Geelong Native Plant List for Bees

February 23, 2020

 Geelong Native Plants List for Bees 🐝

 

               GEELONG  LOCAL AND NATIVE PLANT SELECTION

                                                 FOR BEES AND BIRDS
Botanical Name      Common               Name       Flower  Flowering
        Colour       Time
GROUND COVERS AND GRASSES
Clematis microphylla   Small-leaved             clematis        Cream  indigenous  Wint- Spri
Chrysocephalum apiculatum  Yellow buttons       Yellow  indigenous     all year
Brachyscome multiflora   Cut leaf daisy         Blue indigenous    all year
Carpobrotus rossii        Karkalla   pink/yellow indigenous  Wint- Spri
Dianella longifolia    Blueberry lily         Blue indigenous  Spri- Sum
Hardenbergia violacea Purple coral pea  Blue or white     native  Wint-Spri
SHRUBS
Goodenia ovata

long leaf form

    Hop goodenia          yellow indigenous     all year
Correa reflexa Native fuchsia     red/yellow indigenous     Aut-Spri
Correa

Marians marvel

 Native fuchsia    pink/yellow      Local     Aut- Spr
Leptospermum scoparium Manuka tea tree white/pink/red indigenous Spring-Sum
Leptospermum continentale  Prickly tea tree        White Indigenous    Spring
Westringia   Coast rosemary         Blue     Native    variable
Solanum aviculare  Kangaroo Apple         Blue indigenous    Spr- Aut
Callistermon    Bottle brush         Red     Native     Variable
Banksia spinulosa Hairpin Banksia      Orange     Native  Aut- Wint
TREES
Melaleuca lanceolata        Moonah        Cream indigenous    Summer
Leptospermum laevigatum  Coastal Tea tree        White indigenous    Spr-Sum
E Leucoxylon connata    Yellow Gum        Cream indigenous   Wint-Spri
E Leucoxylon    Yellow Gum       variable  indigenous  Aut-Spring
E Melliodora    Yellow Box        Cream  indigenous  Summer
E Camaldulensis  River Red Gum       Cream  indigenous  Summer
E Sideroxylon   Red Iron bark     Dark pink  indigenous  Wint-Spri
E Sideroxylon tricarpa   Red Ironbark     Dark pink  indigenous  Wint- Spri
E Viminalis  Manna gum        Cream indigenous  Sum-Aut
Acacia acinacea Gold dust wattle       Yellow  indigenous     Spring
Acacia implexa Lightwood wattle        lemon  indigenous     Summer
Acacia Melanoxylon      Black wood                Wattle       Lemon  indigenous  Wint-Sum
Acacia Pycnantha    Golden Wattle       Yellow  indigenous     Spring
Allocasurina littoralis    Black Sheoak         Red  indigenous   Wint-Spri
Banksia intergrifolia   Coast Banksia      Yellow  indigenous   Aut- Spri
Banksia Marginata   Silver Banksia      Yellow  indigenous  Spring-Aut
Bursaria Spinosa          Native                 Blackthorn       White  indigenous    Summer