Uses: A highly ornamental but hardy foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast as a background plant in, wider verges, nature strips parks and reserves or grouped as an informal hedge, barrier or low wind-break. Responds to pruning.
Attracts native birds and insects.
Suitable for coastal locations.
Caution: Can be a skin irritant.
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.