Approved Street Trees
Trees suitable for large verges - over 6m
Weeping Bottlebrush
Genus: Callistemon viminalis
Height: 8m
Width: 4m
This evergreen tree is an Australian native. The stem has rough, scaly bark and an elegant weeping habit, with narrow light green leaves. The flowers are rich red brushes up to 9cm long, appearing profusely from spring to summer.
Marri
Genus: Corymbia calophylla
Height: 20m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk has rough fibrous bark that can be greyish-brown to dark brown, with cream-to-white flowers in summer to early autumn. Its flowers and fruit are an important food source for local insects and animals.
Spotted Gum
Genus: Corymbia ficifolia
Height: 15 - 20m
Width: 12 - 15m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has a mottled or spotted appearance with smooth, pale grey, pink or cream deciduous bark. It has dark green narrow leaves and small clusters of white, fragrant flowers in autumn and winter.
WA Flowering Gum
Genus: Corymbia ficifolia
Height: 6 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The stem is erect but often twisted and branching. The leaves are bright green, with flowers appearing in summer, varying from scarlet to pink and orange.
Fuchsia Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus forrestiana
Height: 3 - 6m
Width: 5m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is smooth grey with pale brown bark. The tree produces yellow flowers from striking reddish-pink buds in mid-summer to early winter.
Red-Flowering Yellow Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'Rosea'
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 6 - 10m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has spear-shaped grey-green foliage and rough bark through autumn and winter, revealing a white to yellow smooth trunk in spring and summer. Pink flowers are produced from April to October.
Narrow-Leafed Black Peppermint
Genus: Eucalyptus nicholii
Height: 12 - 16m
Width: 12 - 16m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The dull green-grey leaves are narrow and lanceolate in shape, and smell like peppermint when crushed. The flowers are white and appear from late summer to early autumn.
Red-Flowering Ironbark
Genus: Eucalyptus sideroxylon 'Rosea'
Height: 15 - 30m
Width: 10 - 15m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has dark furrowed bark and weeping grey-green foliage. The flowers are pink and occur in winter and spring.
Jarrah
Genus: Eucalyptus marginata
Height: 15 - 20m
Width: 15m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is greyish-brown with vertical fissures. The tree produces white flowers in spring and early summer.
Swamp Gimlet
Genus: Eucalyptus spathulata
Height: 6 - 12m
Width: 6 - 8m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has smooth satin-like pale brown bark. The tree produces white flowers from summer to autumn.
Coral Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus torquata
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 6m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has rough, greyish bark and dull grey-green leaves. The flower buds and fruit present a spectacular mass of salmon-pink to cream coloured flowers in winter.
Prickly Bark
Genus: Eucalyptus todtiana
Height: 5 - 15m
Width: 4 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has a yellowish, rough bark. The leaves are lanceolate and pale green to bluish-green. Creamy white flowers occur in February.
Red-Flowering Paperbark
Genus: Melaleuca viridiflora
Height: 4m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia, with cream-grey papery bark. The leaves pointed at both ends. The flowers are cylindrical bottlebrushes that flower in abundance during the summer months.
Coastal Moort
Genus: Eucalyptus utilis
Height: 8m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia and is planted extensively as a street tree in Perth. It has glossy green foliage, a dense canopy and smooth copper coloured bark.
Weeping Paperbark
Genus: Melaleuca leucadendra
Height: 10m
Width: 5m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has thick, papery, pale spongy bark. The leaves are pendulous and dark green. The flowers are white to creamy and appear in spikes mainly in winter.
Native Frangipani
Genus: Hymenosporum flavum
Height: 7 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This is a semi-deciduous tree, native to Australia and New Guinea. It is fast growing with dark green foliage and yellow or white-yellow flowers appearing in spring.
Jacaranda
Genus: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 10 - 15m
This is a semi-deciduous tree with attractive fern-like foliage. The tubular flowers are lilac-blue and put on a stunning show during spring to summer.
Wandoo
Genus: Eucalyptus wandoo
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is white and mostly smooth with mottled spots on older trees. The tree produces cream to white flowers from summer to autumn.
Dwarf Yellow Bloodwood
Genus: Corymbia eximia nana
Height: 10m
Width: 6m
This is a dwarf variety of an evergreen tree, native to Australia. It is recognisable by its distinctive yellow-brown tessellated bark. The leaves are a strong, green colour that turn paler in cooler months, with cream flowers appearing in spring.
