Uses: Attractive and hardy ornamental, suitable in mixed native landscapes, street verges and median strips as a low barrier, wind-break and soil control.
Requires good drainage. Responds to pruning. Profuse flowering, bird and insect attracting.
Cultural use: Indigenous peoples used nearly every part of this genus in their day-to-day lives. Fibre and bark for clothing and swaddling babies, drinks made from the nectar, wood and stems for implements and to construct shelters.
Note: This species is classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area provided they are not planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.