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Helpful articles
Garden Themes. This article describes various garden themes that should work well within Australia.
Fertilisers. Learn all about fertilisers, the different varieties and their applications.
Angus's Top Gum Trees for Gardens. Angus Stewart's list of the best gum trees (Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora) for Australian gardens.
Selecting plants for your garden. This article describes how you can best select plants for your garden.
Plant description
The profusion of long lasting waxy flowers on a spreading but dense shrub are the outstanding features of this iconic Australian plant. It is one of the world's great cut flowers and is used extensively as a backing flower in arrangements. It makes a wonderful feature shrub or screen plant in the garden and there are several different flower colours. Give it a light trim after flowering.
Further reading: Hedges and
Pruning a hedge in 7 steps (articles written by horticulturalist Angus Stewart).
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: pink, white or purple
Flowering season: spring
Scent
The flowers have a honey-like perfume and the foliage has a eucalyptus type scent when crushed.
Plant size
Maximum height: 5 metres
Minimum height: 2 metres
Maximum width: 6 metres
Minimum width: 2 metres
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Medium frost tolerance.
Plant is salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: insects.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: temperate, subtropical.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.
Clay: dry, well-drained.
Sand: dry, moist, well-drained.
Soil pH: 5.5-6.5
Diseases
Botrytis
Miscellaneous information
Native to: Australia.
Planting season: all year.
Types of fertiliser: low phosphorus.
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