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Pomaderris velutina

Pomaderris velutina
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Pomaderris velutina, velvety pomaderris, is a slender native shrub of south-eastern Australia, growing 1 to 2 m tall with velvety leaves and pale yellow flowers in October and November. It is a bushland species, best grown in a sunny, well-drained position similar to its rocky forest habitat.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy loam; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate conditions; protect from severe frost, approx. -5 °C limit.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Victoria
Climate
temperate

About

Pomaderris velutina, commonly known as velvety pomaderris or velvet pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender shrub with rusty-hairy young stems, egg-shaped to oblong or more or less elliptic leaves, and loose panicles of pale yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Velvety pomaderris grows in forest and woodland mainly in steep, rocky sites, but also along creeks and gorges in eastern Victoria and south of Lake Burragorang in 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 velutina 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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