Detail
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Lasiopetalum baueri
Slender Velvet Bush
Notes

Uses: A highly ornamental but hardy foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast or grouped as an informal hedge, feature in borders, roadside verges and raised beds. Tolerates coastal exposure and can be planted as a wind-break or screen. Responds to light pruning to maintain rounded shape. Requires well-drained soils. Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.

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

 
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens     
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.3-1.6m
  • Spread 1-2.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Sterculiaceae
  • Botanical Name Lasiopetalum baueri
  • Common Name Slender Velvet Bush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, Tas
  • Habit Dwarf to small, Dense, Erect to spreading
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal cliffs, 2nd line coast, Coastal cliffs, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Salt spray
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White, Pink
  • Flowering Time Spring, Winter
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Wind protection, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)