What we grow
Plant height can vary depending on the growing environment. The height categories below are guides only. Many plants can be pruned to keep them to the desired height.
Factsheets are available for most plants listed. A small number of factsheets are still in development and will be added soon.
Don’t forget to check out how council has revitalised the Gordon White Library precinct using local native plants grown at the MNEC.
Grasses and strappy plants
Climbers
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Elaeagnus triflora | Millaa Millaa Vine |
| Hibbertia scandens | Snake Vine |
| Jasminum didymum | Native Jasmine |
| Pandorea jasminoides | Bower Vine |
| Pandorea pandorana | Wonga Vine |
Ground covers and low-growing plants (under 1m)
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Apowollastonia spilanthoides | Beach Sunflower |
| Ajuga australis | Australian Bugle |
| Bacopa monnieri | Brahmi |
| Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Yellow Buttons |
| Coleus eungellaensis | Eungella Coleus |
| Cordyline murchisoniae | Dwarf Palm Lily |
| Dichondra repens | Kidney Weed |
| Gynura drymophila | Forest Daisy |
| Hypoestes floribunda | Musk-scented Plant |
| Lobelia membranacea | Native Lobelia |
| Murdannia graminea | Grass Lily |
| Peperomia blanda | Peperomia |
| Viola banksii | Native Violet |
| Vitex rotundifolia | Beach Vitex |
| Wollastonia uniflora | Beach Sunflower |
| Xenostegia tridentata | African Morning Vine |
| Xerochrysum bracteatum | Everlasting Daisy |
Shrubs (under 5m)
Trees (5-10m)
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Abrophyllum ornans | Native Hydrangea |
| Acacia leptocarpa | Northern Wattle |
| Atractocarpus fitzalanii subsp. fitzalanii | Brown Gardenia |
| Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar | Coastal Banksia |
| Capparis arborea | Native Pomegranate |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides | Tuckeroo |
| Denhamia disperma | Orange Bark |
| Hibiscus tiliaceus | Cottonwood |
| Hymenosporum flavum | Native Frangipani |
| Lysiphyllum hookeri | Hooker's Bauhinia |
| Melaleuca trichostachya | River Paperbark |
| Melaleuca viminalis | Weeping Bottlebrush |
| Melaleuca viridiflora | Broad-leaved Paperbark |
| Melicope elleryana | Pink Evodia |
| Micromelum minutum | Lime Berry |
| Pararchidendron pruinosum | Snow-wood |
| Pandanus cookii | Cook's Screw Pine |
| Pipturus argenteus | Native Mulberry |
| Stenocarpus sinuatus | Firewheel Tree |
| Sterculia quadrifida | Peanut Tree |
| Syzygium australe | Creek Cherry |
| Thespesia populnea | Tulip Tree |
| Waterhousea floribunda | Weeping Lilly-pilly |
Large Trees (over 10m)
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Alectryon connatus | Hairy Alectryon |
| Archontophoenix alexandrae | Alexandra Palm |
| Brachychiton acerifolius | Flame Tree |
| Calophyllum inophyllum | Beauty Leaf |
| Commersonia bartramia | Brown Kurrajong |
| Corymbia intermedia | Pink Bloodwood |
| Elaeocarpus grandis | Blue Quandong |
| Eucalyptus exserta | Queensland Peppermint |
| Eucalyptus raveretiana | Black Ironbox |
| Eucalyptus tereticornis | Queensland Blue Gum |
| Euroschinus falcata | Ribbonwood |
| Flindersia schottiana | Bumpy Ash |
| Ganophyllum falcatum | Scaly Ash |
| Lophostemon confertus | Brush Box |
| Melaleuca fluviatilis | Pendulous Paperbark |
| Melaleuca leucadendra | Weeping Paperbark |
| Mimusops elengi | Mimusops |
| Neolitsea dealbata | White Bollywood |
| Pleiogynium timorense | Burdekin Plum |
| Toona ciliata | Red Cedar |
Wetland/aquatic
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Philydrum lanuginosum | Woolly Frogmouth |
| Schoenoplectiella mucronata | Star Club-rush |