Compact shrub growing to 2.5 m tall and 2.5 m wide. Leaves are shiny, dark green, narrow and pointed with a jagged edge. Flowers are perfumed, white in colour (with a pink tinge), 8cm long and are borne in clusters. Flowering occures during late winter and spring. Following the flowering is the production of black berries with a bluish tinge.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- 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
- Frost
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Winter
- Colours
- Green, Pink