![]() Maintenance: Clip after flowering to encourage dense growth.įertilise with native fertiliser or blood and bone in spring.Ĭomments: Eremophila until recently were classified within the plant family Myoporaceae but that family is now obsolete and they are now included into family Scrophulariaceae. Soil: A well-drained, slightly alkaline soil. It will also tolerate drought but will develop more flowers and denser foliage with regular watering.Īs with so many natives these will encourage birdlife into your gardenĮremophila maculata 'Aurea' has slightly longer leaves and yellow flowers.Įremophila maculata'Summertime Blue' flowers are pale mauve to blue. Eremophila Mallee Ruby (Eremophila maculata) is a fast growing native ground cover with soft green foliage and an abundance of ruby red tubular flowers. It can tolerate shaded positions but will develop a more open habit. It has linear, lanceolate, grey/green leaves and tubular flowers and prominent spotted throats which appear in profusion for most of the year. The petal and spot colours vary with each variety, they can be red, yellow, white or pink. The flowers are larger than many of the other species, they tubular flowers have five petals that curve backwards revealing spots and fine hairs on the inner surfaces of the petals. It has very pretty flowers that grow along the stem from the leaf apex. It also has an unusual growth form for an eremophila, making it an ideal, stunning feature plant. This is a hardy shrub making it a common choice amongst domestic gardeners. Grows well in hot, dry sites, making it highly drought tolerant as well as relatively frost tolerant. A small, spreading evergreen shrub with a dense irregular habit native to arid and semi arid areas of Australia. ![]()
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