These are plants that have been recorded as occurring naturally in the Queenstown area and that we grow in the nursery. Choose from these plants if you want a totally local garden, or use this as a guide on where to start choosing plants. Be aware that even within quite small distances there can be marked differences in soil and habitat - moist or dry, for example - so read the descriptions in the main plant listings to refine this list for your garden. Needless to say many plants not recorded in the area will also thrive in your garden. Also note that the lists give no indication of how common a plant is in the area, and that even common plants might not have been recorded by botanists in their surveys.
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Click on the species name to go to the listing for the plant in the main alphabetical catalogue.
The main alphabetical catalogue has cultivation details, prices, and a link to photos of each species.
Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood
Acacia mucronata Narrow-leaf Wattle
Anopterus glandulosus Native Laurel
Archeria eriocarpa Hairy Rainforest-Heath
Aristotelia peduncularis Heart Berry
Baloskion australe Southern Cord-Rush
Baloskion tetraphyllum Tassel Cord-Rush
Banksia marginata Silver Banksia
Baumea tetragona Square Twig-Sedge
Bedfordia salicina Blanket Leaf
Blandfordia punicea Christmas Bells
Blechnum fluviatile Ray Water Fern
Blechnum minus Soft Water Fern
Blechnum wattsii Hard Water Fern
Carex appressa Tall Sedge
Cenarrhenes nitida Native Plum
Centrolepis monogyna Western Pincushion
Diplarrena latifolia Western Flag Iris
Epacris impressa Common Heath
Epacris lanuginosa Swamp Heath
Eucalyptus nitida Smithton Peppermint
Eucryphia lucida Leatherwood
Gahnia grandis Cutting Grass
Gaultheria hispida Snowberry
Gonocarpus teucrioides Forest Raspwort
Leptocarpus tenax Slender Twine Rush
Leptospermum glaucescens Smoky Tea-Tree
Leptospermum lanigerum Woolly Tea-Tree
Leptospermum nitidum Shining Tea-Tree
Leptospermum riparium River Tea-Tree
Leptospermum scoparium Common Teatree
Libertia pulchella Pretty Grass-Flag
Lomatia polymorpha Mountain Lomatia
Melaleuca squamea Swamp Honeymyrtle
Nematolepis squamea Satinwood
Nothofagus cunninghamii Myrtle
Olearia persoonioides Geebung Daisy Bush
Oxylobium arborescens Tall Shaggy Pea
Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius Swamp Everlasting
Polystichum proliferum Mother Shieldfern
Rubus gunnianus Alpine Raspberry
Scaevola hookeri Creeping Fan Flower
Spyridium vexilliferum Propeller Plant
Tasmannia lanceolata Mountain Pepper
Telopea truncata Tasmanian Waratah
Todea barbara King Fern
Trochocarpa cunninghamii Arching Trochocarpa
Viola hederacea Native Violet
Xyris operculata Yellow Eye