(Liste) Australian Shrub With Purple Flowers

Beautiful hedging and feature plant for australian native gardens attracts bird lif.

Australian shrub with purple flowers. The flowers have mauve petals about two inches long with red bases forming a contrasting center. It can live in climates as cold as zone 2 so it is a great choice for a landscape accent in cold regions. Sturt s desert rose has also been known as darling river rose cotton rosebush and australian cotton. Agapanthus species are hardy plants and are easily grown. Sturt s desert rose forms a relatively compact shrub about 3 feet with dark green round to oval leaves usually with black stipples. The flowers are traditionally used in floral arrangements this flower is also lovely when dried. They perform best in a position in full sun or part shade in any well drained soil.

Plant in full sun. On the other end of the spectrum is the striking cooktown orchid with round long lasting flowers. Routine removal of spent flowers will encourage further flowering. Angus s top ten australian shrubs 1 grevillea peaches and cream. Bird s nest fern asplenium australasicum. Because of its stunning red mass flower displays and adaptability to poorly drained soils. And there are many more in this huge genus.

Ninebarks will tolerate partial shade even preferring it in hotter climates as far south as zone 7. Needs moist well drained soil. Verbena is a beautiful plant that produces small purple blooms all summer long. Because of its unique bicoloured flowers that are produced in profusion all year round. Perfect as ground cover the swan river daisy brachyscome iberidifolia is one of. Purple ninebark is a shrub that features white or pink flowers. Purple queen is an example of a type with purple flowers.

The bottlebrushes callistemon species and cultivars must rank amongst the showiest of australian shrubs when in flower with their distinctive fluffy flowers in shades of red purple pink yellow and white. Stunning purple bottle brush flowers on a medium shrub. The australian native dendrobium kingianum or pink rock lily is tough and easy to grow producing delicate flowers from pure white through to pink and purple. Flowering in shades of greenish white yellow orange and red the banksia spans ground covers.