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Urban Weeds For Sale

Spring is here, and we're all thinking about planting our gardens.

But there's nothing more frustrating than spending your weekend pulling weeds along the local creek, and seeing the same species for sale as you drive home!

Here's a list of urban weeds currently available for sale in Melbourne from market stalls and some nurseries.

Like most of Australia's invasive vines, morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), was introduced as a garden plant.

Species	Common Name
Trees/Large Shrubs
Acacia baileyana	Cootamundra Wattle
Acacia decurrens	Early Black-wattle
Acacia elata	Cedar Wattle
Acacia longifolia ssp. longifolia *	Sallow Wattle
Acacia saligna	Golden Wreath Wattle
Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore Maple
Chamaecytisus palmensis	Tree Lucerne
Coprosma robusta	Karamu
Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress
Fraxinus angustifolia ssp. angustifolia	Desert Ash
Ilex aquifolium	English Holly
Leptospermum laevigatum *	Coast Teatree
Paraserianthes lophantha ssp. lophantha	Cape Wattle
Pinus pinaster	Cluster Pine
Pinus radiata	Radiata Pine
Pittosporum undulatum *	Sweet Pittosproum
Salix spp.	Willow
Schinus molle	Pepper Tree

Medium-Small Shrubs
Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae *	Coast Wattle
Berberis darwinii	Darwin's Barberry
Coprosma repens	Mirror Bush
Cotoneaster spp.	Large-leaf Cotoneaster
Erica baccans	Berry-flower Heath
Erica lusitanica	Spanish Heath
Grevillia rosmarinifolia ssp. rosmarinifolia *	Rosemary Grevillia
Phytolacca octandra	Red-ink Weed
Opuntia aurantiaca	Tiger Pear
Opuntia monacantha	Drooping Prickly-pear
Polygala myrtifolia var. myrtifolia	Myrtle-leaf Milkwort

Herbs
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis	Agapanthus
Alstromeria aurea	Alstromeria
Ammophila arenaria	Marram Grass
Asparagus officinalis	Asparagus
Cortaderia selloana	Pampas Grass
Cotula coronopifolia	Water Buttons
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora	Montbretia
Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon	Couch
Delairea odorata	Cape Ivy
Dipogon lignosus	Common Dipogon
Erigeron karvinskianus	Seaside Daisy
Festuca arundianacea	Tall Fescue
Freesia alba x F. leichtlinii	Freeshia
Galenia pubescens var. pubescens	Galenia
Gazania linearis	Gazania
Gladiolus undulatus	Wild Gladiolus
Myosotis sylvatica	Wood Forget-me-not
Pennisetum clandestinum	Kikuyu
Phalaris aquatica	Toowoomba Canary-grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum	Buffalo Grass
Tropaeolum majus	Nasturtium
Viola odorata	Common Violet
Zantedeschia aethiopica	White Arum-lily

Climbers/Scramblers
Anredera cordifolia	Madeira Vine
Araujia sericifera	White Bladder-flower
Asparagus asparagoides	Bridal Creeper
Asparagus scandens	Asparagus Fern
Calystegia silvatica	Greater Bindweed
Hedera helix	English Ivy
Ipomoea indica	Blue Morning-glory
Lonicera japonica	Japanese Honeysuckle
Passiflora cinnabarina *	Red Passion-flower
Passiflora tarminiana	Banana Passion-fruit
Sollya heterophylla	Bluebell Creeper
Tradescantia fluminensis	Wandering Trandescantia
Vinca major	Blue Periwinkle

* native and naturalised in Victoria, i.e. an indigenous taxon has extended its geographical range of distribution beyond its known or suspected original distributional range.