Your guide to plant flammability
Find out how your garden plants rated for flammability.
Common name Provenance Flammability Scientific name
Tasmanian native
Poa
Sweet corn Exotic
Eggplant Exotic
Golden bamboo Exotic
Paper daisy
Sagg
Tasmanian native
Tasmanian native
Poa sp
Zea mays convar.
saccharata var. rugosa
Solanum melongena
Phyllostachys aurea
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Lomandra longifolia
Rush Tasmanian native Juncus sp
Tasmanian native
Sedge
Comfrey Exotic
Australian native
Kangaroo paw
Heart-leaved
Bergenia Exotic
Thai basil Exotic
New Zealand flax Exotic
Broccoli Exotic
Calendula Exotic
Sweet basil Exotic
Parsley Exotic
Nasturtium Exotic
Old man's banksia
Limelight
Tasmanian native
Australian native
Sacred bamboo Exotic
Exotic
Confetti bush
Silver wattle
Native cherry
Slender westringia
Black wattle
Lilly pilly
Rosemary grevillea
Willow myrtle
Ovens wattle
Long-leaf wax flower
Swamp wattle
Royal grevillea
Black sheoak
Willow leafed hakea
Juniper leafed grevillea
Dolly bush
Coastal westringia
Lepidosperma sp
Symphytum officinale
Anigozanthos flavidus
Bergenia crassifolia
Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora
Phormium tenax
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Calendula officinalis
Ocimum basilicum
Petroselinum crispum
Tropaeolum majus
Banksia serrata
Acacia cognata
Nandina domestica
Coleonema pulchrum
Tasmanian native Acacia dealbata
Tasmanian native Exocarpos cupressiformis
Australian native Westringia eremicola
Tasmanian native Acacia mearnsii
Australian native Syzygium smithii
Australian native Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Australian native Agonis flexuosa
Tasmanian native Acacia pravissima
Australian native Philotheca myoporoides
Australian native Acacia retinodes
Australian native Grevillea victoriae
Tasmanian native Allocasuarina littoralis
Australian native Hakea salicifolia
Australian native Grevillea juniperina
Tasmanian native Cassinia aculeata
Australian native Westringia fruticosa
Tick bush Tasmanian native Kunzea ambigua
Manuka Tasmanian native Leptospermum scoparium
Weeping bottlebrush
Coast tea-tree
Woolly tea-tree
Australian native Melaleuca viminalis
Tasmanian native Leptospermum laevigatum
Tasmanian native Leptospermum lanigerum
Common
Silver banksia
Narrow leaf paper bark
Provenance Flammability
Tasmanian native Banksia marginata
Australian native
Common box Exotic
Melaleuca alternifolia
Buxus sempervirens
Laurestinus Exotic Viburnum tinus
Feijoa Exotic
Dogwood
Cheesewood
Acca sellowiana
Tasmanian native Pomaderris apetala
Tasmanian native Pittosporum bicolour
Bay tree Exotic Laurus nobilis
Melaleuca armillaris
Bracelet honey myrtle
Australian native
Spanish lavender Exotic Lavandula stoechas
Kobus magnolia Exotic Magnolia kobus
Hairpin banksia
Red flowered paperbark
Common heath
Scarlet bottlebrush
Bank's grevillea / red flowered silky oak
Scarlet or lemon bottlebrush
Australian native Banksia spinulosa
Australian native
Tasmanian native
Australian native
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Epacris impressa
Melaleuca rugulosa
Australian native Grevillea banksii
Australian native
Olive Exotic
Mountain pepperberry
Slender honey-myrtle
Bushy needlewood
White correa
Tasmanian native
Tasmanian native
