Australian Rain Garden Plants
Herbaceous Plants
Name | Common Name | Height |
Commelina cyanea | Native Wandering Jew | 20cm |
Crassula helmsii | Pond Stone Crop | 30cm |
Dichondra repens | Kidney Weed | 5cm |
Ludwegia peploides | Yellow Water Primrose | 50cm |
Paspalum distichum | Water Couch | 5-30cm |
Paspalum vaginatum | Salt Couch | 5-10cm |
Patersonia fragilis | Native Iris | 80cm |
Persicaria decipiens | Knotweed | 50cm |
Persicaria prostratum | Prostrate Knotweed | 40cm |
Persicaria lapathifolia | Tall Knotweed | 1m |
Phylidrum lanigunosum | Wetland Frog-mouth | 60cm |
Plantago debilis | Native plantain | 40cm |
Pratia pedunculata | Trailing Pratia | 20cm |
Pratia purpurascens | Purple Pratia | 20cm |
Pulchella vulgaris | Purple ground cover | 40cm |
Schellhammera sp | Native Wandering Jew | 15cm |
Viola betonicifolia | Clumping Native Violet | 30cm |
Viola hederacea | Native Violet | 20cm |
Grasses
Name | Common Name | Height |
Baumea rubiginosa | Flat Leaf Twig Rush | 1.5m |
Baumea articulata | Jointed Twig Rush | |
Baumea arthrophyllum | Twig Rush | |
Carex appressa | Sedge | 1.2m |
Carex gaudichaudiana | Stream sedge | |
Carex fascicularis | Tassel sedge | 1m |
Carex inversa | Lawn sedge | 30cm |
Dichelachne crinata | Purple Plume Grass | 50cm |
Elaeocharis acuta | Reeds | |
Elaeocharis sphacelata | Tall reeds | |
Eragrostis brownii | A Love Grass | 25cm |
Eragrostis elongata | Lavender Grass | 35cm |
Eragrostis parvifolia | A Love Grass | 45cm |
Gahnia aspera | A Saw Sedge | |
Gahnia clarkei | Big coastal saw sedge | |
Gahnia melanocarpa | Black Seeded saw sedge | |
Gahnia sieberiana | Big alpine sedge | |
Isolepis inundata | Small sedge | |
Isolepis nodosa | Sedge | |
Juncus australis | Grey reeds | |
Juncus prismatocarpus | Reeds | |
Juncus sorophorus | Reeds | |
Juncus usitatus | Reeds | |
Lepidosperma elatior | 1-2m | |
Lepidosperma urophorum | 50-1.50m | |
Lomandra longifolia | Matt Rush | 1m |
Pennisetum alopecuroides | Swamp Fox-tail | |
Phragmites australis | Tall Reeds | 1-4m |
Poa fawcettiae | Alpine Tussock | 40cm |
Poa helmsii | Alpine Tussock | 1.5m |
Poa labillardierei | Blue Tussock Grass | 1m |
Schoenoplectus mucronatus | Club Rush | |
Schoenoplectus validus | Club Rush | |
Stipa ramossissima | Spear Grass | 1-3m |
Stipa verticillata | Bamboo Grass | 1-2m |
Shrubs & Small Trees
Name | Common Name | Height |
Casuarina spp | She-oaks | 1-25m, shrubs or trees |
Leptospermum spp | Teatrees | 2-6m, shrubs or small trees |
Melaleuca spp | Paperbarks | 2-15m, shrubs or small trees |