This 3X3 m tall shrub from South Africa is erect at first, but eventually spreads. The leaves are long and bold and smell unpleasant if crushed. Striking flower rods are brown to deep red in colour and are borne from late spring to midsummer. This a tough plant with considerable weed potential. It is drought tolerant.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Water use
- Minimal
- Container
- Zero
- 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
- Loam
- Tolerances
- Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Green, Blue, Red
- Gardens
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants