Information to consider when planting trees on your property or in public spaces.
Planting Trees on Private Property
If you wish to plant trees on your private property you do not require approval to do so. We recommend planting native trees if possible.
Our Community Nursery provides five free native plants to Wollondilly Shire residents per quarter. See our Community Nursery page for further information.
When planting please consider:
- How it may affect your neighbours
- Future growth
- Power lines
Planting Trees on Public Property
You cannot plant a tree on public land without Council permission, please contact council if you want to plant a tree or would like to request a tree planting on (02) 4677 1100 or email Council.
Banned Species
The following species are not to be used in landscaping within Wollondilly:
- African Olive (Olea europaea)
- Bamboo (Phyllostachys spp. bambusa spp, Aundanaria)
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia spp)
- Box Elder (Acer negundo)
- Camphor Laurel <20 metres in height only (Cinnamomum camphora) 6. Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis)
- Cassia (Senna pendula)
- Chinese Celtis (Celtis sinensis)
- Cocos palm/queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
- Conifer (Pinophyta)
- Leighton’s green Pine (Cupressocyparis x leylandii)
- Cootamundra wattle (Acacia baileyana)
- Coral Tree (Erythrina x sykesii)
- Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.)
- Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
- Evergreen Alder (Alnus jorulensis)
- Evergreen Ash (Fraxinus griffithii)
- Golden wreath wattle (Acacia saligna)
- Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Ice cream bean (Inga edulis)
- Privet (Ligustrum spp)
- Oleander (Nerium oleander)
- Peppercorn (Schinus spp)
- Radiata Pine <20 metres in height only (Pinus Radiata)
- Poplar <20 metres in height only (Populus spp.)
- Queensland Silver Wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia)
- Rhus (Toxiocodendron succedaneum)
- Rubber Tree (Ficus elastica)
- Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta)
- Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii)
- Sweet Pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum)
- Tree Lucern (Tagasaste Chamaecytisus palmensis)
- Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla)
- Wild Tobacco Tree (Solanum mauritianum)
- Willow (Salix spp.)
- Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans).
