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Darwinia peduncularis

Darwinia peduncularis
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Darwinia peduncularis is a broadly spreading shrub from the Sydney region of New South Wales, growing to about 1.5 m with small flattened leaves and purplish red flowers borne in pairs in late winter to early spring. It suits gardeners who want a native, drought-tolerant shrub with good drainage.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, sandstone-derived soils.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical to temperate conditions; generally hardy to light frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia peduncularis is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Sydney region in New South Wales. It is a shrub with flattened leaves and purplish red flowers usually arranged in pairs.

Where it grows

This darwinia grows on sandstone hillsides and ridges in dry sclerophyll forest between Hornsby, the Hawkesbury River and inland as far as Glen Davis.

Other Darwinia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Darwinia peduncularis 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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