Queensland Brush Box Tree
Genus: Lophostemon confertus
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 10 - 15m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has brown, slightly rough bark with smooth, pale yellowish-brown bark on the upper sections of the trunk and branches. The tree produces white flowers in spring.
WA Weeping Peppermint
Genus: Agonis flexuosa
Height: 10m
Width: 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The leaves are green and willow-like with a strong smell of peppermint. It has small white flowers in spring.
Sydney Red Gum
Genus: Angophora costata
Height: 20m
Width: 15m
This evergreen tree is an Australian native with grey bark, flecked with salmon pink. The tree grows quickly and will form an arching canopy. The foliage is curved and waxy, providing excellent contrast to the bark. Clusters of white flowers appear in spring.
Trees suitable for medium verges 2 - 6m
Weeping Bottlebrush
Genus: Callistemon viminalis
Height: 8m
Width: 4m
This evergreen tree is an Australian native. The stem has rough, scaly bark and an elegant weeping habit, with narrow light green leaves. The flowers are rich red brushes up to 9cm long, appearing profusely from spring to summer.
Spotted Gum
Genus: Corymbia ficifolia
Height: 15 - 20m
Width: 12 - 15m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has a mottled or spotted appearance with smooth, pale grey, pink or cream deciduous bark. It has dark green narrow leaves and small clusters of white, fragrant flowers in autumn and winter.
WA Flowering Gum
Genus: Corymbia ficifolia
Height: 6 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The stem is erect but often twisted and branching. The leaves are bright green, with flowers appearing in summer, varying from scarlet to pink and orange.
Fuchsia Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus forrestiana
Height: 3 - 6m
Width: 5m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is smooth grey with pale brown bark. The tree produces yellow flowers from striking reddish-pink buds in mid-summer to early winter.
Red-Flowering Yellow Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus leucoxylon 'Rosea'
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 6 - 10m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has spear-shaped grey-green foliage and rough bark through autumn and winter, revealing a white to yellow smooth trunk in spring and summer. Pink flowers are produced from April to October.
Jarrah
Genus: Eucalyptus marginata
Height: 15 - 20m
Width: 15m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is greyish-brown with vertical fissures. The tree produces white flowers in spring and early summer.
Swamp Gimlet
Genus: Eucalyptus spathulata
Height: 6 - 12m
Width: 6 - 8m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has smooth satin-like pale brown bark. The tree produces white flowers from summer to autumn.
Coral Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus torquata
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 6m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has rough, greyish bark and dull grey-green leaves. The flower buds and fruit present a spectacular mass of salmon-pink to cream coloured flowers in winter.
Prickly Bark
Genus: Eucalyptus todtiana
Height: 5 - 15m
Width: 4 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has a yellowish, rough bark. The leaves are lanceolate and pale green to bluish-green. Creamy white flowers occur in February.
Red-Flowering Paperbark
Genus: Melaleuca viridiflora
Height: 4m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia, with cream-grey papery bark. The leaves pointed at both ends. The flowers are cylindrical bottlebrushes that flower in abundance during the summer months.
Coastal Moort
Genus: Eucalyptus utilis
Height: 8m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia and is planted extensively as a street tree in Perth. It has glossy green foliage, a dense canopy and smooth copper coloured bark.
Native Frangipani
Genus: Hymenosporum flavum
Height: 7 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This is a semi-deciduous tree, native to Australia and New Guinea. It is fast growing with dark green foliage and yellow or white-yellow flowers appearing in spring.
Jacaranda
Genus: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 10 - 15m
This is a semi-deciduous tree with attractive fern-like foliage. The tubular flowers are lilac-blue and put on a stunning show during spring to summer.
Wandoo
Genus: Eucalyptus wandoo
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is white and mostly smooth with mottled spots on older trees. The tree produces cream to white flowers from summer to autumn.
Perth Pink
Genus: Callistemon 'Perth Pink'
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This is a cultivated evergreen tree, native to Australia. It has a dense canopy with new foliage flushed pink, with an abundance of pink brushes occurring in autumn and spring.
Chinese Tallow
Genus: Sapium sebiferum
Height: 6 - 10m
Width: 6 - 10m
This deciduous tree is native to eastern Asia. The tree has bright green foliage through summer, turning orange, red, purple and bronze before winter. The tree produces greenish-yellow to white flowers in spring.
