Botanical Name
Isopogon ‘Sunshine’
Common Name
Sunshine Drumsticks
Description
Sunshine Drumsticks is a hardy upright native shrub renowned for its bright yellow drumstick flowers and attractive narrow foliage that creates beautiful displays in Australian gardens. This low-maintenance cultivar produces distinctive yellow flower heads in spring that last well as cut flowers, attracting native bees while providing excellent garden color. The narrow green leaves create attractive fine-textured evergreen foliage that maintains neat, upright growth habits perfect for various garden applications. Hardy and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soils and full sun to partial shade positions with excellent coastal, frost, and drought tolerance. Perfect for massed plantings, feature displays, containers, and areas where hardy native shrubs with reliable yellow flowering create versatile landscape solutions with minimal maintenance.
Plant Category
Medium Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 1-2 meters, Spread: 1-2 meters
Isopogon species naturally occur along the east coast of New South Wales from near the Victorian border almost to Queensland, most commonly between Smoky Cape and Ulladulla, growing on low-nutrient sandstone soils in heathland and dry sclerophyll woodland and forest.
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