Small plant with long narrow leaves. Flowers are blue to mauve chocolate or vanilla-scented. They are produced on stems in spring and early summer. Dichopogon strictus grows to about 0.1m tall and 0.3m wide. Erect branched flowering stem with single fragrant flowers on erect stalks to 35mm long, petal and sepal lobes spreading.
- Type
- Native
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Zones
- Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade, Shady
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Green, Blue, Purple
- Gardens
- Native Garden