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Feature plants
Create a focal point (or make a statement) in your garden with one of these striking plants. Choose from the list based on individual features such as size, foliage or seasonal floral display.
* Delonix regia and Doryanthes palmeri images copyright Queensland Museum
| Common Name (Botanical Name) | Features | Growing Preferences | Fauna support | |
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hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) | Majestic native conifer to 30m with distinctive dark green foliage arranged in whorls; icon species of Brisbane landscape | Adaptable to most soils; hardy; salt spray tolerant | birds, possums |
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poinciana (Delonix regia) | Popular ornamental flowering tree common in older Brisbane suburbs; thick stout trunk often buttressed; dome shaped canopy is covered in red flowers in summer | Full sun; well drained and composted soil | birds |
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cabbage palm (Livistona australis) | Tall slender trunked native palm to 20m; large glossy fan-shaped fronds; dense crown; cream/white flowers | Full sun and semi shade; adapts to range of soils; likes moisture | birds, butterflies, flying foxes |
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spear lily (Doryanthes palmeri) | Very large lily species with thick strappy leaves to 2m long; spectacular red 3m flower spike attractive to birds; also suitable tub specimen | Full sun, well drained and composted soils | birds |
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tree waratah (Alloxylon flammeum) | Medium-sized bushy tree with glossy, long, dark green leaves; spectacular orange-red oral display in spring | Full sun; well-drained, better soils | birds |
