It makes sense to grow local native plants in your garden as they are suited to the local soil and climate and do not require large amounts of nutrients water.
Most importantly, native plants provide food and habitat for multiple species of insects, birds and other native wildlife.
Urban bush Corridors
Most people don’t consider their own small urban garden in the greater scheme of things, but your own backyard can become an active part of an urban bush corridor that can support a host of native wildlife, and if you do it well, will also beautify the local region.
Native plants appropriate for Wagga Wagga and surrounds
Over the last few years, Wagg a City Council has given away thousands of free native seedlings as part of our One Tree for Me campaign, local nurseries also sell native seedlings.
Some of the native plants listed below are included in the South-West Slopes Revegetation Guide (SWSRG) which can be viewed for more information.
Scientific Name | Common Name | Page number in the SWSRG |
Acacia lanigera | Wooly Wattle | Page 287 |
Acacia flexifolia | Bent-leaf Wattle | Page 284 |
Acacia decora | Graceful Wattle | |
Acacia acinacea | Gold Dust Wattle | Page 279 |
acacia decora | Silver or Showy wattle | |
Indigofera Australis | Austral indigo | Page 332 |
Leptospermum continentale | Prickly Teatree | Page 336 |
Hardenbergia violacea | Happy Wanderer | Page 395 |
Dodonea viscosa cuneata | Wedge-leaved Hop Bush | Page 316 |
Enchylaena tomentosa | Ruby Red Salt bush | |
Einadia hastata | Berry Salt bush | |
Myoporum | Boobialla | |
Dianella revoluta | Spreading Flax lily | Page 383 |
Xerochrysum viscosum* | Sticky Everlasting Daisy | Page 377 |
Einadia nutans | Climbing Saltbush | |
Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow buttons | Page 380 |
Dianella longifolia | Smooth Flax lily | Page 383 |
arthropodium milleflorum | Pale Vanilla Lily | |
Lomandra (eg, Tanika, Shara, Lime Tuff, longifolia) | Mat rush | |
Themeda australis | Kangaroo Grass | |
Poa labillarderi | Tussock Grass |
* In 1991, the name Helichrysum viscosum was changed to Bracteantha viscosa. However, it was not realised that one year earlier Xerochrysum viscosum had already been published and priority came to this genus when this was discovered in 2001. Xerochrysum now consists of seven widespread species within the family of Asteraceae.
Scientific Name | Common Name | Page number in the SWSRG |
Euxtaxia microphylla | Mallee Bush-pea | Page 320 |
Dillwynia sericea | Showy Parrot-pea | Page 360 |
Calytrix tetragona | Common Fringe-myrtle | Page 302 |
Acacia acinacea | Gold-dust Wattle | Page 279 |
Acacia gunnii | Ploughshare Wattle | Page 285 |
Rhagodia spinescens (normal or selected low forms) | Spiny Saltbush | Similar saltbush on Page 376 |
bursaria spinosa | ||
Dichopogon strictus | Chocolate-lily | Page 383 |
Bulbine bulbosa | Bulbine lily, native leek, golden lily or native onion | Page 379 |
Pycnosaurus globosus** | Billy Buttons | Page 383 |
Poa labillarderi | Tussock grass | Page 405 |
Themeda australis | Kangaroo grass | Page 406 |
Austrodanthonia(Formerly Danthonia species) | Wallaby grass | Page 402 |
Microseris lanceolata | Native Yam (murrnong) | No |
** Pycnosaurus globosus - This plant used to be known as craspedia globosus and is listed in SWSRG as such.
Scientific Name | Common Name | Page number in the SWSRG |
Carpobrotus glaucescens | Various native pig face - local and coastal | No |
Myoporum parvifolium | creeping boobialla, creeping myoporum, dwarf native myrtle | No |
Hibbertia | Guinea Flower | No |
Anigozanthos flavidis | Kangaroo paw | No |
Eremphilas (lots of varieties eg, Kalbarri Carpet, Blue Horizon, Fruit Salad, maculata, glabra) | Emu Bush | No |
Grevillea Mt tamboritha, Winter Delight, Gaudichaudi (numerous small shrubs and groundcovers) | Grevillea or Spider flowers | No |
Westringa ground cover and small shrubs (eg, Jervis Gem, Aussie Box) | Native Rosemary | No |
Dillwynia retorta | Small-leaf Parrot-pea | Page 314 |
Callistemon sieberi | River Bottlebrush | Page 301 |
Bursaria spinosa | Sweet Bursaria/Native Blackthorn | Page 299 |
For more information and suggestions visit Wagga Flora.
Invasive plant species
There are a range of plant species seen commonly in yards around Wagga Wagga and surrounds that are invasive. Residents should avoid planting these types of plants, and make efforts to prevent their spread. This includes the following:
Scientific Name | Common Name |
Salix babylonica | Willow tree |
Populus nigra | Poplar tree |
Schinus molle | Peppercorn tree |
Acacia baileyana | Cootamundra Wattle |
Ligustrum lucidum | Broad leaf privet (Also known as Glossy Privet) |
Ligustrum sinense | Small leaf privet (Also known as Narrow-leaf Privet, Chinese Privet) |