Our Battery Point Garden has deep dolerite clay soil but we have found many species thrive in this soil especially if it is kept moist with drippers and micro sprays. Lomandra longifolia, Acacia genistifolia, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. viscosa, Westringia angustifolia, W. brevifolia, Callitris rhomboidea, Pultenaea pedunculata, Lomatia tinctoria, Acacia derwentiana and Banksia marginata all thrive.