Shrubs include spider flowers, thyme spurge, nodding blue lily and waxlip orchids.

Grevillea buxifolia, commonly known as the grey spider flower, is a species of the family Proteaceae.

Species of Cleome are commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants.

The stately spider flower (Cleome hasslerana) tops out around four feet, with spidery-looking white, pink or purple summer blooms.

The spider flowers curled up and bored into the soil.

I'm tossing in scarlet zinnias, lavatera, cosmos, lemon gem marigolds and spider flowers.

The plants you spotted are Cleome spinosa, the spider flower, and you're quite right, there are thorns under the leaves, as its name implies.

Common names include grevillea, spider flower, silky oak, bottle brush and toothbrush plant.

This annual, sometimes known as spider flower, can also be sown outdoors any time in early spring; established plants often self-sow.

If there is good filtered light, or sun for at least part of the day, try nicotiana, four-o'clocks and cleome (spider flower) from seed.