Botanical Name
Pimelea ciliata ‘Marshmallows’
Common Name
Marshmallows Pimelea
Description
Marshmallows Pimelea is a delightful compact native shrub renowned for its profuse marshmallow-like flowers and glossy dark green foliage that creates stunning displays in Australian gardens. This attractive cultivar produces abundant ball-shaped flowers in white with pale pink blush from spring to summer, resembling fluffy marshmallows while attracting butterflies and providing excellent seasonal color. The dense, glossy dark green leaves create attractive evergreen coverage that maintains neat, compact growth habits. Hardy and heat tolerant once established, it thrives in well-draining soils and full sun to partly shaded positions with excellent coastal tolerance but requiring frost protection. Perfect for cottage gardens, rockeries, borders, containers, and areas where compact native shrubs with unique marshmallow-like flowering create charming landscape displays.
Plant Category
Small Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 1 meter, Spread: 1 meter
Cultural SIgnificance
Pimelea ciliata naturally occurs across Australia, with this cultivar thriving in well-draining soils with excellent drainage and full sun to partly shaded exposure in temperate to subtropical climates with coastal tolerance.
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