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Native plants in Sydney

20 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

20 of them need no watering beyond Sydney’s own rainfall

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Trees3

Canopy and structure

Silver Dollar Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus cinerea

No watering needed Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC BY 4.0

Cane's Hybrid Bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus 'Cane's Hybrid'

No watering needed

Pink Hollyhock Tree

Hibiscus splendens 'Pink Hollyhock Tree'

No watering needed

Shrubs5

Backbone planting

Smokey Coast Rosemary

Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey'

No watering needed

Cane's Hybrid Bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus 'Cane's Hybrid'

No watering needed

Silver Sunburst

Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver Sunburst'

No watering needed

Pink Hollyhock Tree

Hibiscus splendens 'Pink Hollyhock Tree'

No watering needed

Rough Hibbertia

Hibbertia aspera

No watering needed Photo: krumpianking · CC BY 4.0

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Dwarf Mat Rush

Lomandra longifolia 'Breeze Dwarf Mat Rush'

No watering needed

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Perennials6

Seasonal colour

Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

No watering needed Photo: Eamonn Culhane · CC BY 4.0

Tasmanian Flax Lily

Dianella tasmanica

No watering needed Photo: Lek Khauv · CC BY 4.0

Blue Star Creeper

Isotoma fluviatilis

No watering needed Photo: Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY 4.0

Variegated Flax Lily

Dianella caerulea 'Variegata'

No watering needed

Blue Star Flower

Isotoma axillaris

No watering needed Photo: Niko Ioannidis · CC BY 4.0

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

No watering needed Photo: Crispin Holloway · CC0 1.0

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Meema False Sarsaparilla

Hardenbergia violacea 'Meema'

No watering needed

Ferns5

Shade and damp

Leatherleaf Fern

Rumohra adiantiformis

No watering needed Photo: Hannah Rogers · CC BY 4.0

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

No watering needed Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Hispidum Maidenhair Fern Mt Haleakala

Adiantum hispidulum 'Mt Haleakala'

No watering needed

Cairns Rigid Fern

Doodia media 'Cairns'

No watering needed

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

No watering needed

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