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Toowoomba Plants by Patricia Gardner Trees, shrubs, and some mistletoes, (for the brave) - the book contains detailed descriptions of 277 indigenous plants. The focus is on plants suitable for gardens, so is not a complete botanical list. The author has omitted ones with names like “giant stinging tree” and “blind-your-eye”! Many of the plants have never before been included in any book. Despite being little-known, the local flora include a great number of plants which are highly suitable for gardens, and deserve to be much more widely used in their home territory (and elsewhere). There is a strong emphasis on plants of the “dry rainforests”. These are trees and shrubs which combine lush rainforest looks with practical drought resistance. Smaller than trees of the “wet rainforests”, they are very suitable plants for suburban gardens. Weeping Whitewood (Atalaya salicifolia) Hairy Birds-Eye (Alectryon tomentosus) Showy Guinea Flower (Hibbertia linearis var. obtusifolia)