This is a tough and durable species, widely used in urban landscape plantings as a strappy bed filler. It produces a soft rhizome at its base and an upright clump of green foliage. Once established it will tolerate a wide range of conditions, including dry shade and waterlogged soils. This plant is an egg laying site for butterflies and a habitat plant for frogs.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 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, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Habitat plants, Water efficient plants (OLD), Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2011, Westernport Water (for drains and easements)
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Gardens
- Native