This shrub from New South Wales grows to 4m and produces red bottlebrush flowers from late spring to summer. Best used for lower shrub screening, it is also highly attractive to native birds when in flower and for nesting.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Habitat plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Green, Red
- Gardens
- Backyard