Uses: Flowering ornamental shrub for planting singly in mixed plantings or grouped as an understorey or low informal screen or hedge.
Requires well-drained soils.
Prolific flowering, attracts nectar eating native birds.
Cultivars available in a variety of flower colours and forms.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.