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Adenanthos 'Silver Silk'
Woolly Bush
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Uses: A highly attractive accent plant for mixed landscapes, verges, median strips parks and reserves. Plant grouped as a low screen or wind-break. Tolerant of moderate coastal exposure.
Requires well-drained soils. Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.

  • Height 1.2-1.2m
  • Spread 1-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Proteaceae
  • Botanical Name Adenanthos 'Silver Silk'
  • Common Name Woolly Bush
  • Habit Compact, Bushy
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Salt spray, Wind
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Spring
  • Flower Type Tubular
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental, Screen
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)