1. Carissa desert star – Small shrub – Compact – Coastal – Shade – Hardy

2. Pittosporum miss Muffet -Small shrub – compact – Part shade

3. Murraya paniculata – Screening/Hedge – Scented – Part shade

4. Hibiscus tilenacious – Screening/Hedge/Medium tree – Part shade – Hardy

5. Virburnum varieties – Screening/Hedge – Scented

6. Radermachera Summerscent – Screening/hedge – Scented

7. Raphiolepsis varieties – Small shrub – compact – Full Sun/Part shade – Hardy

8. Chinese star jasmine – Climber/Trellis – scented – Full Sun/Part shade

9. Port Wine Magnolia – Screening/Hedge – scented – Full Sun/Part shade

10. Cardboard cycad – Architectural feature plant – Full sun/part shade – Very hardy

Here are the top 10 exotic plants that grow well and look great in Perth. Allot of these plants are used by landscape architects and designers to create gardens that looks nice and perform well. They look good together and can be used in a range of garden styles. All of these plants can take part shade, and most can also take full sun. Most of these plants grow over a wide range of soil types and some can also grow well in coastal (alkaline/salt wind) conditions like Carissa desert star and Hibiscus and allot will take some alkalinity. Murraya, Virburnum, Radermachera and Port Wine Magnolia make excellent screening plants, and they are all scented. The screening plants can grow in fairly tight spaces if they are hedged so they are great for small yards. Pittosporum, Raphiolepsis are small compact shrubs and if you want an architectural plant then the Cardboard cycad is a real feature plant.

****There are a couple of plants on this list that do grow naturally in northern Australia 3. And 4. but they are also found in Asia, so they have been included as exotic plants.