Sturt's Desert Pea provides spectacular ground-cover to 20cm with its pretty leaf form and masses of large red pea flowers with a black centre. Native to arid areas it is found on red loam or sandy soils. This is the South Australian floral emblem.
- Type
- Native
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Alice Water Smart
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Winter