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Chapman's bell

Darwinia chapmaniana

Chapman's bell
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Chapman's bell is a low, rounded, spreading shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown mainly for its unusual flower heads. It needs well-drained soil and a sunny, open position, and it is a fairly uncommon plant in cultivation.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and never let the root zone stay soggy.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, low-nutrient soils.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions suited to a Mediterranean or subtropical climate; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia chapmaniana, commonly known as Chapman's bell or Eganu bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, rounded, spreading shrub with greyish, hairy leaves and flowers in heads of about 14 small, tubular flowers. The heads are surrounded by long, reddish-yellow, hairy bracts.

Where it grows

This darwinia is only known to occur in a small area near Coorow where it grows around salt lakes in woodland or shrubland.

Other Darwinia plants

Fine Leaved Darwinia · Darwinia apiculata · Darwinia biflora · Darwinia briggsiae · Darwinia camptostylis · Darwinia capitellata · Mogumber bell · Lemon Scented Darwinia · Yellow Mountain Bell · Darwinia diminuta · Darwinia diosmoides · Darwinia divisa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Darwinia chapmaniana 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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