Botanical Name: Common Names:
Telopea hybrida Essies Gift PBR Waratah,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
The stunning Telopea Essie's Gift PBR offers something truly special in waratah circles. It rewards with spectacular displays of deep pink flower heads throughout the spring making it a real statement plant. This variety is famed for its low growing, compact form which means it can be enjoyed in a wide range of garden applications from hedging through to single specimen planting. The large flower heads are borne on short arching stems and can also be enjoyed in cut flower displays. • Spectacular low growing displays of bright colour. • Make a statement with an unusual low native hedge • Medium to large containers • Enjoy indoors in cut flower arrangements
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Formal Garden, Habitat, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Container / Pot, Native Garden
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Proteaceae 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: Tender
Wind: Low