Grow native - heavy soil

Your online guide on what to plant where in your garden.

The plants listed below are suitable for heavier soils that have low to moderate nutrient levels. These soils can become waterlogged after rain and hard and compacted when dry. However, with proper conditioning—such as adding organic matter and improving drainage—and by selecting plants well suited to these conditions, it’s possible to create a healthy, thriving garden.

Trees

	Parramatta Wattle Acacia parramattensis Height 12m
	Lilly Pilly Acmena smithii 10m Shade, damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis 10m
	Sydney Red Gum Angophora costata 25m Damp tolerant
	Grey Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia 10m Damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Black Wattle Callicoma serratifolia 10m Damp tolerant
	Oyster Bay Pine Callitris rhomboidea 15m
	Christmas Bush Ceratopetalum gummiferum 6m Damp tolerant
	Red Bloodwood Corymbia gummifera 25m Damp tolerant
	Blueberry Ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus 8m Damp tolerant
	Grey Gum Eucalyptus punctata 25m
	Cheese Tree Glochidion ferdinandi 10m Damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Willow Hakea Hakea salicifolia 5m Shade tolerant
	Native Frangipani Hymenosporum flavum 15m Fire-wise
	Turpentine Syncarpia glomulifera 25m Damp tolerant

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Shrubs

	White Sally Wattle Acacia floribunda 6m Damp tolerant
	Flax Wattle Acacia linifolia 4m
	Golden Wattle Acacia longifolia 8m
	Myrtle Wattle Acacia myrtifolia 2m
	Silver Banksia Banksia marginata 5m
	Crimson bottlebrush Callistemon citrinus 3m Damp tolerant
	Native Fuchsia Correa reflexa 1m Fire-wise
	Rough Guinea Flower Hibbertia aspera 0.6m
	Australian Indigo Indigofera australis 2m
	Crinklebush Lomatia silaifolia 1.5m
	Rice Flower Ozothamnus diosmifolius 2m
	Slender Riceflower Pimelea linifolia 1m
	Handsome Flat Pea Platylobium formosum 1.5m
	Elderberry Panax Polyscias sambucifolia 3m Fire-wise

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Ground covers

	Maidenhair Fern Adiantum aethiopicum 0.5m Shade, damp tolerant
	Birds Nest Fern Asplenium australasicum 1.5m Shade, damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Gristle Fern Blechnum cartilagineum 0.8m Shade, damp tolerant
	Dwarf Blue Trumpet Brunoniella pumilio 0.1m
	Blue Flax Lily Dianella caerulea 0.8m Fire-wise
	Kidney Weed Dichondra repens 0.1m Damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Rasp Fern Doodia aspera 0.3m Shade, damp tolerant
	Cranesbill Geranium homeanum 0.2m Damp tolerant
	Ivy Goodenia Goodenia hederacea 0.8m
	Swamp Isotome Isotoma fluviatilis 0.1m Damp tolerant Fire-wise
	Mat Rush Lomandra filiformis 0.5m Fire-wise
	Spiny-head Mat-rush Lomandra longifolia 1m Fire-wise
	Basket Grass Oplismenus aemulus 0.1m Fire-wise

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Climbers

	Old Man's Beard Clematis aristata
	Old Man's Beard Clematis glycinoides
	Purple Coral Pea Hardenbergia violacea
	Dusky Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda
	Wonga Wonga Vine Pandorea pandorana