Darwinia Seaspray™

 

Orange-red lanterns sit snugly amongst the crisp neat foliage of Seaspray™, making a  bright display from winter to summer, and attracting honeyeaters, butterflies and  exquisite harmless native bees to the nectar and pollen.

 

A low mounding shrub (10cm x 50-90cm) with silvery green aromatic foliage, dense and very attractively set on fine stems. Vivid orange-red bracted flowers cover the leaves from winter to summer. Honeyeaters, native bees and butterflies all feed on the nectar. Loves full sun or light shade in temperate to sub tropical climates, in well drained clay or sandy loam, neutral to slightly acid pH. Excellent for coastal gardens. Tolerates moderate frosts. 

 

Uses: a fast and effective groundcover in small or large gardens, as a path edging plant, in rockeries or in containers on patio or deck.

 

Maintenance: requires only light trimming for shape, after flowering is finished. Feed with low phosphorus controlled release fertilizer in early spring or late summer. If container grown, use best quality free-draining potting medium, keep moist but do not over water.   Low water needs when established.

 

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