Snow Queen
Genus: Eucalyptus victrix
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 4 - 6m
This small evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has smooth white bark with a section of rough bark at the base. The tree produces creamy white flowers from spring to autumn.
Tuckeroo
Genus: Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 5m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has dark green, glossy foliage, smooth grey bark and greenish-yellow flowers in autumn and summer. Orange berries appear in summer.
Cherry Blossom Plum
Genus: Prunus blireana
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This deciduous tree is a hybrid species. It has dark branches and bronzy-purple foliage. Masses of double pink, mildly fragrant flowers are produced in early spring.
Dwarf Yellow Bloodwood
Genus: Corymbia eximia nana
Height: 10m
Width: 6m
This is a dwarf variety of an evergreen tree, native to Australia. It is recognisable by its distinctive yellow-brown tessellated bark. The leaves are a strong, green colour that turn paler in cooler months, with cream flowers appearing in spring.
Ornamental Flowering Plum
Genus: Prunus cerasifera 'nigra'
Height: 5 - 8m
Width: 3 - 6m
This deciduous tree is native to south east Europe and west Asia. The tree has striking dark purple foliage and produces masses of mildly fragrant pink flowers in spring.
Limestone Marlock
Genus: Eucalyptus decipiens
Height: 9m
Width: 4m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The new bark is smooth and pinkish, which turns to a rough flaky greyish-brown. The tree produces creamy white flowers from spring to summer.
Kings Park Special
Genus: Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
This is a cultivated evergreen tree, native to Australia. The lance-shaped foliage is a striking contrast to the crimson brushes appearing in spring and summer.
Evergreen Ash
Genus: Fraxinus griffithii
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
This tree is generally evergreen. It has lush green foliage, with white flowers borne in summer.
WA Weeping Peppermint
Genus: Agonis flexuosa
Height: 10m
Width: 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The leaves are green and willow-like with a strong smell of peppermint. It has small white flowers in spring.
Trees suitable for small verges - under 2m
Fuchsia Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus forrestiana
Height: 3 - 6m
Width: 5m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is smooth grey with pale brown bark. The tree produces yellow flowers from striking reddish-pink buds in mid-summer to early winter.
Coral Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus torquata
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 6m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has rough, greyish bark and dull grey-green leaves. The flower buds and fruit present a spectacular mass of salmon-pink to cream coloured flowers in winter.
Perth Pink
Genus: Callistemon 'Perth Pink'
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This is a cultivated evergreen tree, native to Australia. It has a dense canopy with new foliage flushed pink, with an abundance of pink brushes occurring in autumn and spring.
Chinese Tallow
Genus: Sapium sebiferum
Height: 6 - 10m
Width: 6 - 10m
This deciduous tree is native to eastern Asia. The tree has bright green foliage through summer, turning orange, red, purple and bronze before winter. The tree produces greenish-yellow to white flowers in spring.
Snow Queen
Genus: Eucalyptus victrix
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 4 - 6m
This small evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has smooth white bark with a section of rough bark at the base. The tree produces creamy white flowers from spring to autumn.
Tuckeroo
Genus: Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 5m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has dark green, glossy foliage, smooth grey bark and greenish-yellow flowers in autumn and summer. Orange berries appear in summer.
Cherry Blossom Plum
Genus: Prunus blireana
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This deciduous tree is a hybrid species. It has dark branches and bronzy-purple foliage. Masses of double pink, mildly fragrant flowers are produced in early spring.
Ornamental Flowering Plum
Genus: Prunus cerasifera 'nigra'
Height: 5 - 8m
Width: 3 - 6m
This deciduous tree is native to south east Europe and west Asia. The tree has striking dark purple foliage and produces masses of mildly fragrant pink flowers in spring.
Limestone Marlock
Genus: Eucalyptus decipiens
Height: 9m
Width: 4m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The new bark is smooth and pinkish, which turns to a rough flaky greyish-brown. The tree produces creamy white flowers from spring to summer.
Evergreen Ash
Genus: Fraxinus griffithii
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
This tree is generally evergreen. It has lush green foliage, with white flowers borne in summer.
