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Darwinia pinifolia

Darwinia pinifolia
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Darwinia pinifolia is a low, spreading shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its dense heads of red to purple flowers. Good drainage and a sunny, open spot suit it best.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia pinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub with linear leaves and dense heads of erect, red to purple flowers.

Where it grows

Darwinia pinifolia is typically found in sandy soils in winter-wet areas in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

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 pinifolia 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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