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Bird attracting Native Plants for your garden

At the February meeting, Anne Rickwood and Frances Scarano gave a presentation on Blue Mountains native plants. Anne and Frances are volunteers from Blue Mountains Wildplant Rescue Inc. They concentrated on showing the plants that are best at attracting birds to our gardens. The table below lists the plants that were covered. If you click on the plant name, you will be taken to a search page that should tell you everything you need to know about each plant.

 

Plants that attract nectar eating birds

Plant

Common Name

Size

When?

Telopea speciosissima

Waratah

2m

Oct - Dec

Eucalyptus sclerophylla

Scribbly Gum

20m

Dec - Mar

Eucalyptus stricta

Blue Mountains Mallee Ash

1-3m

Dec - May

Angophora costata

Smooth Barked Apple

25m

Nov - Dec

Banksia spinulosa

Hairpin Banksia

1-2m

Mar - Sept

Banksia marginata

Silver Marginata

2 -5m

Feb - Jul

Grevillea laurifolia

Laurel Leaf Grevillea

Prostrate

Oct - Dec

Hakea dactyloides

Broad Leaf Hakea

3m

Sept - Nov

Melaleuca hypericifolia

-

2m

Oct - Dec

Leptospermum squarrosum

Pink Tea Tree

3m

Jan - Apr

Leptospermum macrocarpum

-

2m

Oct - Dec

Prostanthera rotundifolia

Mint Bush

3m

Sept - Oct

Lambertia formosa

Mountain Devil

3m

Sept - May

Plants that attract fruit eating birds

Plant

Common Name

Size

When?

Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Blueberry Ash

 

 

Fieldia australis

Fieldia

Ground ,climb

Mar - May

Dianella caerulea

Paroo Lily

80cm

Oct - Feb

Billardiera scandens

Apple Berry

Ground, climb

Sept - Dec

Leucopogon lanceolatus

Beard Heath

1.5m

Sept - Dec

Plants that attract seed eating birds

Plant

Common Name

Size

When?

Banksia serrata

Old Man Banksia

8m

Dec - Jun

Eucalyptus moorei

Little Sally

7 or 2-3m

Jan - Apr

Acacia terminalis

Sunshine Wattle

1.5m

Mar - Jul

Crowea exalata

Waxflower

1m

Mar - Apr

Acacia elata

Cedar Wattle

20m

Dec-Jan

Callitris muelleri

Illawarra Cypress-pine

 

 

Poa labillardieri

Tussock Grass

1m

Mar - Apr

Dichelachne crinita

Plume Grass

 

Oct - Apr

Gahnia sieberiana

Red Fruited Saw Edge

2m

Sept - Dec

Xanthorrhoea resinifera

Grass Tree

 

Jun - Jan

 

Katoomba Native Plant Nursery

The volunteers at the Blue Mountains Wildplant Rescue Inc. run the Katoomba Native Plant Nursery. At the nursery the volunteers propagate rescued native plants from cuttings and seeds as appropriate for each species

The Katoomba Native Plant Nursery is at 14 Oak Street, Katoomba NSW 2780. Their phone number is 4782 6233.

You can visit their web site at www.wildplantrescue.org.au

You can download the document here

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