A large prickly deciduous shrub often previously grown for hedges or cheap barrier fences and often planted around homesteads. These plants form a dense, impenetrable thicket and can dominate the under story of bushland.

Now prevalent on the roadside, invading natural bushland and unproductive farmland this plant produces copious bunches of scarlet red fruits spread by birds, small mammals and machinery.

A hardy shrub suitable for poor soils. I has spectacular clusters of bright mauve-red flowers. Excellent feature plant. Attracts birds to your garden.

This bottle brush was raised at Kings Park in Perth. It grows into a small bushy tree to 5m tall by 3m wide. The long brushes are bright red in colour. Spring flowering.

This crab apple has small white flowers in spring, followed by small purple-red apples that stay persistent through autumn into winter. Brilliant coloured autumn leaves A medium size decorative, deciduous tree.