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Street Tree Renewal Program

In line with our Greening Whittlesea Strategy, Council is committed to increasing the number of trees and green cover across the City of Whittlesea. Trees provide our community a range of benefits, including:

  • providing much needed shade in urban areas
  • contributing to neighbourhood character and the look and feel of the street
  • reducing air pollution in an efficient and cost-effective way
  • providing habitat for native wildlife
  • enhancing people’s health and wellbeing.

The trees that will are planted along nature strips have been specifically chosen to suit the location and include a range of deciduous and evergreen trees.

Find out more about the trees that will planted through this program below. 

Smooth Barked Apple (Angophora costata)  

An Australian native tree with smooth bark that is slightly purple in colour. It has large and twisted limbs and a very large expanded trunk base. It bears white flower clusters in spring.  

Features:  

  • Medium sized ornamental tree 
  • Rounded crown of light green foliage with reddish new growth 
  • Smooth colourful bark 
  • Masses of white flowers in late spring and summer 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Zannon Crescent, Doreen
  

Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica x L. fauriei 'Natchez')  

A deciduous tree with green foliage and masses of beautiful, white frilly flowers that appear in summer. The contrasting autumn foliage will also create a vivid display of colour. 

Features: 

  • Clusters of spectacular white, crepe-paper like flowers in summer 
  • Small oval shaped leaves and attractive exfoliating bark 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Howell Street, Lalor
  • Queenscliff Road, Thomastown
  

Chinese Elm (Ulmus pavifolia)  

The Chinese Elm is a semi-evergreen tree with a moderate growth rate and wide-spreading, broad-domed canopy. It has inconspicuous red, winged flowers which float on the breeze when shed.  

Features:  

  • Dark green foliage 
  • Exfoliating bark that can create an orange, tan and grey mosaic.

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Howell Street, Lalor
  • Queenscliff Road, Thomastown
  

Wilga (Geijera parviflora)  

A slow growing small tree with attractive pendulous foliage which have a strong scent when crushed. The winter to spring flowers are cream and musky scented. 

Features: 

  • Glossy dark green leaves and drooping branches 
  • Small white flowers in loose panicles in winter to spring and spherical fruit containing a shiny black seed 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Maywood Drive, Epping
  • Bishop Place, Epping
  • Pecan Court, Epping
  • Queen Street, Lalor
  

Argyle Apple (Eucalyptus cinerea)  

An Australian native evergreen tree with soft blue foliage. The bark is non-shedding, stringy-fibrous reddish brown. New growth of branches, leaves, buds and fruit are waxy white. In spring, abundant clusters of white flowers are born amongst the foliage. 

  • Fragrant and an attractive silver colour leaves 
  • Green conical flower buds open to small cream to yellow flowers 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Queen Street, Lalor
  

Golden Robinia (Robinia pseudoacacia "Frisia")  

An attractive deciduous tree that provides soft filtered shade with its open habit and pinnate leaf shape. It is a moderate grower with striking lime green foliage which intensifies into a vibrant, golden colour in autumn.  

Features:  

  • Light yellow pinnate foliage  
  • Fragrant, long white, pea-like flowers in early summer 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Supply Drive, Epping
  

Chinese Pistachio (Pistacia chinensis)  

A small deciduous tree with stunning autumn colours of yellow, orange, and red. With a moderate growth rate it makes an ideal street tree.  

Features:  

  • Small groups of flowers emerge in the warmer months  
  • Capable of withstanding relatively harsh conditions. 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Supply Drive, Epping
  

Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) 

A distinctive native tree with dark green leaves and silvery white hairs underneath. This creates a lovely contrast when the wind exposes them.  

Features: 

  • Dark green leathery leaves with silver reverses 
  • Pale yellow tubular flowers in summer, autumn and early winter 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Zannon Crescent, Doreen
  • Buch Avenue, Epping
  • Salicki Avenue, Epping
  

Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon vimivalis) 

An evergreen shrub or small tree adorned with pendulous branches clothed with narrow, light green leaves. The blooms are a copious source of nectar for birds and hummingbirds.  

Features: 

  • Fast growing, dense growth, light green leaves 
  • Masses of red flowers in spring and summer 

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Sunrise Court, Epping
  • Delmont Court, Epping
  • Corine Court, Epping
  

Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus)

A native tree with a broad canopy, lush green leaves and a relatively short, broad trunk. It’s a good shade tree and drought hardy.

Features:

• Dense canopy of glossy green foliage

• Cream flowers streaked with pink or purple from late Spring to Autumn

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Bernard Street, Doreen
  

Red Maple (Acer Freemanii 'cultivar)

Large, domed deciduous tree with fantastic red Autumn foliage and a great shade tree. It has a brilliant, red-orange colour in winter.

Features:

  • Green, deeply lobed leaves turn an intense red in Autumn
  • Great shade tree, ideal for streets and avenues

Streets this tree will be planted in:

  • Stillman Drive, Mill Park
  • Ward Drive, Mill Park
  

Field Maple (Acer campestre)

A deciduous small tree with a dense round canopy, and a somewhat corky bark. Small leaves with rounded lobes, dark green in summer, which turn a beautiful clear yellow in the autumn. Paired samaras spread throughout the tree and hang in clusters well into winter.

Features:

  • Compact, slow growing small tree
  • Green inconspicuous flowers from September to October