SPECIAL QUALITIES:
An excellent leafy plant with lovely creamy tubular flowers, flushed pink at the edges. Flowers freely for many months. Provides food for native birds.
FLOWERS: Summer to autumn.
HEIGHT: 70cm
WIDTH: 60cm
PLANTS NEEDED PER SQUARE METRE: 4
HABIT: Forms an evergreen shrubby framework of many stems. Densely leaved.
POSITION & USES:
Sun. Frost hardy.
CULTIVATION:
Easily grown in any fertile well drained soil. Prune to approximately 30cm from the ground before spring to encourage fresh growth.
WATER RATING: (click photo to see)
- Red Can = Plants require little water in hot, dry weather
- Green Can = Plants require deep watering every few weeks in hot, dry weather
- Blue Can = Plants require deep watering weekly in hot, dry weather
Codes are a guide only and watering requirements will be affected by soil type, competition, mulching, wind and many other factors. Try to group plants with the same code in the one bed.