Snakebush
Snakebush is an easy-to-grow, spiky groundcover with bronze new foliage and white to purple, fluted flowers.
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Noongar Name: Unknown
Scientific Name: Hemiandra pungens
Performance: Easy to grow
Size: Groundcover spreading to 2m with a maximum height up to 10cm
Flower: Purple
Flowering Time: All year
Natural Distribution: Grows locally in the Perth region
- Hemiandra pungens (CC BY-NC 4.0) ray_turnbull
- Hemiandra pungens (CC BY-NC 4.0)Graham Zemunik
- Hemiandra pungens – Jason Pitman
- Hemiandra pungens
Growing at a Glance
See Growing Guide for more detail
Position: Adaptable to sunny and light-shade positions
Watering: A waterwise, drought-hardy plant.
Feeding: Fertiliser not required.
Pruning: Generally not needed.
Growing Guide
Invited Guests
This provides habitat for Invertebrates, and Reptiles
- Habitat and Food for Invertebrates
- Habitat and Food for Reptiles