Marginata.

The reference list of Local Provenance Species, for the Inner West, has been expanded from a list compiled by Catherine Rowland to help reintroduce indigenous species into Sydney's Inner West: Large Trees (> 5m) | Small Trees (< 5m) | Shrubs (0.5 to 2m) | Grasses | Climbers | Herbs | Estuarine | Ferns | References | Bookshop

The Rozelle Bay Nursery does not sell plants and it is difficult to source local provenance plants. However, you can buy them from specialist nurseries including: Cornucopia Nursery, Marrickville Community Nursery and Strathfield Council Native Nursery.

Small Trees (< 5m)

Latin NameCommon NameFamilyHeightUsesFlower Type
See also: Flowering Months, Soil, Water & Light Requirements, Propagation Methods for these Small Trees
Acacia falcataSickle WattleMimosaceae3screencream
Acacia floribundaWhite Sally; Gossamer WattleMimosaceae4shelter; avenue; screenmany scented cream
Acacia linifoliaFlax-leaved WattleMimosaceae3shelter; avenuemany cream
Acacia strictaStraight WattleMimosaceae3shelteryellow
Acacia ulicifoliaPrickly MosesMimosaceae3screencream
Avicennia marina var. australasicaMangroveAvicenniaceae5golden yellow
Bursaria spinosaAustralian BlackthornPittosporaceae4birdsscented white
Callistemon linearisNarrow-leafed BottlebrushMyrtaceae3birds; containerred
Clerodendrum tormentosumHairy ClerodendrumVerbenaceae4white
Elaeocarpus reticulatisBlueberry AshElaeocarpaceae4birds; screen avenuemany white or pink
Exocarpus cupressiformisCherry BallartSantalaceae4birds; screensmall white
Hakea salicifoliaWillow-leafed HakeaProteaceae5birds; avenuemany cream
Leptospermum attenuatumSlender Tea-treeMyrtaceae4screen shelterwhite or pink
Leptospermum flavescensYellow Tea-treeMyrtaceae4screen shelterwhite
Leptospermum polygalifoliumLemon-scented Tea TreeMyrtaceae3white
Melaleuca armillarisBracelet HoneymyrtleMyrtaceae5street; birdscream
Melaleuca nodosaA PaperbarkMyrtaceae3birds; screencream
Melaleuca nodosaBall HoneymyrtleMyrtaceae5
Notolea longifoliaMock OliveOleaceae3yellow cream
Omolanthus populifoliusBleeding Heart TreeEuphorbiaceae4screen; birds; containersmall cream
Persoonia levisBroad-leafed GeebungProteaceae4screenyellow
Persoonia linearisNarrow-leafed GeebungProteaceae4screenyellow
Pittosporum revolutumYellow PittosporumPittosporaceae3screen containeryellow
Pittosporum undulatumSweet Pittosporum; Mock OrangePittosporaceae5screen; birds; containerscented cream
Rapanaea variabilisMutton WoodMyrsinaceae3small green
Xylomelum pyriformeWoody PearProteaceae4avenue; birdspink

This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/veg-snalltrees.shtml last updated 7 October 2008