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Dillwynia laxiflora

Dillwynia laxiflora
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Dillwynia laxiflora is a low, spreading or scrambling shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its small yellow and red pea flowers. It needs sun, free-draining sandy or gravelly soil and very little water once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gravelly mix, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from prolonged hard freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Dillwynia laxiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a prostrate to spreading shrub with needle-shaped leaves and yellow and red flowers.

Where it grows

This dillwynia grows in sandy or gravelly soils on hillcrests in the south-west of Western Australia.

Other Dillwynia plants

Dillwynia acerosa · Dillwynia acicularis · Dillwynia brunioides · Grey Parrot Pea · Dillwynia crispii · Dillwynia dillwynioides · Dillwynia divaricata · Dillwynia elegans · Eggs And Bacon · Smooth Parrot Pea · Dillwynia glaucula · Downy Parrot Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dillwynia laxiflora 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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