Botanical Name: Common Names:
Eremophila glabra Silver Ball Compact Form, Tar Bush,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Shrubs Dense, Rounded, Shrub Like
Description:
A small compact shrub with grey/ green lance shaped foliage and a profusion of tubular yellow flowers. A versatile plant that offers foliage contrast in plantings. Silver Ball offers excellent foliage contrast in plantings. A useful plant in rockeries, embankments and most situations where colour variations are required. Grows in full sun to part shade in most well drained soils - including coastal.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Foliage Feature / Colour, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Silver Ball offers excellent foliage contrast in plantings. A useful plant in rockeries, embankments and most situations where colour variations are required.
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Scrophulariaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Grey
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: High