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Brachyloma scortechinii

Brachyloma scortechinii
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0

Brachyloma scortechinii is a small, low-growing shrub from the heath family, native to coastal scrub and heath in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. It is grown mainly as a garden or native-plant shrub, and it prefers well-drained, sandy, acidic soil in a sunny spot.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub, Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or acidic soil; avoid lime and heavy clay.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frosts but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Brachyloma scortechinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly oblong or oblong leaves and translucent, bulbous cylindrical flowers.

Where it grows

This species grows in coastal scrub and heath from south-east Queensland to Iluka in New South Wales.

Other Brachyloma plants

Brachyloma baxteri · Fringed Daphne Heath · Daphne Heath · Brachyloma delbi · Brachyloma depressum · Brachyloma djerral · Brachyloma elusum · Brush Heath · Brachyloma geissoloma · Brachyloma mogin · Brachyloma nguba · Brachyloma pirara

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachyloma scortechinii 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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