Wannon Water - Water wise gardening

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Water wise gardening

Garden watering hints | Brochures | Local Native Plants | Local suppliers

Garden watering - a little goes a long way!

Use mulch - Mulch reduces evaporation by up to 70%!
Use grey water - Your garden doesn't need to rely on treated drinking water!
Use drought tolerant plants - You can have a beautiful garden whatever the weather.

And remember: lawns bounce back!

Brochures

Wannon Water encourages customers to build and maintain a water wise garden. Creating a water wise garden can reduce the cost of your water bill, help maintain your garden during times of drought and conserve water for the future.

Wannon Water provides a suite of water wise garden brochures which demonstrate how to create a water wise garden and recommends plants which are drought tolerant:

A Home Water Audit will help you better understand your current water use and suggest how to reduce your water consumption.

Savewater! provides information on building and maintaining themed water-wise gardens. Download a fact sheet on these gardens by clicking the links below:

For more information on developing a water-wise garden visit the Savewater! website.

Local Native Plants

Australian native plants are diverse, attractive and water-wise. A correctly planted native plant garden is less reliant on water, more suited to tough drought conditions and will save you money on your water account.

Most of the following native plants are available from local garden nurseries:

Ground Cover & Small Plants
Acacia glaucoptera
Banksia blechnifolia
Banksia spinulosa ‘Dwarf’
Banksia spinulosa ‘Birthday Candles’
Brachyscome multifida
Bracteantha bracteata* - Paper Flower
Chrysocephalum apiculatum
– Yellow Buttons
Derwentia perfoliata*
Dianella tasmanica – Flax Lily
Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ #
Lomandra lonifolia
Myoporum parvifolium
– Creeping Boobialla
Orthrosanthus multiflorus
Poa labillardieri
Scaevola aemula – Fan Flower

Small Shrubs
Acacia myrtifolia*
Agonis flexuosa nana
Callistemon ‘Captain Cook’
Correa alba
Correa ‘Manii’
Correa pulchella
Correa reflexa (all forms)
Crowea exalata – Star Flower
Crowea saligna – Star Flower
Dodonaea viscose car. Purpurea
Eremophila glabra – Emu Bush
E. maculate – Spotted Emu Bush
Grevillea thelemanniana#
Isopogon cuneatus
Isopogon formosus
Lasiopetalum behrii*
Lasiopetalum discolor*
Leucophyta brownie - Cushion Bush
Philotheca myoporoides
Thryptomene saxicola
Thryptomene ‘F.C. Paynei’
Westringia fruiticosa – Coastal Rosemary
Westringia glabra – Coastal Rosemary
Westringia ‘Wynyabbie Gem’

Background Shrubs & Small Trees
Acacia iteaphylla
Acmena smithii – Lilly Pilly
Adenanthos sericus – Woolybush
Allocasuarina verticillata – Drooping She-oak
Banksia ericifolia # – Heath Banksia
Banksia integrifolia # – Coast Banksia
Banksia marginata – Silver Banksia
Banksia media #
Banksia praemorsa (both red & yellow*) #
Banksias errata #
Banksia speciosa #
Banksia spinulosa #
Calothamnus quadrifidus – Common Net Bush
Callistemon ‘Dawson River Weeper’
Callistemon ‘Kings Park Special’
Dryandra formosa
Dryandra praemorsa
Eucalyptus diversifolia - Soap Mallee
Eucalyptus (Corymbia) ficifolia – Red Flowering Gum
Eucalyptus iversifolia
Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp megalacarpa
Eucalyptus preissiana – Bell-fruit Mallee
Melaleuca squarrosa
Hakea multilineata #
Kunzea baxteri – Bottlebrush
Leptospermum ‘Copper Glow’ – Tea Tree
Melaleuca diosmifolia
Templetonia retusa

Climbers
Clematis microphylla
Hardenbergia ‘Happy Wanderer’
Hibbertia scandens

* only available at certain times
# attracts birdlife/insects

Local Suppliers

Wannon Water customers can use their local nursery to obtain drought hardy plants, gardening information and hints and tips for water-wise gardening in their region.

Allansford

Pearson's Nursery,
19 Grauer's Road, Allansford
03 5565 1605
http://www.pearsonsnursery.com.au/

Camperdown

Camperdown Mitre 10,
57 Scott Street, Camperdown
03 5593 1488

Hamilton

E R A Nurseries
232 South Boundary Road, Hamilton
03 5572 2123
http://www.eranurseries.com.au/

Plants Plus
78 Coleraine Road, Hamilton
03 5571 1777
http://www.plantsplus.com.au/

Pearsons Nursery
94 French Street, Hamilton
03 5571 1118

Indigenous Plants for Farms and Gardens
EJ Fenton
Larapinta
PO Box 570
Hamilton 3300
Enquires: Elizabeth Fenton 03 5573 4555

Hamilton Trees
11 Kennedy Street
Hamilton 3300
P: 0429 608 863
F: 03 5572 1252

Portland

Kyeema Seawinds Nursery
Wellington Road, Portland
03 5523 4896
www.kyeema.com.au/Seawinds.html

Highway Nursery
611 Henty Highway, Portland
03 5523 2069

Our Garden Pathway
Nursery 66 Hurd Street, Portland
03 5523 6522

Codrington Nursery
RMB 2480
Codrington
03 5568 4344
http://www.codringtonnursery.com.au/index.html

Warrnambool

Fleur Nursery
205 Lava Street, Warrnambool
03 55623867
http://www.fleurnursery.com/

Merri River Rose Nursery,
78 Shannon Road, Warrnambool
03 5562 0684

McVilly Sow 'N' Grow
1159 Raglan Parage, Warrnambool
03 5562 5433

Bunnings Warehouse
86 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool
03 5564 1800
http://www.bunnings.com.au/