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Helpful articles
Angus's Top Gum Trees for Gardens. Angus Stewart's list of the best gum trees (Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora) for Australian gardens.
Microclimates in your garden. Did you know your whole garden may be a microclimate that allows you to grow plants that would not thrive on the other side of the street? Read this article to learn more.
Top plants for hedges and screens. Hedges and screens in gardens create privacy or screen out an unwanted view. Learn about which plants are best for this.
Find a plant for your garden or home. Search for plants and flowers visually, by name, flower colour and other attributes. Search for native plants, edible plants and popular exotics such as roses and petunias.
Plant description
Pimelea 'Magenta Mist' is a small ground covering plant with prolific bright pibk flower heads and small dark green glossy foliage. It flowers in spring and attracts butterflies. A lovely plant for the garden, in rockeries, as a border plant and great in pots. Suits a sunny or part shaded position, in well drained soils. Grows to around a metre high and wide.
Further reading: Top ten native plants and
Best natives for pots and small gardens (articles written by native plant expert and horticulturalist Angus Stewart).
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: pink
Flowering season: spring
Plant size
Maximum height: 1.2 metres
Minimum height: 1 metres
Maximum width: 1 metres
Minimum width: 0.7 metres
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: Insects, butterflies.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: cool, temperate.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: moist, well-drained.
Clay: well-drained.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Soil pH: 5.5-7.0
Miscellaneous information
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: Any.
Types of fertiliser: not specified.
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