Goals: Biodiversity

A fast native shade tree with scented ball flowers and city birds in it.

Scarlet flowers on bare branches in spring; grows from a stuck-in cutting.

A cement tub of still water becomes a dragonfly habitat in one season.

The national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.

Flowers open white and turn crimson over three days; scents a whole verandah.

Blue butterfly pea — a light climber that fixes nitrogen and makes blue tea.

Passion flower — intricate blooms and the host plant of tawny coster butterflies.

Host plant for tiger butterflies — plant one and the caterpillars arrive.

The desert milkweed, smaller than gigantea and even tougher.

A relentless nectar plant — and an invasive that must be kept in a pot.