Uses: A background to other smaller plants or for hedging or screening.
Foliage turns bronze purple in autumn.
Responds to pruning.
Requires well-drained soils.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.
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