Swainsona formosus (Sturt's Desert Pea) - low spreading Australian plant; attractive soft hairy grey-green leaves; spectacular flowers typically red with a black central bump, but many colour variations have been developed including pink, white and bi-colours; floral emblem of SA; often treated as an annual.

Eremophila crassifolia (Desert Fuchsia) - Australian inland shrub to 3m; narrow grey-green foliage; pink to purple tubular bell flowers especially in winter and spring; sun or light dappled shade.

Baeckea crassifolia - (Desert Baeckea) - Australian inland small shrub to 50cm; tiny leaves; masses of tiny pink five-petalled flowers in winter and early spring; sun to light shade.

Senna artemesioides (Desert Cassia or Silver Cassia) - small Australian tree to 2m; fine, narrow, silver leaves; bright golden yellow flowers throughout the year; choose a desert provenance as species is variable.

Gossypium sturtianum (Sturt's Desert Rose) - Australian shrub to 2m; grey-gren speckled leaves; pretty hibiscus-like mauve-pink flowers in winter & spring; floral emblem of NT; frost sensitive.

Eremocitrus glauca (Wild Lime) - Australian small tree to 8m; blue-grey foliage & many thorns; spring flowers followed by thin-skinned lime-green citrus fruits; tolerant of alkaline soils; suckering habit.

Acacia ligulata (Small Cooba) - bushy, rounded Australian shrub to 5m; blue-green phyllodes; yellow ball flowers in spring; tolerant of salt & sandy soil.

Hakea leucoptera (Silver Needle Bush) - bushy Australian shrub to 4m (taller in perfect conditions); silvery needle-like leaves; yellow or white flowers in spring and summer; frost and saline tolerant; full sun or semi-shade.