Growing up to 5m in height, Wigandia is often a large shrub rather than a small tree. It produces large coarse leathery leaves and terminal heads of mauve-blue flowers during spring and summer. Pruning of unwanted basal suckers is the main maintenance task.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade, Shady
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Gardens
- Subtropical