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Cyanothamnus bussellianus

Boronia busselliana

Cyanothamnus bussellianus
Photo: Jean and Fred, CC BY 2.0

Cyanothamnus bussellianus, also called Boronia busselliana, is a slender, low perennial herb or shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown mainly for its small pink, blue or white flowers. It needs well-drained, gritty soil and full sun to thrive.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during growth and let the top of the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy mix, similar to laterite or gravel soils it grows in naturally.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate

About

Cyanothamnus bussellianus is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender perennial herb or shrub with well-spaced, simple leaves and pink, blue or white, four-petalled flowers.

Where it grows

This boronia grows on rises and outcrops in gravel or over laterite between Eneabba and Ongerup in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.

Other Cyanothamnus plants

Cyanothamnus acanthocladus · Cyanothamnus baeckeaceus · Cyanothamnus bipinnatus · Cyanothamnus coerulescens · Cyanothamnus defoliatus · Cyanothamnus fabianoides · Cyanothamnus inconspicuus · Cyanothamnus inflexus · Cyanothamnus nanus · Cyanothamnus occidentalis · Cyanothamnus penicillatus · Cyanothamnus polygalifolius

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyanothamnus bussellianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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