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Darwinia procera is an erect shrub, about 3 metres tall, from the central coast of New South Wales, valued for its bluish, compressed foliage and reddish-purple flowers. It is rare in the wild but grown by native plant enthusiasts, and is best raised from cuttings in well-drained, sandy soil.
Darwinia procera is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in New South Wales. It is a shrub with laterally compressed leaves, so that they are thicker than wide. The flowers are reddish-purple and arranged in groups of four near the ends of the branches. Although rare in nature, this species is often grown by native plant enthusiasts.
Darwinia procera is reasonably well-known in horticulture with its unusual foliage being a feature. It can be propagated from seed but is easier to raise from cuttings. It is hardy in well-drained, sandy soil in a partly-shaded situation with occasional watering in long dry spells.
This darwinia grows in forest and scrub near the top of sandstone gullies on the central coast north of Sydney.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Darwinia procera 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.
