Types Of Memorial Trees To Plant In Australia

Infuse the ashes of your loved ones including your pets into these Living Legacy Tree options in a protected garden

With a Living Legacy Memorial Tree, your ashes are carefully treated and infused into a tree of your choice to live on for generations to come. Trees can be shared amongst family over generations creating a beautiful place of remembrance for your family and pets as well.

Choose Your Living Legacy Tree

The Oak Tree represents strength, endurance, and legacy. Towering and timeless, it offers a place for generations to gather and reflect. Choosing an Oak means creating a living monument that will stand for centuries — rooted in love and family.

The Gleditsia, or Honey Locust, is known for its delicate fern-like leaves that shimmer gold in sunlight. It symbolises endurance and grace, thriving even in challenging conditions. A perfect tree for those remembered for their warmth, strength, and generosity.

The Jefferson’s Red Maple transforms beautifully with the seasons — from lush green in summer to fiery reds and oranges in autumn. It symbolises transformation, strength, and the cycles of life, making it a meaningful choice for those who bring warmth and passion to the world.

The Olive Tree is an enduring symbol of peace, wisdom, and legacy. Its silver-green foliage and timeless presence make it a fitting tribute for those who wish to leave a mark that lasts generations — a living memory that continues to give.

Known for its brilliant clusters of orange blooms, the Flowering Orange Gum is one of Australia’s most captivating native trees. It’s admired for its strength, colour, and the life it attracts — from birds to bees. A living symbol of vibrancy, resilience, and connection to nature.

The White Crepe Myrtle radiates purity and peace. Its elegant clusters of crisp white flowers and smooth, mottled bark make it a timeless choice for remembrance. As it flourishes in the warmth of summer, it becomes a living tribute that reflects light, grace, and serenity.

Known for its spectacular summer blooms, the Purple Crepe Myrtle brings bursts of colour and joy through the warmest months. Its paper-like bark and vibrant flowers make it a striking symbol of love and transformation — perfect for those who brought beauty and colour to life.

The Ornamental Pear is known for its stunning display of white blossoms that mark the arrival of spring. With lush green foliage through summer and striking red to orange tones in autumn, it brings beauty to every season. These trees are elegant, resilient, and offer a magnificent farewell that celebrates renewal and change.

With its bright crimson brush-like blooms, the Bottlebrush is an Australian icon, full of life, colour, and energy. It symbolises vitality and renewal, attracting birds and bees with its nectar-rich flowers. A beautiful reminder that life continues to flourish and bloom.

Arguably one of the most beautiful ornamental trees in the world, its composition of black bark against pink blushing flowers is a gift to the beholder, with the tree attracting various birds to it during its flowering months.

Loving and poetic, the Flowering Crab Apple displays delicate, fragrant, double-pink flowers towards the end of spring. Their smell can resemble apple blossoms, or even cinnamon.

The tree is renowned for its large tulip-shaped flowers that bloom in early to mid-spring before the leaves emerge.

The Queensland Kauri is a magnificent and long-lived tree. Its towering height, attractive foliage, and resilient nature makes it a perfect choice to symbolise loved ones who embodied strength, grace, and endurance.

The Cherry Blossom tree is renowned for its spectacular display of flowers in the spring. The blossoms are typically pale pink to white, though some varieties have deeper pink flowers. They bloom in clusters, creating a stunning and dense floral canopy.

Unique and strong, the Trident Maple represents endurance. It’s three-pronged leaves turn bronze-red in the fall as a symbol of vitality.

The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is the national floral emblem of Australia and is renowned for its vibrant, golden-yellow flowers. Also, famed for its clusters of bright fully yellow flowers that bloom in late winter to spring.

Exquisite and stunning, the White Magnolia has large, cup-shaped, and fragrant flowers that are pure white in colour. Its glossy, dark green leaves provide a striking contrast to the delicate blooms.

Tenacious and hopeful, the Gingko displays fan-shaped leaves turned beautiful hues of gold throughout autumn.

Charismatic and passionate, the Illawarra Flame Tree displays fiery-red bell-shaped flowers during the early summer. A multitude of small birds and even butterflies make home in these trees.

Liquidambar trees are highly valued for their ornamental beauty, particularly their striking autumn foliage.

Creative and passionate, Crepe Myrtles boast beautiful clusters flowers throughout the summer, guaranteeing a long-lasting show for the birds to feed on and humans to admire.

Wise, idealistic and lucky, Jacarandas display clusters of delicate purple bell-shaped flowers during the late summer. A great tree to plant in memory of someone known for a love of the colour purple.

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