Garden Escapes List & Suggested Alternatives

Garden Escapes Focus List		Suggested Alternatives
Botanical Name	Common Name	Botanical Name	Common Name
Applies to whole of Hawkesbury Neapean Catchment
Acacia baileyana	Cootamundra Wattle	Acacia binervia Acacia covenyi Acacia floribunda	Coastal Myall Blue Bush Sallow Wattle
Acacia podalyriifolia	Mt Morgan Silver Wattle	Acacia floribunda Acacia covenyi Acacia binervia	Sallow or Sally Wattle Blue Bush Coastal Myall
Acer negundo	Box Elder	Hoheria populnea Acer rubrum var Acer platanoides var Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywoodii'	NZ Lacebark eg Franks Red eg Pacific Sunset Claret Ash
Arecastrum romanzoffianum	Cocos or Queen Palm	Livistona australis Archontophoenix cunninghamiana Wodyetia bifurcata	Cabbage palm Bangalow palm Fox Tail Palm
Asparagus spp	Asparagus fern(s)	Hoya spp. Blechnum nudum Adiantum spp. a	Hoya Fishbone Water Fern Maiden Hair Fern
Buddleia davidii	Butterfly bush or Buddleia	Prostanthera ovalifolia Rondeletia amoena Ceratopetalum gummiferum	Mint bush Rondeletia NSW Christmas Bush
Cytisus scoparius	Scotch Broom	Jacksonia scoparia Pultenaea spp Gompholobium latifolium	Winged Broom Pea Bush pea Glory wedge pea
Lantana camara Hybrids	Lantana Hybrids	Westringia fruticosa Cistus x hybridus Hibiscus rosa sinensis	Native rosemary Rock Rose Hibiscus
Lilium formosanum	Formosa Lily	Crinum pedunculatum Lilium hybrids (Asiatics)	Swamp Lily Asiatic Lilies
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora	Monbretia	Dianella spp. Valotta spp. Sprekelia formosissima	Dianella Scarborough Lily Jacobean Lily
Thunbergia alata	Black Eyed Susan	Hibbertia scandens Clematis aristata Pandorea pandorana Pandorea pandorana ‘Golden Showers’ Hardenbergia violacea	Snake vine Clematis Pandorea Golden showers Sarsaparilla
Applies specifically to the Highlands region
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple	Toona ciliata (formerly T. australis) Acer rubrum Liriodendron tulipifera Acer platanoides var	Red cedar eg Franks Red Tulip Tree eg Pacific Sunset
Hedera helix	English Ivy	Trachelospermum jasminoides Aphanopetalum resinosum Cissus antarctica Cissus rhombifolia	Star jasmine Gum Vine Kangaroo vine Grape Ivy
Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Osmanthus heterophyllus Camellia spp Oxylobium ilicifolium Syzygium spp	Holly Osmanthus Camellia Native holly Lilly Pilly
Applies specifically to the Hawkesbury Sandstone region
Coprosma repens	Mirror Plant	Choisya ternata Acronychia oblongifolia Myoporum insulare Grevillea spp.	Mexican orange blossom Acronychia Boobialla Grevillea
Tecoma stans	Golden Bells	Acacia fimbriata Jasminum mesneyi	Brisbane Wattle Chinese Jasmine
Zantedeschia aethiopica	White Arum Lily	Zantedeschia elliottiana Crinum pedunculatum	Lily Swamp Lily
Applies specifically to the Cumberland Plains region
Zantedeschia aethiopica	White Arum Lily	Zantedeschia elliottiana Crinum pedunculatum	Lily Swamp Lily