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Philotheca fitzgeraldii

Philotheca fitzgeraldii is a compact, erect to spreading shrub from southern Western Australia, growing 30–60 cm tall with white flowers from June to October. It is a Western Australian native that needs well-drained soil and full sun to grow well.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Philotheca fitzgeraldii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact or spreading shrub with cylindrical, glandular-warty leaves and white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets.

Where it grows

Philotheca fitzgeraldii grows in heath and woodland between Norseman and Caiguna in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions.

Other Philotheca plants

Philotheca pungens · Philotheca trachyphylla · Philotheca acrolopha · Narrow Leaf Wax Flower · Philotheca apiculata · Philotheca basistyla · Philotheca brevifolia · Philotheca brucei · Philotheca buxifolia · Philotheca ciliata · Philotheca citrina · Philotheca coateana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philotheca fitzgeraldii 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.

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