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 Perth and WA
This PDF guide is a great resource for gardeners:
- Wildflowers to grow in your garden by the Wildflower Society of Western Australia
Other plant resources for this region
I can strongly recommend the list of website links and books below.
If you have other local plant resources that would be useful for this region, please let me know. You can leave a comment at the bottom of this page.
Links to resources for local plants for gardens in Perth and Western Australia:
A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia
A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia covers 186 formally described and named species of Eremophila that occur naturally in Western Australia. It also provides descriptions of 24 Eremophila species that have not yet been formally named. For each plant the authors provide excellent photographs and a species distribution map for Western Australia ...
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 ...
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 ...
FloraBase — The Western Australian Flora
FloraBase is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details ...
Honkey Nuts
The Honkey Nuts website displays images and information about native trees and shrubs in the Perth region of Western Australia ...
Plant identification keys to Western Australian plants
The plant identification keys published by the Western Australian Herbarium allow the identification of more than 3400 species of Western Australia's wildflowers in eight major families ...
Plant Life of Western Australia
Plant Life of Western Australia is an interpretation for the general reader of the Vegetation Survey of WA done from 1964 to 1984 by Dr Beard. It was first published in 1990. This new edition has been revised by Alex George. The book makes maximum use of colour illustrations ...
Local plant resources for other areas
- Darwin and the Northern Territory (NT)
- Sydney and New South Wales (NSW)
- Melbourne and Victoria (Vic)
- Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
- Adelaide and South Australia (SA)
- Hobart and Tasmania (Tas)
- Brisbane and Queensland (Qld)
