Uses: In verges, median streets, parks and reserves. Planted singly as a colourful background in mixed plantings or en-mass as a barrier or informal hedge. Responds to pruning.
Decorative coloured fruits.
Tolerant of coastal locations.
Requires well-drained soils.
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.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

  
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.