Interactive Cd Keys
The Interactive Key to Australian Orchid Genera - - the CD and sample pages Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees and Shrubs - the CD and sample pages The Families of Flowering Plants of Australia - Produced by ABRS EUCLID Eucalypts of Australia ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Privets
Both species are evergreen shrubs or small trees, with small-leaf privet more often a shrub but potentially reaching about 5m high. Bark is smooth and grey. Leaves are glossy, in opposite pairs, oval in shape, to 13 ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Cordyline
Native to the southwest Pacific region (one species in tropical America), most of the 15 or so species of this genus of somewhat palm-like evergreen shrubs and small trees are tropical or subtropical. A few of the ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Duranta
Except for those growing in cold climates, Durantas are evergreen shrubs or small trees from the American tropics and subtropics. The 30 or so species have rather small and often toothed leaves and bear blue, white ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Crown Of Thorns
This native to Madagascar is a low growing succulent species. It is an evergreen, spreading or climbing shrub with few leaves but many thorns. Grows to about 1m (3ft) and pairs of rounded scarlet bracts make what ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Calliandra Tweedii
This evergreen plant is native to Brazil and Uruguay. It is a long-lived, many-stemmed dense shrub, belonging to the mimosa family and grows to about 1.8m (6ft) high. The branches grow from ground level, and the ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Chamelaucium
West Australian coastal shrub or small tree (2-3 m) with needle-like leaves 2cm long. The waxy flowers vary from greenish-white through pink to red and are produced from August to November and are useful for interior ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Cotoneaster
Several species of evergreen or semi-deciduous shrubs about 2m high, sometimes to 4m, and sometimes ground-hugging (C. horizontalis ). Leaves are oval, with a dull green upper surface and usually a white underside ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Aloe
There are some 330 species in the genus Aloe, all evergreen succulents ranging from low growing perennials, shrubs and climbers to 15m tall trees. The lance-shaped leaves grow in rosettes at the stem or branch tips, ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Brooms
There are a number of native shrubs in the pea family which have some of the features of the brooms. Most native pea shrubs have yellow flowers with blotches of brown, red or orange, not pure yellow. Gompholobium ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Green Cestrum
A straggly evergreen shrub 2-4m high with arching stems. Leaves are alternately arranged on the stems, dark green and slightly shiny above and paler below, with slightly wavy margins and a pointed tip, 7-14cm long. ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Creeping Groundsel
Many native Senecio species have similar yellow flowers, but all are herbs or small shrubs, not climbers. Cape ivy (Delairea odorata) and another climbing groundsel (Senecio tamoides) are similar, but both are weak ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
