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Tall Baeckea

Sannantha bidwillii

Also called Twiggy Baeckea

Tall Baeckea
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Tall Baeckea (Sannantha bidwillii) is a shrub or small tree from coastal lowland eucalypt forest in Queensland, Australia, grown mainly for its small white flowers. It is a tough, low-maintenance native that suits a sunny, well-drained spot.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, acidic native soils.
Temperature
Suited to warm temperate to subtropical conditions; frost tolerance is limited, so protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sannantha bidwillii is a species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to coastal Queensland in Australia. It is a shrub or tree with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of 3 white flowers.

Where it grows

Sannantha bidwillii grows in eucalypt forest in coastal lowland between Shoalwater Bay and Brisbane in Queensland.

Other Sannantha plants

Clarence River Baeckea · Sannantha brachypoda · Sannantha collina · Sannantha crassa · Sannantha crenulata · Sannantha cunninghamii · Sannantha papillosa · Tall Baeckea · Twiggy Myrtle · Sannantha tozerensis · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha whitei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sannantha bidwillii 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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