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Common name Native or Exotic Sun or Shade Frost tolerance Water requirement Size Deciduous or Evergreen Description
White Fir Exotic Full sun Frost hardy High L
Wallangarra Wattle Native Full sun Frost hardy Medium S,M
Coast Myall Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S,M
Black Wattle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M
Cedar Wattle Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost hardy Medium M
Broad-leaved Hickory Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S,M
Fringed Wattle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S
Hickory Wattle Native Full sun Frost hardy Low M
Maiden's Wattle Native Part shade,Shade Frost hardy Medium M
Blackwood Native Part shade,Shade Frost hardy Medium M,L
Sydney Green Wattle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S
Gosford wattle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Trident Maple Exotic Full sun,Part Shade Frost hardy Medium M
Japanese Maple Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Crimson Sentry Norway Maple Exotic Full sun,Part Shade Frost hardy Medium S
Red Maple Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium L
Autumn Blaze Maple Exotic Full sun,Part Shade Frost hardy Medium M
Lilly Pilly Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Small-leaved Lilly Pilly Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Queensland Kauri Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Willow Myrtle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S,M
Hairy Bird's Eye Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
Black She-oak Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Low M
Forest Oak Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Drooping She-oak Native Full sun Frost hardy Low S,M
Tree Waratah Native Full sun Frost sensitive Medium M
Dorrigo Waratah Native Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Red Ash Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M,L
Narrow Leafed Apple Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
Smooth-barked Apple Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Rough-barked Apple Native Full sun Frost hardy Low L
Dwarf Apple Native Full sun Frost hardy Low S
Cook Pine Native Full sun Frost sensitive Medium L
Norfolk Island Pine Native Full sun Frost sensitive Medium L
Strawberry Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Grecian Strawberry Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Queensland Laurel Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
Lemon Scented Myrtle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Grey Myrtle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Coast Banksia Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S,M
Old Man Banksia Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S,M
Gold Blossom Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Orchid Tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S
River Birch Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Silver Birch Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
White Himalayan Birch Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Illawarra Flame Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Lace Bark Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Ivory Curl Flower Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Leopard Tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium M
Black Wattle Native Part shade,Shade Frost hardy Medium S,M
Dawson River Weeping Bottlebrush Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Pink Tipped Bottlebrush Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S,M
Weeping Bottlebrush Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Port Jackson Pine Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M
Cape Chestnut Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Sasanqua Camellia Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Pecan Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Red Olive Berry Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Black Bean Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Swamp Oak Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Tree Bignonia Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Low M
Blue Cedar Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium L
Himalayan Cedar Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium L
Cedar of Lebanon Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium L
Coachwood Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M,L
NSW Christmas Bush Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Redbud Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Judas Tree Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Low S
Lutea Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Stewarts Golden Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Golden Cripps Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy High M
Filifera Sawara Falsecypress Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Flowering Dogwood Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Japanese Dogwood Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Lemon Scented Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Yellow Bloodwood Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M,L
Flowering Gum Native Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S
Red Bloodwood Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Spotted Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
English Hawthorn Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Bronze Japanese Cedar Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Tuckeroo Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
Long-leaved Tuckaroo Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S
Kashmir Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium L
Blue Ice Arizona Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Low S,M
Brunnings Golden Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Bhutan Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium L
Pompom Tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S
Brown Silky Oak Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Silky Myrtle Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Native Tamarind Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Small-leaved Tamarind Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Koda Native Full sun,Part Shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Eumumdi Quandong Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Blueberry Ash Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Corkwood Native Full sun,Part Shade Frost sensitive Medium M,L
Blue Box Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Bangalay Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Gungurru Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S
Narrow-leafed Ironbark Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Broad-leafed Ironbark Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Scribbly Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M
Brittle Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Tallow wood Native Full sun Frost sensitive Low L
Grey Box Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Blue Mountains Ash Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Grey Ironbark Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low L
