Fast Growing Plants - sand - alkaline soil

Resilient adaptable wattle, with feathery delicate mimosa foliage and masses of iconic lemon-yellow powderpuff flowers i...

Flower arrangers will be jigging with joy at the sight of this beautful native wattle tree. Fine feathery foliage in sha...

Rangy east coast summer-flowering wattle that adapts to wherever it finds itself - seaside gardens, roadside nature stri...

Robust resilient wattle that grows in any free-draining soil. Beautiful flowers, decorative seedpods, unusual slender fo...

Big rangy shade tree wattle found across most of the eastern and southern states in moist soil and sheltered places. Sui...

Thrift grows naturally on sea cliffs and rocks, so it can cope with dry soil, salt spray, and wind. Try this pretty litt...

Unusual warm-gold butterfly bush with a long flowering season. Honey-scented flowers are adored by birds, bees and butte...

In New Zealand they call this one hair sedge, and you can see why! The leaves are as fine as hairs, the colour is a gent...

Dwarf compact ground cover version of morning glory, with those bright blue flowers but without the rampaging tendencies...

Very slender, very tall, very fast-growing, with lovely silvery blue delicate foliage. Will make a lovely potted specime...

Super-showy in flower, when scarlet bud-caps fall and the buds open into big vivid yellow floffy flowers covering the tr...

Many eucalypts look similar - this one is easy to identify in summer and autumn from the big geometric red and yellow fl...

This gorgeous mallee gum is small enough to fit even paperback sized back yards, and well worth squeezing in. The foliag...

This petite mallee gum wasn't described for western science until the late nineties, which means your neighbour is unlik...

This fast-growing native gum is drought tolerant and seems to grow in almost any soil from clay to sand, rocky to creeks...

Rare little mallee gum that deserves to be better known, as it's petite enough for back yards, and earns its place with ...

Neat small-size flowering gum tree ideal for suburban gardens to lure in wild birds with those big fluffy lime flowers. ...

Fast-growing native sprawling shrub-groundcover with cheery little yellow flowers for a long season, ideal for naturalis...

Dainty little lacecap flowers with a starry effect, decorate this medium-large shrub in spring-summer. Colour varies thr...

Sweet juicy berries high in vitamin C; fast and easy to grow, with abundant fruit on tall bushy plants. All the best par...

Rugged, resilient, ripper grass, bold in scale, with tall arching plumes of biscuit-brown at the end of summer, which ag...

A fancypants catmint for you, to match your pussy's favourite plant. This one is big, bold, blue and will flower fabulou...

Penstemons are beautiful plants for cottage gardens, fast growing, easy to maintain, coming back year after year with bi...

Penstemons are beautiful plants for cottage gardens, fast growing, coming back year after year with big flowers and a lo...

Penstemons are beautiful plants for cottage gardens, fast growing, coming back year after year with big flowers and a lo...

The darkest one. Red Robin's tall dark cousin, new Black Jack has glossy maroon leaf colour, bigger leaves, and bigger m...

A fast-growing tall upright native tussock grass for frontline coastal gardens, exposed and windy sites, and low humidit...

This native grass is like one of those Swiss Army knives with all the tools - it's good for frost and snow, sun and shad...

Portulaca is a 100% party plant, bringing a Brazilian carnival wherever it's placed. Sun Jewels Yellow's fluro neon flo...

Super-pretty little two-tone flowering sage, dainty and vibrant, charming in a waterwise garden or cottage garden where ...