Backhousia Citriodora 300mm

Backhousia Citriodora 300mmOnly Add to Cart if Local Pickup or Local Delivery. Parcel or Express Post Unavailable for this Item. One of the best bush foods, it is also a beautiful ornamental with its glossy green aromatic leaves and fluffy white flower heads. Whilst it is capable of growing into a small to medium sized tree, it can be kept as a shrub through regular pruning of the growing tips. This also serves to harvest the plant for its culinary uses for flavouring all sorts

A rounded shrub

A great screening plant also

narrow heath-like foliage

Tolerant to frost

rinse skin thoroughly after shaving to remove all soap residue

H: up to 10m Can be kept pruned as a smaller tree

clusters of purple tinged white flowers Winter to mid summer

Ornamental tall tree with spectacular display of variable coloured flowers ranging from white through pink and red shades to a bright orange in Summer

small red berries can be eaten raw

which attract birds to the garden

deep red flowers Autumn to Spring

Water usage ~ Low Water Use