Botanical Name: Philotheca myoporoides Flower Girl
Common Names: Long Leaf Wax Flower,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Shrubs Rounded, Shrub Like
Description:
Philotheca Flower Girl produces small soft pink star-shaped flowers and deep pink buds on small green fragrant foliage during winter and spring. This evergreen small shrub is ideal for planting in rockeries, containers and general garden plantings. Grows approx 1m tall x 1m wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Costal Garden, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Fragrant Garden, Habitat, Low Water Garden, Rockery
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Rutaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink
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
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