Trees suitable for under powerlines
Weeping Bottlebrush
Genus: Callistemon viminalis
Height: 8m
Width: 4m
This evergreen tree is an Australian native. The stem has rough, scaly bark and an elegant weeping habit, with narrow light green leaves. The flowers are rich red brushes up to 9cm long, appearing profusely from spring to summer.
WA Flowering Gum
Genus: Corymbia ficifolia
Height: 6 - 15m
Width: 5 - 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The stem is erect but often twisted and branching. The leaves are bright green, with flowers appearing in summer, varying from scarlet to pink and orange.
Fuchsia Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus forrestiana
Height: 3 - 6m
Width: 5m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The trunk is smooth grey with pale brown bark. The tree produces yellow flowers from striking reddish-pink buds in mid-summer to early winter.
Coral Gum
Genus: Eucalyptus torquata
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 6m
This small evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. It has rough, greyish bark and dull grey-green leaves. The flower buds and fruit present a spectacular mass of salmon-pink to cream coloured flowers in winter.
Red-Flowering Paperbark
Genus: Melaleuca viridiflora
Height: 4m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia, with cream-grey papery bark. The leaves pointed at both ends. The flowers are cylindrical bottlebrushes that flower in abundance during the summer months.
Coastal Moort
Genus: Eucalyptus utilis
Height: 8m
Width: 8m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia and is planted extensively as a street tree in Perth. It has glossy green foliage, a dense canopy and smooth copper coloured bark.
Perth Pink
Genus: Callistemon 'Perth Pink'
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This is a cultivated evergreen tree, native to Australia. It has a dense canopy with new foliage flushed pink, with an abundance of pink brushes occurring in autumn and spring.
Chinese Tallow
Genus: Sapium sebiferum
Height: 6 - 10m
Width: 6 - 10m
This deciduous tree is native to eastern Asia. The tree has bright green foliage through summer, turning orange, red, purple and bronze before winter. The tree produces greenish-yellow to white flowers in spring.
Snow Queen
Genus: Eucalyptus victrix
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 4 - 6m
This small evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has smooth white bark with a section of rough bark at the base. The tree produces creamy white flowers from spring to autumn.
Tuckeroo
Genus: Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Height: 4 - 8m
Width: 5m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. It has dark green, glossy foliage, smooth grey bark and greenish-yellow flowers in autumn and summer. Orange berries appear in summer.
Cherry Blossom Plum
Genus: Prunus blireana
Height: 5m
Width: 4m
This deciduous tree is a hybrid species. It has dark branches and bronzy-purple foliage. Masses of double pink, mildly fragrant flowers are produced in early spring.
Dwarf Yellow Bloodwood
Genus: Corymbia eximia nana
Height: 10m
Width: 6m
This is a dwarf variety of an evergreen tree, native to Australia. It is recognisable by its distinctive yellow-brown tessellated bark. The leaves are a strong, green colour that turn paler in cooler months, with cream flowers appearing in spring.
Ornamental Flowering Plum
Genus: Prunus cerasifera 'nigra'
Height: 5 - 8m
Width: 3 - 6m
This deciduous tree is native to south east Europe and west Asia. The tree has striking dark purple foliage and produces masses of mildly fragrant pink flowers in spring.
Kings Park Special
Genus: Callistemon 'Kings Park Special'
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
This is a cultivated evergreen tree, native to Australia. The lance-shaped foliage is a striking contrast to the crimson brushes appearing in spring and summer.
Evergreen Ash
Genus: Fraxinus griffithii
Height: 6m
Width: 4m
This tree is generally evergreen. It has lush green foliage, with white flowers borne in summer.
Queensland Brush Box Tree
Genus: Lophostemon confertus
Height: 10 - 15m
Width: 10 - 15m
This evergreen tree is native to Australia. The trunk has brown, slightly rough bark with smooth, pale yellowish-brown bark on the upper sections of the trunk and branches. The tree produces white flowers in spring.
WA Weeping Peppermint
Genus: Agonis flexuosa
Height: 10m
Width: 10m
This evergreen tree is endemic to Western Australia. The leaves are green and willow-like with a strong smell of peppermint. It has small white flowers in spring.
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Image Copyright (used by permission):
- Eucalyptus forrestiana - Christopher Brown
- Eucalyptus decipiens - iNaturalist
- Eucalyptus utilis - Benara Nurseries
- Eucalyptus victrix - Dean Nicolle
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