Uses: A highly ornamental but hardy foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast or grouped as an informal hedge or wind-break, in wider roadside verges, nature strips, parks and reserves. Requires well-drained soils and responds well to heavy pruning. Attracts honey 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.