AUSTRALIAN NATIVE & ENDEMIC TREES

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The term Australian Native Trees typically refers to trees naturally occurring from within Australia, while endemic trees are species which typically occur in a particular region, such as Sydney.

The images to the right indicate trees that we believe are suitable for landscapes across greater Sydney. We have seen these trees constantly perform well, they are typically commercially available, and are often published on Councils preferred planting lists throughout Sydney.

Many Sydney Councils are requiring that Native or Endemic trees are specified in new DA landscape plans as part of the approval process. Councils such as Ku-Ring-Gia, for example, require a minimum number of endemic native trees determined by the size of your site which attain a minimum mature height of 13m+.

At Conzept, we like to specify appropriate planting for individual sites and site conditions. For smaller or densely developed sites, obviously small to medium, compact and robust tree planting is appropriate, compared to large sites, or sites with large garden areas, where larger trees may by more appropriate. Trees should also be planted to compliment the scale of the proposed development and the proposed use.

Most Councils publish planting lists which may be available in print, or on their web-site. These lists are commonly known as “Council Preferred Planting Lists”. These lists typically give a good range of native trees, shrubs and ground covers, and are definitely worth viewing.

Basix, or the Building Sustainability Index is State Government policy which may also require the prevision of areas of endemic planting for new development. Plants that satisfy this criteria may be found on the Councils plant list published through the Basix web-site; (www.basix.nsw.gov.au) or from the one-drip rated planting for your region or suburb published on the Sydney Water “Plant Selector” web-site; www.sydneywater.com.au/SavingWater/InYourGarden/PlantSelector