Parramatta Red Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M
Blackbutt Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low L
Grey Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Narrow-leaved Peppermint Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Swamp Mahogany Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low M,L
White Gum/ Inland Scribbly Gum Native Full sun Frost hardy Low M,L
Sydney Blue Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low L
Mugga Ironbark Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Silver-top Ash Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Forest Red Gum Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Pineapple Guava Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Port Jackson Fig Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium L
Native Teak Native Full sun Frost sensitive Medium L
White Ash Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M
Golden Ash Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S,M
Evergreen Ash Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Claret Ash Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Cimmzam Cimmaron Green Ash Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Urbanite Ash Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Wilga Native Full sun Frost hardy Low M
Maidenhair Tree Exotic Full sun Frost hardy High M,L
Cheese Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
Gordonia/Fried Egg Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S,M
Brown Silky Oak Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Willow-leaf Hakea Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S
Tulipwood Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Coast Cottonwood Native Full sun Frost sensitive Low S,M
Bleeding Heart Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Native Frangipani Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Jacaranda Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium M
Dogwood Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S
Spartan Juniper Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Low S,M
Keteleeri Eastern Red Cedar Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M
Golden Rain Tree Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S,M
Natchez Crepe Myrtle Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Low M
Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Low S
Japanese Larch Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High L
Bay Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Coastal Tea Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Lemon-scented Tea Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S
Silver Tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Liquidambar Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Tulip Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M,L
Brush Box Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low L
Macadamia Nut Native Full sun Frost sensitive High M
Exmouth Bull Bay Magnolia Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive High M
Little Gem Bull Bay Magnolia Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive High S
Saucer Magnolia Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High S,M
Japanese Flowering Crab Apple Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S,M
Betchel's Crab Apple Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Mango Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium M
Bracelet Honey Myrtle Native Full sun Frost sensitive Low S
Black Tea Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M
White Feather Honeymyrtle Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S,M
Snow-in-Summer Native Full sun Frost hardy Low S,M
Broad-leaved Paperbark Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M,L
Prickly-leaved Paperbark Native Full sun Frost sensitive Low S,M
White Cedar Native Full sun Frost sensitive Low M
White doughwood Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Dawn Redwood Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High L
NZ Christmas Bush Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium M
Sweet Michelia Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive High M
Tupelo Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Musk Daisy Bush Native Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Persian Ironwood Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S,M
Photinia Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S
Fat Albert Spruce Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Stone Pine Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low L
Japanese Black Pine Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Low S,M
Pistachio Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M
Frangipani Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Brown Pine Native Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M,L
Totara Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M,L
Taiwan Cherry Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Purple-leaved Plum Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Japanese Flowering Cherry Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S,M
Blireana Plum Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Chanticleer Flowering Pear Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High S,M
Manchurian Pear Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High M
Holm Oak Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium M,L
Pin Oak Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium L
Rhododendron Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High S,M
Tree Gardenia Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low S
Yellow Wood/ Bauerella Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Japanese Pagoda Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Rowan Tree Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M
African Tulip-tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Low M
Firewheel Tree Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Japanese Snowbell Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S,M
Turpentine Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M,L
Scentless Rosewood Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Lilac Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy High S
Scrub Cherry Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Rose Apple Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Riberry Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Magenta Lilly Pilly or Brush Cherry Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Golden Trumpet Tree Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Swamp Cypress Exotic Full sun Frost hardy High L
White Cedar Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Low L
Zebrina Western Red Cedar Exotic Full sun Frost hardy Medium S
Lasiandra Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S,M
Alstonville Tibouchina Exotic Full sun Frost sensitive Medium S
Greenspire Small-leaved Lime Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M
Red Cedar Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Low M,L
Water Gum Native Full sun,Part shade,Shade Frost sensitive Low S,M
Golden Wych Elm Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium S,M
Weeping Lilly Pilly Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M,L
Golden Penda Native Full sun,Part shade Frost sensitive Medium M
Japanese Zelkova Exotic Full sun,Part shade Frost hardy Medium M