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Plant description
'Bush Elegance' has a dwarf habit with distinct burgundy coloured flowers on branched stems. A relatively strong garden performer even in humid climates. Flowers in spring and summer, and the blooms are attractive to birds and make good cut flowers. Kangaroo paws grow from underground rhizomes, so once established they are reasonably hardy. If the foliage becomes untidy, the leaves can be cut back hard to the ground to rejuvenate the plant. Late winter is a good time to do this, so that new growth occurs in spring.
Further reading: Growing Kangaroo Paws (an article written by native plant expert Angus Stewart).
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: orange
Flowering season: spring summer
Plant size
Maximum height: 0.7 metres
Minimum height: 0.7 metres
Maximum width: 0.5 metres
Minimum width: 0.5 metres
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: birds.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: cool, temperate.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: moist, well-drained.
Clay: not suitable.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Diseases
Ink spot disease
Miscellaneous information
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: Spring.
Types of fertiliser: Low phosphorus native fertiliser.
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