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Pomaderris ledifolia

Pomaderris ledifolia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Pomaderris ledifolia, Sydney pomaderris, is a delicate native Australian shrub of 1 to 2 m that bears clusters of yellow flowers from September to November. It is grown mainly in native and dry gardens, and it is best suited to free-draining soil in sun or light shade.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm temperate conditions; frost hardy to about -5 °C, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Pomaderris ledifolia, commonly known as Sydney pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect, delicate shrub with hairy young stems, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped leaves, and compact clusters of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Sydney pomaderris is widespread on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales where it is usually found on rocky hillsides, but also occurs in south-east Queensland and in the far north-east of Victoria.

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 ledifolia 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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