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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