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Helpful articles
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.
Plant index (not used). (not used).
Native Annuals and Perennials. Australian annual and perennial plants can be used to create excitement in your garden as they are quick growing, usually very floriferous and because they are relatively temporary they can be replaced on a regular basis to add something new each year.
External privacy screens. External privacy screens began to appear in Australian residential and commercial building during the 1950's and 1960's, as a direct result of high density living and higher incomes. For more information and some examples read this article.
Plant description
Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem' is a tall variety of kangaroo paw, with bicoloured red and yellow flowers on highly branched stems. Flowering is from spring to summer, and will attract all sorts of nectar feeders. Also great cut flowers. A very tough kangaroo paw, with great garden performance. Grows to 2 metres tall. Plant is full sun in a well drained soil. Once established, old tired sections can be cut back hard to the ground to remove discoloured leaves and finished flower stems. It is a hybrid of Anigozanthos flavidus and A. pulcherimus.
Further reading: Growing Kangaroo Paws (an article written by native plant expert Angus Stewart).
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: red or yellow
Flowering season: spring summer
Plant size
Maximum height: 2 metres
Minimum height: 2 metres
Maximum width: 1 metres
Minimum width: 1 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, subtropical.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: moist, well-drained.
Clay: moist, well-drained.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Soil pH: 5.5-6.5
Diseases
Ink spot disease
Miscellaneous information
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: not specified.
Types of fertiliser: not specified.
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