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Plants to choose for your low allergy garden

SOME SUITABLE PLANTS

These lists of asthma friendly plants have been chosen because they are either insect pollinated or sterile and propagated by cuttings or grafting.

These native Australian grasses only need to be mowed three to four times a year

• Rice or Weeping Grass • Kangaroo Grass

These introduced grasses don’t produce much pollen

• Buffalo • Greenless Couch

 

GROUND COVERS

By choosing ground cover you can reduce lawn area leading to less pollen from grasses.

• Snow in Summer • Rosy Baeckia (native)

• Thyme • Canterbury Bells

• Kidney Weed (native) • Prostrate tree (native)

• Juniper • Prostrate Rosemary

• Pratia (native) • Varigated Periwinkle

• Native Violet

CLIMBERS FOR FENCES

• Kiwi Fruit • Appleberry

• Trumpet Vine • Passionfruit

• Dusky Coral Pea (native) • Chilean Jasmine

• Wonga Vine (native) • Crimson Passionflower

• Ivy Leaf Geranium • Star Jasmine

SCENTED FLOWERS

• Banksia Rose • Climbing Rose

• Glossy Abelia • Rosemary

HERBS FOR THE GARDEN

• Chives • Dill • Basil • Thyme

• Horseradish • Fennel • Mint • Sage

• Marjoram • Oregano • Parsley • Rosemary

SUITABLE FLOWERS

• Floss Flowers • Alyssum

• Anemone • Snapdragon

• Columbine • Begonia

• Coleus • Larkspur

• Impatiens • Foxglove

• Lobelia • Cornflower

• Pansy • Nemesia

• Phlox • Petunia

• Verbena • Nasturtium

• Bulbs • Viola

(e.g. Daffodils and Jonquils)

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MIDDLE HEIGHT SHRUBS (<2 METRES)

• Twiggy Heath Myrtle • Banksia sp (native)

• Bottlebrush (native) • Camellia

• Weigelia • California Lilac

• Escallonia • White Correa (native)

• Gardenia • Azaleas

• Rhododendron • Guinea Flower (native)

• Lavender • Kunzea (native)

• Leptospernum • Bracelet Honey Myrtle (native)

• Callistemon (native) • Common White Heath (native)

• Cistus • Plumbago

• Rosa sp • Westringia

• Yucca • Flax

TREES

• Lillypilly (native)

• Agonis flexuosa (native)

• Willow Myrtle (native) • Most Prunus sp

• Coastal Banksia (native) • Citrus sp

• Old Man Banksia (native) • Magnolia

• Cabbage Palm (native) • Peppermint Gum (native)

• Scribbly Gum (native) • Silver Princess Gum (native)

• Flowering Crab apple • Paperbark (native)

• Orchid Tree • Male Gingko Biloba

• Bay Laurel

 
Plants to avoid

ANNUALS TO AVOID

Asteraceae family of daisies, for instance Chrysanthemum Calendulas and Marigolds

TREES TO AVOID

Trees that are very high in pollen include the Cypress family of trees, box hedges and pine trees. You sometimes need to ask about the sex of a tree or shrub, as some species have separate male and female plants; the male plant produces pollen, therefore female plants present fewer allergy problems. An example is Casuarina (she-oaks).

• Maple • Alder • Birch

• Cypress • Ash • Sheoak (males only)

• Hazel • Walnut • Willow

• Elm • Privet • Liquidambar

• Olive • Cypress • Mulberry

• White Cedar

HERBS TO AVOID

• Chamomile • Wormwood

WEEDS TO AVOID

Weed such as Plantago or asthma weed (pellitory)

Plants that may cause contact dermatitis

Although not causing asthma, some of these plants may cause a rash if touched:

• Primula • Polyanthus

• Primrose • Poinsettia

• Common Ivy • English Ivy

• Rhus Tree • Clematis

• Some Grevilleas

 
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