Purple Pea Bush / Pointed-Leaf Hovea
Purple Pea Bush / Pointed-Leaf Hovea
Hovea acutifolia
Minimum $80 spend required for checkout.
Expected Height Range: |
3 m |
Spread Range: | 1 m - 2 m |
Flower Season/s: | Spring |
Flower Colour/s: | |
Plant life cycle: | Perennial |
Wet forests and rainforest margins from south-east Queensland to the central cost of New South Wales. | |
Leaf information: | Dark green |
Preferred Soil: | Well drained soil |
A large sparse shrub that has small elliptical leaves with topside being a dark green and the underside a light brown/green. The new growth is a rusty colour adding to the visual diversity of this shrub. Delicate purple pea like flowers can be abundant in spring and provide good food for our pollinators.
Care Considerations: | A light prune once a year after flowering will encourage more plant growth and flowers. Short lived, usually no longer then 7 years. |
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