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Podolobium aestivum

Podolobium aestivum
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Podolobium aestivum is an upright native shrub of eastern Australian sclerophyll forest, grown for its orange pea-like flowers. It needs a sunny spot with very well-drained soil and is best kept cool and dry in summer.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Podolobium aestivum, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is an upright shrub with green spiky leaves and orange pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

This podolobium grows on rocky locations in sclerophyll forest in the Gibraltar Range and on Mount Warning in New South Wales.

Other Podolobium plants

Spiny Shaggy Pea · Alpine Shaggy Pea · Native Holly · Podolobium procumbens · Netted Shaggy Pea · Podolobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podolobium aestivum 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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