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Niemeyera whitei
Also called Rusty Plum
Niemeyera whitei, the rusty plum or plum boxwood, is a small to medium rainforest tree from eastern Australia, grown mainly for its rusty-haired foliage and ornamental form. It is a species rather than a genus, and it needs warm, humid, sheltered conditions similar to its native gullies.
Niemeyera whitei known as the rusty plum or plum boxwood is a species of tree native to eastern Australia.
Niemeyera whitei occurs on nutrient-poor soils in areas below 600 metres above sea level in gullies, warm temperate or littoral rainforest from the Macleay River, New South Wales to Tallebudgera Creek in south eastern Queensland.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Niemeyera whitei 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.
