WA Native Plants

The use of Western Australian native plants in home gardens will help conserve the flora of Western Australia and preserve our natural water resources.

The Friends of Kings Park propagate native plants in their nursery within Kings Park. These high quality, rare and unusual  plants are available at the Friends quarterly plant sales with many plants not available from commercial nurseries.

The Backyard Botanicals garden which surrounds Zamia Café at May Drive Parkland, Kings Park provides a visual display of the best plants to grow in Perth gardens.

Native Plant Search

Our plant database contains over 1,300 Western Australian native plants. Links are provided where possible to FloraBase where you’ll find further information about each species.

Not all plants in this database are available from each Friends of Kings Park Plant Sale.  Plant sale species lists change for each sale.  Unfortunately we are unable to take orders, but you could contact the Friends office to request plant species you’d like to see propagated for a future sale.

The information provided here is a general guide only: plants are sensitive to such factors as soil types, water volumes and other geographical factors.

Please select the characteristics you would like or type a colour or design feature in the search space.

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Latin name Common name Description
Banksia violacea Violet Banksia

Dense rounded small shrub with fine pine-like green leaves. Grows 1-1.5 m h by 1-2 m w. Flowers rounded to 8 cm. Violet to deep purple from Jan-July. Partial to full sun in light to medium well-drained sandy soils.

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Beaufortia aestiva Red form

Dense rounded shrub. Grows 0.7-2 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded ovate foliage. Red flowers from June-March. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Prune after flowering. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia aestiva Yellow form

Dense rounded shrub. Grows 0.7-2 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded ovate foliage. Yellow flowers from June-March. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Prune after flowering. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia aestiva Kalbarri Beaufortia

Dense rounded shrub. Grows 0.7-2 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded ovate foliage. Yellow, orange or red flowers from June-March. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Prune after flowering. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia anisandra

Densely branched rounded small shrub. Grows 0.5-1.5 m x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded, dense, olive-green foliage. Terminal clusters of dark red to purple-red flowers from Oct-May. Grows in very well-drained sandy or gravelly heavy soils in part to full sun.

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Beaufortia bicolor

A dense low rounded shrub, 0.5-1 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Rounded mid-green leaves. Attractive two-toned flowers of red at tips and pale yellow at base. Flowers Nov-Dec. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Conservation status: Priority 3.

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Beaufortia bracteosa

Low spreading shrub. Grows 0.3-1 m h x 0.5-1.5 m w. Grey-green foliage. Abundant dark red flowers from Sept-Dec. Grows in well-drained sandy soils in part to full sun.

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Beaufortia burbidgeae Column Beaufortia

Erect columnar shrub. Grows 0.5-1.5 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Mid green fine foliage. Abundant globular red flowers. Well-drained light to medium soils in part to full sun. (Formerly B. sp. Column) Conservation status: Priority 3.

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Beaufortia cyrtodonta Stirling Range Bottlebrush

Very attractive small shrub, 0.5-1.2 m h x 0.8-1.5 m w. Fine light green foliage. Abundant bright red clusters of flowers from Aug-Oct. Very well-drained soils in part to full sun. Lightly prune after flowering.

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Beaufortia decussata Gravel Bottlebrush

Attractive upright medium shrub. Grows 2-3 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded ovate foliage. Deep red bottlebrush flowers from Jan-April. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Prune after flowering. Attractive to honeyeaters.

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Beaufortia elegans

Small spreading shrub. Grows 1-1.5 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Crowded ovate foliage. Profuse mauve or red flowers from Sept-Feb. Well-drained soils in part to full sun.

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Beaufortia empetrifolia

Compact shrub. Grows 1 m h x 1 m w. Fine stem clasping foliage. Small globular mauve-pink flowers during spring to early summer. Good rockery plant. Well-drained soils in part to full sun.

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Beaufortia eriocephala Woolly Bottlebrush

Outstanding compact small shrub, 0.5-1 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Fine light green foliage. Dense purplish red globular flowers from Sept-Dec. Very well-drained soils in part to full sun. Conservation status: Priority 3.

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Beaufortia incana

Medium-sized shrub. Grows 2-3 m h x 1.5-2 m w. Grey-green foliage. Attractive two-tone flowers of green and red from Sept-Dec. Well-drained light to heavy soils in part to full sun.

