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Queensland Pomaderris

Pomaderris queenslandica

Queensland Pomaderris
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Queensland Pomaderris (Pomaderris queenslandica), also called scant pomaderris, is a woolly-stemmed shrub of moist forest understorey in eastern Australia. It is grown mainly as a native garden shrub in mild, sheltered, moist conditions.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist, especially in the first years, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, fertile loam or leaf-rich soil.
Temperature
10–28 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pomaderris queenslandica, commonly known as scant pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with woolly-hairy stems, egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and panicles of creamy-yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Scant pomaderris grows in moist forest or the understorey of sheltered woodland in south-eastern Queensland and in scattered locations on the north coast and Northern Tablelands of north-eastern New South Wales.

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 queenslandica 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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