Elaeocarpus eumundii
Eumundi Quandong or Smooth-leaved Quandong
Typical mature height: 8m (maximum 3m breadth)
Useful in: evergreen screen, planter boxes
Sites for best growth: deep fertile well – drained soils, full sun to part shade, frost free.
Eribotrya deflexa
Bronze Loquat
Typical mature height: 5m in Melbourne
Useful in: Parks, reserves, streetscapes
Sites for best growth: Well-drained sites
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
River Red Gum
Typical mature height: 15m+
Useful in: parks, reserves, broad avenues
Sites for best growth: clay soils, available water
Eucalyptus kitsoniana
Gippsland Mallee
Typical mature height: 5-8m in Melbourne
Useful in: streetscapes, planter boxes, freeways
Sites for best growth: most, including waterlogged
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Yellow Gum
Typical mature height: from 4 to 30m
Useful in: streetscapes, parks, most locations
Sites for best growth: most sites, provenance-specific
Eucalyptus mannifera
Red Spotted Gum
Typical mature height: to 20m, ‘Little Spotty’ to 8m
Useful in: streetscsapes, parks
Sites for best growth: dry, well-drained
Eucalyptus melliodora
Yellow Box
Typical mature height: to 20m
Useful in: broad streets, parks
Sites for best growth: acid pH, well-drained
Eucalyptus polyanthemos
Red Box
Typical mature height: to 20m
Useful in: avenues, parks, broad streets
Sites for best growth: most, well-drained & gravelly
Eucalyptus radiata
Narrow-leaved Peppermint
Typical mature height: most to 20m
Useful in: broad streets, parks
Sites for best growth: tolerates most soils, conditions
Eucalyptus scoparia
Wallangara White Gum
Typical mature height: 12m
Useful in: streetscapes, parks
Sites for best growth: relatively dry, well-drained
Eucalyptus sideroxylon ‘Rosea’
‘Rosea’ Red Ironbark
Typical mature height: variable to 20m
Useful in: broad streetscapes, parks
Sites for best growth: all reasonably well-drained
Eucalyptus tricarpa
Red Ironbark
Typical mature height: 20m+
Useful in: parks, reserves
Sites for best growth: well-drained to dry soils
Ficus macrophylla
Moreton Bay Fig
Typical mature height:
Useful in: broad streetscapes, parks
Sites for best growth: moisture retentive but well-drained soils; low frost
Ficus microcarpa var. hillii
Hill’s Weeping Fig
Typical mature height: to 15m
Useful in: streetscapes, displays
Sites for best growth: moisture retentive but well-drained
Ficus platypoda
Rock Fig
Typical mature height: to 8m
Useful in: streetscapes, displays
Sites for best growth: moisture retentive but well-drained
Fraxinus ornus
Flowering Ash
Typical mature height: to 10m
Useful in: parks, broad streetscapes
Sites for best growth: well drained, irrigated
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Cimmzam’ & ‘Urbdell’
Cimmaron and Urbanite Ash
Typical mature height: 13-15m in Melbourne
Useful in: streetscapes, reserves and parks
Sites for best growth: most sites appropriate