Description

Ceratopetalum gummiferum, the New South Wales Christmas bush, is a tall shrub or small tree popular in cultivation due to its sepals that turn bright red-pink at around Christmas time.

• Tolerates light frost, coastal
• Part shade/ full sun
• Small shrub, H up to 3, W up to 2m
• Sandy soils/ well drained, sandy, loamy, sandy loam
• Flowers – summer
• Attracts – bees, butterflies