WARM CLIMATE PLANTS
PLANTS SUITED TO WET SOIL GARDENS
Extra Hardy (Tolerating full sun, wind & periods of dry to periods of flooding eg: wet summers after dry winters).
Callistemon (most species)
Eucalyptus tessellaris, tereticornis
Buckinghamii celsissima
Melaleuca (most species)
Tolerating Periods of Moist to Flooded Soil (but not drought tolerant).
Castanospermum australe
Osbeckia australiana
Banksia robur, integrifolia
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Elaeocarpus grandis
Elaeocarpus obovatus
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, ptychocarpa
Melaleuca viridiflora
Pandanus aquaticus, spiralis
Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm)
Grow Well In Wet, Shaded Places
Tree Fern (Cythea cooperii)
Eleocarpus sp.
Schefflera actinophylla, arboricola
Most plants that originate from rainforests start their lives in full shade. These plants are well suited to this list)
Tropical & Rainforest Plants Suited to Coastal Planting
Acmena smithii
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Ficus macrophylla (also many other species)
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Ixora spp.
Morinda citrifolia
Syzygium oleosum
LIME LOVING PLANTS
Note: Lime soil conditions is often a problem on tropical coral islands. Plants on the following lists may prove adaptable in such situations.
Shrubs which grow in Lime Soils
Aucuba
Callistemon Harkness Hybrid
Casuarina humilis
Eremophila glabra
Hibiscus syriacus
Hypericum
Leptospermum lavaegatum
Myoporum insularee (Boobialla)
Pittosporum
Plumbago
Tamarix
Tecomaria capensis
Trees Which Grow in Lime Soils
Araucaria heterophylla
Bauhinia
Brachychiton populneus
Brachychiton rupestris
Casuarina cristata
Erynthrina (Coral Tree)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
E. cladocalyx nana
Feijoa selloana (Guava)
Fraxinus oxycarpa
Melia azederach
Pittosporum phillyraeoides
Warm Climate Shrubs and Trees with Spectacular Flowering Features
Albizia spp.
Banksia erificifolia, robur
Barklya syringifolia
Barringtonia calyptrata
Bauhinia spp.
Bombax Ceiba
Brachichiton acerifolius, discolor
Brugmansia sauveolens
Brunfelsia spp.
Buckinghamii celsissima
Caesalpinea pulcherrima
Calliandra haematocephala
Callistemon spp.
Calodendrum capense
Cassia spp.
Chorisia speciosa
Colvillea racemosa
Delonix regia
Elaeocarpus reticulatis
Erythrina falcata, crista-galli
Euphorbia leucocephala
Galphimia glauca
Grevillea robusta
Hibiscus spp. and varieties
Hymenospormum flavum
Justicia species
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Lagerstroemia indica, speciosa
Malvaviscus arboreus
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Mellicope elleryana
Metrosideros spp.
Murraya paniculata
Mussaenda (various)
Nerium oleander
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Plumeria rubra, obtusa
Spathodea campanulata
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Tabebuia spp.
Tecoma stans
Tibouchina granulosa, lepidota
Xanthostemon chrysanthus
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