About
Anigozanthos 'Bush Pearl' PBR (Bush Gems Series) is a perennial that maintains its foliage year-round, featuring a dense cluster of sword-shaped leaves in shades of mid to bright green. From late spring through midsummer, its upright, branching stems display clusters of soft pink flowers at their tips.
About the genus
Anigozanthos consists of tufted, evergreen perennials that grow from rhizomes. They feature long, strap-like leaves and upright stems that support either simple or branched racemes filled with tubular, hairy, hooded blossoms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- In mild locations grow in a sheltered position in well-drained sandy loam in full sun and protect with a dry mulch over the winter months. Under glass grow in a free-draining compost, one part each of loam and sharp sand. Water freely in spring and summer, keep almost dry in winter
- Pruning
- Tidy the plant after flowering by deadheading
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite but generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to a leaf spot