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Beaufortia macrostemon

Low spreading shrub. Grows 0.2-0.4 m h x 0.5-1 m w. Fine hairy foliage. Two-toned flowers – yellow-green at base and red at tips from Sept-Jan. Well-drained soils in part to full sun. Ideally suited as an ornamental undershrub or as a container plant.

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Beaufortia micrantha

Compact dwarf shrub. Grows 0.7 m h x 0.7 m w. Fine stem clasping foliage. Small globular mauve flowers during spring to early summer. Good rockery plant. Well-drained soils in full sun.

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Beaufortia orbifolia Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush

Adaptable medium upright shrub. Grows 2-3 m h x 2 m w. Grey-green tightly packed foliage. Lime-green with red-tipped bottlebrush flowers from Nov-July. Grows in a range of soils in part to full sun. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia puberula

Small, much branched shrub. Grows 0.3-1.2 m h x 0.5-1.2 m w. Grey-green, fine, stem clasping foliage. Attractive pink-maroon flowers in elongated spikes to 2 cm. Flowers from Oct-Feb. Grows in well-drained soils in part to full sun. (Formerly B. interstans)

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Beaufortia purpurea

Compact small shrub. Grows 0.3-1.5 m h x 1 m w. Grey-green foliage. Terminal purple-red globular flowers from Oct-Feb. Light to heavy well-drained soils in dappled shade to full sun. Good container plant. Prune lightly after flowering.

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Beaufortia schaueri Pink Bottlebrush

Very attractive dwarf shrub. Grows 0.3-1 m h x 1-1.5 m w. Fine foliage. Abundant globular pink flowers from Sept-Nov. Well-drained light to medium soils. Dappled shade to full sun. Light pruning is beneficial.

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Beaufortia sparsa Swamp Bottlebrush

Outstanding ornamental upright plant, 2-3 m h x 1-2.5 m w. Bright orange-red bottlebrush flowers from Dec-April. Light to medium soils that don’t dry out. Part to full sun. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia squarrosa Sand Bottlebrush (orange)

Ornamental small to medium shrub from 1-2 m h x 2-3 m w. Crowded, dense green foliage. Bright orange bottlebrush flowers from Sept-April. Adaptable to a range of soil conditions. Part to full sun. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia squarrosa Sand Bottlebrush (red)

Ornamental small to medium shrub from 1-2 m h x 2-3 m w. Crowded, dense green foliage. Bright red bottlebrush flowers from Sept-April. Adaptable to a range of soil conditions. Part to full sun. Bird attracting.

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Beaufortia squarrosa Sand Bottlebrush (cream and orange)

Ornamental small to medium shrub from 1-2 m h x 2-3 m w. Crowded, dense green foliage. Cream and orange bottlebrush flowers from Sept-April. Adaptable to a range of soil conditions. Part to full sun. Bird attracting.

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Billardiera fraseri Elegant Pronaya

Dense upright climber. Grows up to 3 m. Deep green ovate leaves. Terminal clusters of purple-pink flowers from Dec-Feb. Grows in well-drained acidic gravelly or sandy soils in part to full sun. (Formerly called Pronaya fraseri)

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Billardiera fusiformis Australian Bluebell

Sturdy climber growing up to 3 m h. Oblong bright to deep green leaves. Blue, pinkish or white flowers in pendent clusters from July-Mar. Attractive on fences or growing over other plants.Grows in a range of soils in part to full sun. (Formerly called Sollya fusiformis)

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Billardiera heterophylla Australian Bluebell

Light to medium climber. Bright green foliage. Light blue or pink flowers in spring. Attractive on fences or growing over other plants. Can be lightly pruned. Grows in a range of soils in part to full sun.

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Billardiera heterophylla Australian Bluebell

Woody rounded shrub. Grows 1-1.5 m h x 1-2 m w. Bright green foliage. Light blue or pink flowers in spring. Can be lightly pruned. Grows in a range of soils in part to full sun. (Formerly called Sollya heterophylla)

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Billardiera lehmanniana Kurup

Light to medium shrubby climber growing up to 1.5 m. Mid-green linear crowded foliage. White-blue starry flowers from Sept-Dec. Grows in well-drained light to medium moist soils in a semi-shaded position.

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Billardiera variifolia

Light slender climber. Grows 1-3 m h. Hairy deeply toothed mid-green leaves. Profuse white or dark blue flowers in clusters followed by 1 cm long fleshy berries. Requires well-drained soils in a protected situation.

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