Melaleuca citrina
Olea europaea
Tasmannia lanceolata
Melaleuca gibbosa
Australian native Hakea sericea
Tasmanian native Correa alba
Rosemary Exotic Salvia rosmarinus
Sasanqua camellia Exotic
Lemon verbena Exotic
Rhododendron Exotic
Pontic rhododendron Exotic
Prickly box
Showy honey myrtle
Coastal wattle
Tasmanian native
Australian native
Tasmanian native
Tepu Exotic
Australian native
Cushion bush
Wormwood Exotic
Prickly currant bush
Tasmanian native
Golden daisy bush Exotic
Bigleaf hydrangea Exotic
Camellia sasanqua
Aloysia citrodora
Rhododendron simsii
Rhododendron ponticum
Bursaria spinosa
Melaleuca nesophila
Acacia longifolia
Tepualia stipularis
Leucophyta brownii
Artemisia absinthium
Coprosma quadrifida
Euryops pectinatus
Hydrangea macrophylla
Cherry plum Exotic Prunus cerasifera
Spotted laurel Exotic
Pride of Madeira Exotic
Flax-leaved Daphne Exotic
Aucuba japonica
Echium candicans
Daphne gnidium
Aeonium arboreum
Tree houseleek Exotic
Trees Trees
Common name Provenance Flammability Scientific
Tasmanian blue gum
Old man's banksia
Silver peppermint
White peppermint
Manna or white gum
Myrtle beech
Silver wattle
Native cherry
Black wattle
Lilly pilly
Drooping sheoak
Black sheoak
Willow leafed Hakea
Tasmanian native Eucalyptus globulus
Tasmanian native Banksia serrata
Tasmanian native Eucalyptus tenuiramis
Tasmanian native Eucalyptus pulchella
Tasmanian native Eucalyptus viminalis
Tasmanian native Nothofagus cunninghamii
Tasmanian native Acacia dealbata
Tasmanian native Exocarpos cupressiformis
Tasmanian native Acacia mearnsii
Australian native Syzygium smithii
Tasmanian native Allocasuarina verticillata
Tasmanian native Allocasuarina littoralis
Australian native Hakea salicifolia
Lemonwood Exotic Pittosporum eugenioides
Weeping bottlebrush
Coast tea-tree
Woolly tea-tree
Silver banksia
Blackwood
Narrow leaf paper bark
Australian native Melaleuca viminalis
Tasmanian native Leptospermum laevigatum
Tasmanian native Leptospermum lanigerum
Tasmanian native Banksia marginata
Tasmanian native Acacia melanoxylon
Australian native Melaleuca alternifolia
Common box Exotic Buxus sempervirens
Dogwood
Tasmanian native Pomaderris apetala
Sessile oak Exotic Quercus petraea
Cheesewood
Tasmanian native Pittosporum bicolour
Bay tree Exotic Laurus nobilis
Bracelet honey myrtle
Australian native Melaleuca armillaris
Kobus magnolia Exotic Magnolia kobus
Native hop
Tasmanian native Dodonaea viscosa
Olive Exotic Olea europaea
Plane tree Exotic Platanus occidentalis
Prickly paperbark
Prickly Moses
Australian native Melaleuca styphelioides
Tasmanian native Acacia verticillata
NZ christmas tree Exotic Metrosideros excelsa
Pin cushion hakea
Pinkwood
Tasmanian native Hakea laurina
Tasmanian native Beyeria viscosa
Silver birch Exotic Betula pendula
Apple Exotic Malus domestica
Tawhiri Exotic Pittosporum tenuifolium
Full moon maple Exotic Acer japonicum
Chilean myrtle Exotic Luma apiculata
NZ Cabbage tree Exotic
Cordyline australis
Tepu Exotic Tepualia stipularis
Japanese maple Exotic Acer palmatum
Tasmanian blanketleaf
Tasmanian native Bedfordia salicina
Cherry plum Exotic Prunus cerasifera
Man fern
Mother shield fern
Bracken fern
Tasmanian native
Tasmanian native
Tasmanian native
Dicksonia antarctica
Polystichum proliferum
Pteridium esculentum