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Yellow Dogwood

Pomaderris elliptica

Yellow Dogwood
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Pomaderris elliptica, yellow dogwood, is a shrub of south-eastern Australia that grows to 1 to 4 m, with pale yellow flowers in clusters from September to December. It is grown as a native garden shrub in cool to temperate climates and needs a sunny position with reasonable drainage.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then mainly in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil, tolerant of a range of types.
Temperature
Cool to temperate conditions; tolerates frost in its native range, protect young plants from severe cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. New South Wales to Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Pomaderris elliptica, commonly known as yellow dogwood or smooth pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with densely hairy branchlets, egg-shaped or elliptic leaves, and pale yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This pomaderris grows in open forest and is widespread from south of Taree in New South Wales through south-eastern Victoria to Tasmania. Variety diemenica is endemic to Tasmania.

Other Pomaderris plants

Pomaderris adnata · Yellow Pomaderris · Pomaderris angustifolia · Hazel Pomaderris · Silver Pomaderris · Hazel Pomaderris · Pomaderris aurea · Birch Pomaderris · Pomaderris bodalla · Pomaderris brevifolia · Pomaderris briagolensis · Pomaderris brogoensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pomaderris elliptica 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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