Detail
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Beaufortia orbifolia
Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush
Notes

Uses: A highly adaptable and hardy ornamental foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast as a background plant in wider verges, nature strips and streetscapes or grouped as an informal hedge or barrier. Suitable for parks, reserves, wider roadside plantings. Requires well-drained soils.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.

  • Height 1.5-3m
  • Spread 2-3m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Myrtaceae
  • Botanical Name Beaufortia orbifolia
  • Common Name Ravensthorpe Bottlebrush
  • Origin WA
  • Habit Upright, Spreading
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Heavy frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Flower Type Bottlebrush
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)