Angus’s Top Ten Australian Plants For Clay Soils
1 Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Claret Tops’
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- Melaleuca ‘Claret Tops’
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- Melaleuca ‘Claret Tops’
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- Melaleuca ‘Claret Tops’
Because of its fine grey foliage with bright new growth and very compact habit.
2 Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
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- Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
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- Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
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- Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
Because of its profuse red flowers, dense growth habit.
3 Lomandra longifolia varieties
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- Lomandra longifolia ‘Tanika’
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- Lomandra longifolia ‘Cassica’
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- Lomandra longifolia ‘Katrinus Deluxe’
Because of the elegant foliage and perfumed flowers.
4 Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’
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- Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’
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- Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’
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- Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’
Because of its elegant pendulous branches and orange-red bird-attracting flowers.
Note- Melaleuca hypericifolia has become a pest plant on the south coast of Victoria where it can displace the local vegetation.
5 Callistemon ‘All Aglow’
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- Callistemon ‘All Aglow’
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- Callistemon ‘All Aglow’
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- Callistemon ‘All Aglow’
Because of its bright new growth, purple-pink flowers .
6 Leptospermum petersonii ‘Little Lemon Scents’
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- Leptospermum petersonii ‘Little Lemon Scents’
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- Leptospermum petersonii ‘Little Lemon Scents’
Because of its wonderful lemon-scented fine foliage and compact growth habit.
7 Philotheca myoporoides (Long-leaf Wax Flower)
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- Philotheca myoporoides ‘Ruby Cascade’
Because of its beautiful displays of white flowers.
8 Anigozanthos flavidus varieties
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- Kangaroo paw ‘Landscape Lilac’
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- Anigozanthos flavidus ‘Landscape Orange’
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- Anigozanthos flavidus ‘Landscape Lime’
Because of the vibrant bird attracting flowers with their unusual felty texture.
9 Callistemon ‘Taree Pink’
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- Callistemon ‘Taree Pink’
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- Callistemon ‘Taree Pink’
Because of its colourful new growth, gorgeous pink flowers.
10 Scaevola ‘Mauve Clusters’
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- Scaevola albida ‘Mauve Clusters’
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- Scaevola albida ‘Mauve Clusters’
Because of its colourful flowers and neat groundcovering habit