Botanical Name
Leionema ‘Green Screen’
Common Name
Green Screen Phebalium
Description
Green Screen Phebalium is a rewarding mid-sized native shrub renowned for its masses of white flowers and excellent screening qualities that creates beautiful displays in Australian gardens. This hardy hybrid produces abundant white flowers from spring to mid-summer that attract butterflies while providing excellent nectar sources, flowering well in both sunny and shady positions. The deep green, fine aromatic leaves create attractive dense evergreen foliage that grows to the ground, making it perfect for screening and hedging applications. Fast-growing and easy care once established, it thrives in most soil types and tolerates frost, dry to constantly moist conditions, and challenging shady spots. Perfect for screening, hedging, and areas where hardy native shrubs with reliable white flowering create versatile landscape solutions with minimal maintenance.
Plant Category
Medium Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 2 meters, Spread: 2 meters
Leionema species naturally occur in southeastern Australia, with this hybrid (L. elatius × L. lamprophyllum) thriving in various soil types with good adaptability and full sun to shade exposure in temperate to subtropical climates.
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