Botanical Name: Baeckea Virgata Dwarf 200mm Pot

Features:   

• Australian Native
• Clusters of white flowers
• Dark green, linear leaves
• Blossoms during spring - summer
• Excellent habitat for small native birds (e.g. finches and wrens)
• Adaptable to most climates
• Can have an upright or weepage nature
• Lightly honey scented

Position:

Full sun to part shade.

Ideal For:

• Small formal/informal hedging
• Used in rockeries
• Shrubbery within a garden
• Feature plant
• Mass plantings
• Container plant
• As a Border Plant
• As a Flowering Pot Plant

Plant Apart:

0.5m for hedging

Height at Maturity:

growing to 30cm in height and 50cm in width.

Environment Conditions:

• Soil:
• Adaptable to most soil types
• Medium tolerance of clay and heavy soils but performs best in well-drained, enriched, sandy soils.
• Suitable in loamy and acidic soils as well
• Moisture:
• Natural habitat is damp sites, usually close to water
• Durability:
• Frost resistant
• Pollution resistant
• Resistant to tropical heat
• Can withstand temperatures from as low as -3 degrees up to mid 30’s for short periods after established

Care:

• If plant is established in ideal environments, no watering is required after establishment.
• However watering will be required during long, dry periods
• Prune after flowering to maintain compact growth

Design:

• Landscape Themes:
• European Formal
• Mediterranean
• Seaside
• Tropical Formal