Christmas Bush

The standard nsw christmas bush will grow to about 3 or 4 metres tall in the average garden.

Christmas bush. Botanical name ceratopetalum gummiferum common name nsw christmas bush description an evergreen tall shrub or small tree producing bright pink to red blooms through the summer time. Position for best colouring they need to be planted in a sunny position. The colder the climate the later they will colour up. Christmas bush baccharis magellanica.

It has lovely white pink or purplish flowers which bloom in summer and provide nectar to birds. One plant that s always perfectly dressed to celebrate an aussie christmas is the new south wales christmas bush. Chromolaena odorata a tropical species of shrub from the sunflower family. The petals are actually small and white it is the sepals that enlarge to about 12mm after the flower sets fruit and starts to dry out.

The specific name gummiferum alludes to the large amounts of gum that is. Bursaria spinosa a small tree or shrub that occurs in all australian states. In early summer this shapely native shrub s small creamy white flowers give way to showy red or pink bracts. Victorian christmas bush prostanthera lasianthos grows in victoria queensland new south wales australian capital territory and tasmania.

Victorian christmas bush prostanthera lasianthos grows in victoria queensland new south wales australian capital territory and tasmania south australian and tasmanian christmas bush bursaria spinosa grows in all states except western australia. A rare but endearing and tough evergreen from the southern andes collected by dan hinkley in southern chile. Soil type the nsw christmas bush is pretty adaptable as long as it is reasonably well drained. The christmas bush or tree is a series of different plants that grow in almost every state.

Ceratopetalum gummiferum the new south wales christmas bush is a tall shrub or small tree popular in cultivation due to its sepals that turn bright red pink at around christmas time. Ceratopetalum gummiferum a tall shrub from australia also known as the new south wales christmas bush. Flower colour pink to red flower period summer fruiting n a location prefers a well drained soil in. But don t worry if you don t live in new south wales there s a christmas bush for all areas of the continent.

Fantastic as a feature tree or can be used for soft screening and bordering hedges. Comocladia dodonaea a poisonous shrub of caribbean islands. A well behaved weed suppressing.