Plant me, Bombax ceiba or Silk Cotton Tree, instead of the exotic weed African Tulip. I am just as beautiful, but I am native to North Queensland (and WA and NT) and support native birds and insects. I can reach 25m in the forests but in cultivation generally reach no more than 15m.

Please plant me, Deplanchea tetraphylla or The Golden Bouquet Tree. I am a shrub or small tree with large clusters of bright yellow flowers at the end of my branches. My fruit is up to 15 cm long, with numerous papery winged seeds. My flowers have copius nectar, and I am a wonderful substitute for Cassia fistula, The Golden Rain Tree, which hails from India.

Plant me, Gmelina fasciculiflora, or Northern white beech, instead of the introduced jacaranda! I am endemic to North Queensland, particularly in rainforest areas. The flowers are yellowish with a much larger purplish lower petal, these are followed by purple-coloured globular fruit 1-2 cm diameter which form a beautiful carpet under the tree. The fruit when crushed have an unpleasant odour will stain fingers brown.

