Creating a wildlife-friendly garden? Or perhaps you are trying to establish a drought-proof garden? Finding local plants for gardens is not always easy.
Finding local plants for gardens in Darwin and the Northern Territory
This plant selection site is a good resource for gardeners:
- Living Water Smart by PowerWater
Other plant resources for this region
Below I have compiled list of website links and books I can strongly recommend.
If you have other local plant resources that would be useful for this region, please let me know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this page.
Links to resources for local plants for gardens in Darwin and NT:
A Field Guide to Central Australia
A Field Guide to Central Australia is an illustrated guide to the landscape, plants and animals seen along the main tourist routes of central Australia. It covers the area around Alice Springs, west to Kings Canyon, and south to Uluru and the Simpson Desert ...
A Guide to Plants of Inland Australia
Covers the major plants of three-quarters of the continent of Australia. This book features 800 species that are well-known, and can be easily seen throughout inland Australia ...
A Natural History and Field Guide to Australia’s Top End
A Natural History and Field Guide to Australia's Top End is an illustrated field guide to the top end of the Northern Territory. It describes the main habitats and commonly seen animals and plants in these ecosystems and contains many photographs. This is an excellent guide for naturalists who are visiting Australia's tropical north ...
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants website
Rainforest Plants of Australia is an interactive identification key and information software package. It includes species descriptions and feature information to identify over 1100 species of rainforest trees, shrubs and climbing plants of mainland eastern Australia. These species may occur in a variety of rainforests from Rockhampton, in Queensland, to Victoria ...
Bushfires & Bushtucker
Bushfires & Bushtucker: Aboriginal plant use in Central Australia is a comprehensive survey of desert plants and plant use in Central Australia (Northern Territory). The Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Arrente, Pintupi and many other Central Australian Aboriginal peoples have shared their knowledge with lifelong Centralian Peter Latz to produce this lively and accessible book ...
FloraNT — Northern Territory Flora Online
FloraNT — Northern Territory Flora Online is the primary online resource for information on the Northern Territory’s flora. Images and distributions maps, species checklists, flora descriptions, conservation and weed status, ecological attributes, and ethno-botanical information are all available ...
Jawoyn Plants and Animals
Jawoyn Plants and Animals records the traditional aboriginal Jawoyn names and uses of almost 600 plants and animals found on Jawoyn country (Nitmiluk National Park and the Katherine area, Northern Territory) ...
Native Plants of Northern Australia
Native Plants of Northern Australia presents a comprehensive coverage of the trees and shrubs of the top end of the Northern Territory ...
Wildflowers & Plants of Inland Australia
Anne Urban's Wildflowers and Plants of Inland Australia is a comprehensive field guide about plants of inland Australia. It covers the area between latitudes 20°S and 26°S of the Northern Territory. Each plant description is illustrated with one or more colour photographs ...
Wildflowers of the Darwin region
The Wildflowers of the Darwin region website shows many plant photographs of the local flora around Darwin. Flowers are organised by colour ...
Resources for other areas
- Sydney and New South Wales (NSW)
- Adelaide and South Australia (SA)
- Melbourne and Victoria (Vic)
- Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
- Perth and Western Australia (WA)
- Brisbane and Queensland (Qld)
- Hobart and Tasmania (Tas)
