Eremophila veneta, metallic-flowered eremophila, is a low, spreading, sticky Western Australian shrub with bluish-green flowers. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that needs full sun or light shade, well-drained alkaline or clay soil, and only occasional watering once established.
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water only occasionally during long dry spells once established.
Soil
Alkaline or clay-based soil; well-drained sandy or clay soils suit it.
Temperature
Frost tolerant; protect from prolonged frost and waterlogging.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland
About
Eremophila veneta, commonly known as metallic-flowered eremophila is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading, sticky shrub with dark green leaves and bluish-green petals.
How to grow it
This low, spreading eremophila is a hardy shrub with unusual bluish-green, bird-attracting flowers. It can be propagated from cuttings and grown in alkaline or clay-based soil in full sun or partial shade. It is drought and frost tolerant and only requires an occasional watering during a long dry spell.
Where it grows
This eremophila is only found in a few locations between Gnowangerup and Hyden in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee biogeographic regions where it grows in clay or sandy soils on plains and flats.
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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.