The Burnley Plant Directory

The Burnley Plant Directory

A guide to the selection and recognition of landscape plants for south-eastern Australia

Successful planting depends on putting the right plant in the right place.

You can search the Burnley Plant Directory for the plants best suited to your needs.

The Directory includes:

• over 1,200 Australian and exotic plants
• more than 3,000 full-colour images illustrating plant identification, habitat and landscape use
• size, flower colour and flowering month
• environmental tolerances – drought, pH, light, waterlogging, temperature, salt spray, wind
• notes on cultivation, and more.

Keywords: plant selection, plant recognition, south-eastern Australia plants, south-eastern Australia, botany, Burnley 

Dr. Greg Moore is Head of the School of Resource Management, in the Institute of Land and Food Resources, University of Melbourne. He was previously Principal and Head of Burnley College and prior to that he was a Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Plant Science and Arboriculture.

Dr Michael Looker is the Director of Trust for Nature. He was a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Horticulture at Burnley College. His career has included time at Kew Gardens in UK and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

Jill Kellow combines the role of lecturer in plant use, and plant recognition and identification with that of Technical Officer at Burnley College. Her particular forte is her knowledge of plants and her main interest is in the use of plants in the urban landscape.

James Will is a Senior Lecturer in Horticulture and Plant Breeding at Burnley College with a special interest in roses.

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