Australia is a large, ancient, diverse, island Continent and home to some of the World’s most magnificent flowers, many of which are unique to Australia! From the magnificent and iconic Australian Native Flowers like Waratah, to the Billy Button, Banksias, Kangaroo Paws and more. From deserts to tropical rainforests, whereever you turn, Australia will offer vibrant splashes of colour. Australia is home to some of the World’s most colourful trees like the legendary Illawarra Flame Tree and Acacia Wattle Trees. Some legendary shrubs like Grevilleas, Bottle Brushes, Banksias, Hakea and Waratahs. Magnificent climbers like Purple Coral Peas and Bowers of Beauty. Fantastic grasses and flaxes like the Long purple flag, Morning Iris, Thrift leaved Trigger Plants and Bulbine Lilies. Some pack a colour punch like Boronias, Isopogon Candy Cones and Tiny Thomasia. From big to small, Australia has it all. We hope you enjoy and if you find this exploration inspiring don’t forget to share!
Billy Buttons – Craspedia globosa
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Waratah – Telopea speciosissima
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Purple Coral Peas – Hardenbergia violacea
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Kangaroo Paw – Angiozanthos Kings Park Royale
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Acorn Banksia – Banksia prionotes dwarf
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Long Purple Flag – Patersonia occidentalis
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Tiny Thomasia – Thomasia Pygmaea
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Myrtle Wattle – Acacia Myrtifolia Brdgewater Bay
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Strawflower – Xerochrysum bracteatum
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Pink Mulla Mulla Platinum Wallaby – Ptilotus exaltatus
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Illawarra Flame Tree – Brachychiton acerifolius
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Vanilla Lily – Sowerbaea juncea’
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Pincushion Hakea – Hakea laurina
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Australian Native Hibiscus – Alyogyne huegelii x hakeifolia Aussie Purple
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Cockies Tongues – Templetonia Retusa
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Shaggy Dryandra – Banksia splendida
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Boronia Magenta Stars – Boronia Heteorophylla x Molloyae
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Grevillea Honey Gem
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Rose Tipped Mulla Mulla – Ptilotus Manglesii Rosie
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Fairies Bells Pink – Tetratheca Mallee
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Native Cut Leaf Daisy – Brachyscome Mauve Delight
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Native Pigface Pink Passion – Carpobrotus rossii
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Native Frangipani – Hymenosporum flavum
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Native Viola – Viola Hedera
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Red Lantern Banksia – Banksia caleyi
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Morning Iris – Orthrosanthus multiflorus
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Kangaroo Paw Fireworks – Anigozanthos
📷: @Ramm-Botanicals
Bottle Brush Firebrand – Callistemon
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Cotton Heads Silver Sunrise – Conostylis Candicans
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Thrift-leaved Trigger Plant – Stylidium Graminifolium
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Needle leaved Chorizema – Chorizema aciculare
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Showy dryandra – Dryandra Formosa
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Correa pulchella Autumn Blaze
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Kangaroo Paw Bush Dance – Anigozanthos
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Isopogon Candy Cones
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Bulbine Lily – Bulbine bulbosa
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Tea Tree – Leptospermum Pageant
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Grevillea Dorothy Gordon
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Kangaroo Paw Celebrations Masquerade – Anigozanthos
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Burdetts Banksia – Banksia burdettii
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Southern Blechnum Banksia – Banksia blechnifolias
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Fraser Island Creeper – Tecomanthe hillii
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Chocolate Lily – Arthropodium strictum
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Firewheel Tree – Stenocarpus Sinuatus
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Pimelea Marshmallow’s – Pimelea Ciliata
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Kangaroo Paws Yellow Gem
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Pear-fruited Mallee – Eucalyptus Pyriformis
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Pink Rice Flower Pink Pencil – Pimelea-Ferruginea
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Beaufortia sparsa red
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Desert Flame – Chrysocephalum apiculatum
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NSW Christmas Bush – Ceratopetalum gummiferum
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Scaevola Aemula Aussie Crawl
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Daniella Caerulea Little Jess
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Lemon Lights –Â Conostylis Setigera
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Banksia Spinulosa Honey Pots
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Kangaroo Paws Bush Fury – Anigozanthos
📷: @gardeningwithangus
Isopogon Anemonifolius Sunshine
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Elaeocarpus Dark Pink Elly
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Rice flower Red Gingham – Ozothamnus Diosmifolius
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Golden Penda – Xanthostemon chrysanthus Fairhill Gold
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Scarlet Banksia – Banksia Coccinea
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Tree Smoke Bush – Chrysocephalum Stoechadis
📷: @greatoceanroad
Dianella Tasmanica Little Devil
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Woolly Pomaderris – Pomaderris Lanigera Dwarf
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Lilly Pilly – Syzygium Hybrid Cascade
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Cone Bush – Petrophile Ericifolia
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Hoya australis
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Blue Pincushion – Brunonia australis
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Xanthorrhoea minor ssp. lutea
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Purple Loosestrife – Lythrum salicaria
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Lobelia simplicicaulis
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Stackhousia monogyna
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Large Tongue orchid – Cryptostylis subulata
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Indigofera australis
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Early Caladenia Orchid – Caladenia praecox
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Lomandra filifformis ssp. filiformis
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Grevillea Sericea Mauve
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Banksia menziesii Dwarf
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Scented/Plain Sun Orchid – Thelymitra nuda
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Cassinia Longofolia
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Black Kangaroo Paw – Macropidia fuliginosa
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Victoria Christmas Bush – Prostanthera-lasianthos-var.-lasianthos
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Sturts desert pea – swainsona formosa
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Westringia Blue Moon
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Bower of Beauty – Pandorea Purple
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Bottle Brush Purple Splendour – Callistemon
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