Eremophila georgei is a Western Australian desert shrub from the figwort family, grown for its long-flowering mauve, purple or pink tubular blooms. It thrives in full sun or dappled shade with very little water, and is best propagated by grafting onto Myoporum rootstock in heavy soils or humid areas.
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; it needs little watering and dislikes waterlogged soil.
Soil
Free-draining sand, clay or stony mixes; grafting onto Myoporum is preferred in heavy soils.
Temperature
Hardy in warm to hot conditions; frost tolerant when mature, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia (Austin)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland
About
Eremophila georgei is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a common, widespread shrub in central areas of the state, often growing on rocky ridges and hillsides and has serrated leaves and mauve, purple or pink flowers.
How to grow it
This eremophila is an attractive species due in part to its large, colourful flowers which are often present over a long period. It can be grown from cuttings or by grafting onto Myoporum rootstock and the latter method is preferable if the shrub is to be grown in heavy soils or in areas of high humidity. Cuttings may take months to strike, even in warm weather. The plant will grow in full sun or dappled shade, needs little watering and is frost tolerant when mature.
Where it grows
This eremophila is common in central areas of Western Australia growing in sand, clay and stony soils on flats and rocky ridges in the Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor and Yalgoo biogeographic regions
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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.