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Darwinia taxifolia

Darwinia taxifolia
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Darwinia taxifolia is a small erect or low-lying shrub in the myrtle family, native to New South Wales, Australia, with pink or purplish flowers. Like other Darwinia species it is best grown in full sun with excellent drainage and little fertiliser.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then keep only lightly moist and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic sandy or gritty mix; leaf-litter type soils suit it.
Temperature
10–28 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia taxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect or low-lying shrub with laterally compressed leaves. The flowers are pink or purplish and usually arranged in groups of two to four.

Where it grows

Subspecies macrolaena grows in heath and is found from the Blue Mountains to Nerriga and Tomerong in south-eastern New South Wales, and subspecies taxifolia is restricted to heath on elevated sites in the Blue Mountains.

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 taxifolia 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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