Telopea 'Shady Lady Red' is a cross between T. speciosissima and oreades. A larger waratah, with red flowers in spring, it takes a shadier position as well as sunny. Shady Lady will grow in subtropical, temperate and cool climates. A great feature shrub for general garden beds or rockeries. Also suitable for a large container and is a good cut flower, though it lacks the usual waratah bracts to the flower. Likes a deep free draining soil. Mulch to conserve moisture, deter weeds and to improve the soil. Feed with a good native slow release fertiliser or blood and bone in spring.
Further reading: Top ten native plants and Best natives for pots and small gardens (articles written by native plant expert and horticulturalist Angus Stewart).
Flower colour: red
Flowering season: spring
Maximum height: 5 metres
Minimum height: 3 metres
Maximum width: 3 metres
Minimum width: 2 metres
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Medium frost tolerance.
Plant is not salt tolerant.
Yes. Attracts: Birds.
This plant species will grow in the following climates: cool, temperate, subtropical.
Loam: moist, well-drained.
Clay: moist, well-drained.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: not specified.
Types of fertiliser: Native fertiliser, blood and bone.